Richard Timothy
Prisoner Details
Through other channels it appears Edwards family received further details of his current war status. This is shown in the below letter in...
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Richard Timothy
Feb 10, 2021
Prisoner Of War
On 20th June 1944, The Red Cross sent a letter to Edwards family fully confirming his new status, as a Prisoner of War. Whether this was...
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Richard Timothy
Feb 7, 2021
Ralph Douglas Sunderland
With Edward seemingly at best captured at this stage of the story, and very little known of his time between 1940 and the Anzio invasion...
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Richard Timothy
Jan 31, 2021
Update Letter/Prisoner?
On the 1st of May 1944 Edwards family, having presumably reached out to the Queens Regiment for further detail, received a hand written...
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Richard Timothy
Jan 28, 2021
No More News/Transferred?
As suggested in my last post, and as expected of any caring parent, it appears Edwards parents did enquire for further information...
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Richard Timothy
Jan 24, 2021
Missing In Action
With "the gap" explained, the next document chronologically speaking is written to presumably the Father of Edward on 15th March 1944....
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Richard Timothy
Jan 17, 2021
The Gap
Up until this point i have attempted where possible to present the documents available in chronological order. However, there is a gap in...
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Richard Timothy
Jan 7, 2021
Good Luck
One of the more personal, less official of the documents collection is a small illustrated postcard entitled "For Auld Aquaintance". The...
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Richard Timothy
Jan 3, 2021
Dog Tags
Some time after completion of training, and in preparation of active service, Edward will have been issued his Dog Tags. Fortunately...
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Richard Timothy
Jan 2, 2021
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
As established in my last post, Edward enlisted into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1940 which naturally leads me to seek further...
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Richard Timothy
Dec 29, 2020
Enlistment
A bricklayers mate by trade living with his parents in Wychbold Crescent when war was first declared, Edward appears to have enlisted...
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Richard Timothy
Dec 28, 2020
Home
Before the military journey begins i felt it important to set the scene. Not yet a scene of army enrolment, but rather that of home and...
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Richard Timothy
Dec 13, 2020
Edward Timothy
Before exploring the wartime experience of my Grandad i believe it useful to first examine the individual himself. Having passed away...
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Richard Timothy
Dec 13, 2020
The Documentation
To begin; both for the family record and my own knowledge, i will document what items i am in possession of to proceed with. Whilst not...
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