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I remember my father telling me a about one of his uncles and nephews when I was younger.
I don't know how true the story is but it goes something like this:
The uncle and his son were both in France and during the evacuation the uncles manages to get back to England. His son is captured and becomes a POW.
When the uncle is re united with his family they break the bad news to him telling him he's become a POW.
Rumour/legend has it is reply was to the bad news was, 'What did the stupid bastard want to go and do that for?'
Always makes me chuckle when I imagine all the family there and the look on there faces to his reply.
It's probably not true but nice to think so. Anyway both survived the war but like so many families we've all drifted far apart and I couldn't tell you what happened to them all.
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