Hi Guys, I have finally got the time to reply. Very sorry for the delay but work has been busy
First of all I will start with a photograph taken at the XXI Indep. Para. Coy reunion two weeks ago. There are a couple of Vets missing from the photo who were at the Reunion but did not get on the photo.
The photo is kind of sad, as the gentleman sitting on the far right of the front row, John Melford, has since pased away. John returned home to the USA where he died quietly in his sleep sitting in his armchair after reading the newspaper. John joined the Coy in 1942 and fought at Arnhem where he was shot through the mouth while he was yawning! The bullet passed through both cheeks and missed his teeth and jaw, leaving him with a pair of holes which healed to form dimples. John fought under the name "Melford" as he was one of over 20 "aliens" of either German or Austrian Jewish descent who fought with the Coy.
First of all I will start with a photograph taken at the XXI Indep. Para. Coy reunion two weeks ago. There are a couple of Vets missing from the photo who were at the Reunion but did not get on the photo.
The photo is kind of sad, as the gentleman sitting on the far right of the front row, John Melford, has since pased away. John returned home to the USA where he died quietly in his sleep sitting in his armchair after reading the newspaper. John joined the Coy in 1942 and fought at Arnhem where he was shot through the mouth while he was yawning! The bullet passed through both cheeks and missed his teeth and jaw, leaving him with a pair of holes which healed to form dimples. John fought under the name "Melford" as he was one of over 20 "aliens" of either German or Austrian Jewish descent who fought with the Coy.
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