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Feb: 13th Friday Time flies & when I get home there always seems so many things to do this book is forgotten.  Enemy action over England has been very slight.  however since the last entry here Japan has start & Singapore has been invaded  we lost 3 big Ship the Repulse Prince George<\/a> & the Ark Royal.  on the Ark Royal was a complement of 16 or 18000<\/a> men. & only 2 were lost & they need not have been  I\u2019ve met a man from that ship & he said one lost his head & jump to a destroyer & lost his life  the other an old pensioner was asleep & refuse to move.  on Nov 26th Lionel was married.  Father & I went u<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 12th 42
We have scored a success at last & got Jerry on the run.  Stalingrad still stands & Rommels army is out of Egypt.  Derwent is there & we\u2019re waiting news  Joan has her baby Richard Brian Douglas<\/a>\n<\/span>\n23rd October 1942.  weight 7lb 8 oz fair & blue eyes.  No raid over this country lately  if any first simple craft drop & run  Jerry to busy in other parts.  on Sunday the Prime Minister has granted that all Church Bell all over the country can be rung  a sort of thanksgiving for our success in Egypt  the first time he bells have been rung since the commencement of the war  they were only to be rung in case of invasion  what a reverse.  had 3 bananas sent by Daphne Pegram  Raffled one for Red X fund  Raised 33\/6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept 1943
Since writing lots has happened but today Sept 8th is a day to celebrate  Italy has surrendered unconditionally.  Derwent has been through Sicily & is now in Italy.  the Germans are still there and are fighting the Italians & English & Americans & are bombing Rome.  a place that they have squealed over us bombing but we did sonly the point\u2019s where Germany was use\u2019ing as a Transport base. like Germany though they said we were bombing the Churches but they forgot how they bombed our churches & Cathedrals.  lets hope it will all be over soon  Portsmouth has felt the war very much.  Russians are doing great things these days so we should soon meet them in Berlin itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 17th 44
A pity to have missed such a period  Russia is still ploughing on  she is into Rumania & the Crimea  our Troops & the Yanks are still Stuck outside Rome & straight accross Italy. but we are now waiting hourly for the invasion of Europe  night after night day after day for week have our Bombers been going over for weeks  Berlin must be flatened  Derwent is still in Italy & is mentioned in Despatches. dont know what for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23rd page \u2013 November 1942, September1943, April 1944, in ink] Feb: 13th Friday Time flies & when I get home there always seems so many things to do this book is forgotten.  Enemy action over England has been very slight.  however since the last entry here Japan has start & Singapore has been invaded  we … <\/p>\n

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