Herbert Taylor
Royal Artillery
137th and the 88th field Regiment
Service
Enlisted and sent him to Dunkirk with a wooden gun because they had none to give him.
Grateful to the salvation army who gave him a cup of hot coco and an orange when he was rescued from Dunkirk.
When Herbert got back from Dunkirk, because he was a skilled instrument engineer, he was posted to Squires Gate Blackpool to manage an engineer works which made parts for aircraft.
Herbert with some mates at Bournemouth
His mates were posted to Singapore and were captured by the Japanese.
Reunion
1946 137th Reunion
War Medals
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