“EIGHTY years ago tonight …”
My father was present at El Alamein. He seldom spoke of his wartime experiences, but I remember him becoming emotional whenever he heard the pipe tune ‘My Home’, because that was one of the tunes played by the pipers of the 51st Highland division El Alamein as they led the troops into Battle on the night of 23rd October 1942. He knew many of those brave men would never come home. He later regretted his involvement as a Christian in military service, and after the war, prayed that God would give him a second chance to conscientiously object. He subsequently got his wish.
The photos I have posted below are of a leaflet he wrote several years before he died.
[Article by Henry Getley: Alamein 1942, the turn of the tide]
Buy copies of Dad’s leaflet from Hayes Press – here:
