George and Ella Clare on their Wedding Day
8th of May, 1940, Glasgow
George and Ella Clare on their Wedding Day
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"... after three blissful days' honeymoon I was due to return to my unit. Listening to the 6 p.m. news we heard that the Germans had invaded Belgium. That was on Friday, 10th May, 1940 and the war was on in earnest."
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An extract from the journal of the late George Clare, 525 Company, Royal Army Service Corps. This extract covers his enlistment and his service up to St. Valéry. The journal goes well beyond that, covering his time as a prisoner of war and subsequent escape and a further extract will follow.