| My Father served with the R.A.S.C in the Middle East. Firstly in Egypt then Syria before going into Lybia. He was attached to the 7th Green Howards when Tobruk fell,and was taken prisoner. Like most other P.O.W. at this period he was taken to one of the transit camps at Benghazi,where he stayed until 26th October. From Benghazi he was transfered to Campo Benito in the Tripoli area until the 13th November,when he and 1,000 or so others were taken to the Docks to board the S.S.Scillin. 195 were lucky enough not to board the ship. Of the 814 on the Scillin 787 died the following evening when the ship was sunk off the coast of Tunisia.
My Mother worked in a munitions factory for the duration of the war. |