16-05-2008, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England
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Some good reading here 
I remember writing a small piece about WW2 army grub on the BBC People's War website: BBC - WW2 People's War - What did you eat in the War, Daddy?
(If you scan down after the article you will also see a comment from Gerry Chester about Compo Rations)
__________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE  I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany)
Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn.
I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947 |
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