Month: July 2024
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A Victory Line-up
These four men fought or served during the First World War. They served in Biggin Hill, the North Sea, India and France. They all survived the War, which, given the outbreak of the so-called Spanish Flu that ended the lives of as many men and women as the War, was a miracle. They all lived…
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George and Doris
George was the first born of my Great Grandfather Henry Spilletts second wife, Sarah Emily Lynn. He was the younger half-brother to Henry Spillett, my Great Uncle who ran the bike shop in Oxted in the first half of the 20th Century. Before long, the Spilletts had moved from Bognor in Sussex to settle in…