WWII veteran receives medal for role in conflict
dailyrecord.co.ukPersonal ornaments removed from care home rooms to try and stop spread of COVIDJim began his career in the army in 1942, aged 19, when he was called up to begin infantry training with the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester.He was an apprentice engineer so was transferred to the Royal Engineers.Jim told our sister title the Strathearn Herald: “In 1943, while I was a cadet at an Officer Training Unit, our entire cadet company was sent on 10 days’ leave and ordered to India to complete our training at the Indian Army Officers Training School.Rise in Perth and Kinross COVID-19 deaths as drop in cases stalls“During the leave, my late wife Mary and I were married and remained so for 66 years.“On completing our training, particularly in Urdu, the.
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