Lost Letters of War ; Wwii Hero's Words to His Mam Rediscovered 60 Years On
Evening Chronicle › January 21, 2011
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LOST letters from WWII battlefields reveal the everyday life of a brave British soldier in the days leading up to his death in France.
Aged just 20, George Pearson was killed in 1944 while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps after taking part in the D-Day invasion.See the full content of this document
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Lost Letters of War ; Wwii Hero's Words to His Mam Rediscovered 60 Years On
But before he died, he wrote a series of poignant letters to his mam Laura, at the family home in Fenham, Newcastle.
His brother Anthony stumbled on the lost haul when clearing out Laura's house."When I cleared my mother's flat in 1994, I found a shoebox containing bundles of old letters, WW...See the full content of this document
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