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War medals turn up for sale in Ganada

... Higginson served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces as a private in France during the Great War and was twice mentioned in dispatches. s After the war he served the War Graves Commission between 1918 and 1956, ending his days at the commission as secretary ...

10 Sesame Street 12.15 Film: Red Moun- 7.20 Film: The Desert 7.05 Biker Mice from Mars tain (1951 Civil War

... The Desert 7.05 Biker Mice from Mars tain (1951 Civil War West- Rats (1953) Richard Bur-7.30 Dennis em) Stars Alan Ladd. ton tries to ward off Ger-7.45 First Edition 1.50 Racing mans in North Africa. 00 Transworld Sport 4.05 Frances Bissell's 9.00 The ...

ack: John Poyzer, Richard Partridge who helped restore the Land Rover and Lynn Poyzer. Front: Ander, Adam and ..

... free of charge. Mr Poyzer said he was not too worried about taking his family into a country devastated by war and had completed many trips to Africa and Eastern Europe, delivering aid including laboratory equipment and toys. He said: “We don’t put ourselves ...

—LOOKING BACK-— 50 years ago

... Melton. It is part of a food gift from the people of South Africa to the people of Britain. @ THE Scalford Road car park is again de-requisitioned and the council will make a claim against the War Department for the cost of putting it in order. ...

Antiques hunt

... staging a great antiques hunt on Saturday at its Windsor Street shop in a bid to boost funds for the victims of famine and civil war in Melton shop manager Sue Williamson said: “Most people on the lookout for collectables know that Oxfam shops are happy hunting ...

OBITUARIES

... Durham University to join the clergy. He went to Beeston and during the Second World War joined the RAF as a chaplain, serving in North Africa, Italy and Greece. After the war he became a curate at St Mary’s Church, Melton, until 1947 when he was appointed ...

bunch. Their mortar crews

... in North Africa. But you soon settled in. “None of us were Errol Flynns. We just did what we had do and kept our heads down,” he said. He escaped injury in the D- Day onslaught but was wounded eight months later. “That was the end of my war and I was ...

“no thanks” but the following year they were married at the local church on September 4. Mr Carter (75), who

... were married at the local church on September 4. Mr Carter (75), who served with the Army in North Africa, Sicily and italy during the Second World War, worked for a brewing company in Stamford before the couple moved to Langham 36 years ago. They both ...

Harold and Joyce enjoy surprise party

... called up to the Army in 1939 to serve in Africa, Palestine and Italy. He returned to Melton and lolwell Works in 1946 and worked -an iron moulder until he retired 1984. yyce worked in various departts at the War Memorial Hospital he retired in 1986. have ...

D-Day factfile

... Montgomery in North Africa - was in charge of the Normandy beach defences. But the day before the invasion he’d flown back to Germany for his wife Lucie-Maria's 50th birthday. And many of his senior colleagues were taking part in a war games exercise 200 ...