- Contributed by听
- derbycsv
- People in story:听
- Mrs Norma Woolfrey and Mr John Woolfrey
- Location of story:听
- Singapore and Derby
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A5250908
- Contributed on:听
- 22 August 2005
The telegram John found from his mother. It reads 'BELOVED SON JOHN BE BRAVE COURAGE THINK OF TOM FRANK MOTHER OUR ANGEL BILL DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY AUGUST 1944 REMEMBER DARLING ME, MOTHER'
This story was submitted by Alison Tebbutt, Derby CSV Action Desk, on behalf of Norma Woolfrey. The author has given her permission and fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
One night my husband's captors left the camp temporarily. The prisoners searched the cupboards and found food. They also found letters sent to the prisoners from home, which they had never seen. John found a pile sent by his mother. The first one he read was this one, telling him his beloved brother had been killed. He had crashed when bombing over Germany.
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