Another WW2 Veteran passed away.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, I had some sad news yesterday with my last remaining relative who fought in WW2 has passed away after a month long illness. Always known to me as my Uncle Arthur (he was actually my Mum's cousin). He was 80 years old and served in the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME) from 1942 to 1945. He served in Italy and fought at Salerno. He did not like to talk a great deal about the war, it was really something he wanted to forget about. But he did tell me how fightened he was and once during a German air raid he was driving his truck around a town and was too scared to stop. So he just kept going around and around. He gave me a few souvenirs of his, a German incendary bomb dropped in the raid on Nottingham in 1941 and two Arab style knives he picked up in North Africa. He became a vehicle fitter after the war in the mining industry. When I bought my Jeep he enjoyed showing me how to maintain it and he gave me some of his original tools.
Here he is (on the right) in a photo taken in 1945 in Italy with an unknown comrade.

Cheers, Ade.

[Seigfried]

My condolences Ade - every time I read the obit. column in the Telegraph it seems that another vet has passed away, it makes you appreciate just how many people were involved.

John

[WalterB]

Ade, I am very sorry to hear this . May he rest in peace

[Greg Sebring]

Adrian,

condolences...

Here is a link to a poem I'm sure you have read at one time or another. Maybe someone in the family would find solace in it.

http://www.vaincourt.homestead.com/Common_Soldier.html

Greg

[Dick Pumphrey]

Hello Ade,
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Regards,
Dick

[Theodor]

Hello Ade, sad news, condolences

[Terry K.]

Hi Ade,
May he rest in peace!
Yours,

[Si1964]

Ade,

I am sorry to hear of your loss please accept my condolences
at this sad time.

[bodes]

Ade, Many condolences to you and your family, as we continue to lose members from "The Greatest Generation"....Now it's your turn to carry on HIS story....

[Greg Kubasek]

My condolences to your family.

It is up to the rest of us to carry on the history and keep the memories alive.

I for one will never allow what our forefathers did for our freedom to be forgotten.

[junior]

My deepest condolences to you and your family.

RIP,
Junior.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thank you all for your kind words.


Cheers, Ade.

[Peter_Suciu]

I'm very sorry for your loss Ade. You have my condolences.

PS

[TWP]

Hi Ade, I am sorry about your uncle Arthur. From the photo he looks to be a healthy and good looking young man. From your story about how he was so scared he drove around in a circle. Well that's all over now isn't it?
May God bless his soul.
TW

[Gerd Becker]

My Condolences, Ade. May he rest in peace.