Remberance Weekend
My weekend was spent in Durham City with the surviving members of 607 (County of Durham) Squadron.
Saturday was their annual reunion, their 50th since disbandment in 1957. The youngest participant was 72 and the oldest 87.
I had the pleasure of spending time with a wireless fitter who served with the squadron in May 1940 at Vitry. This gentleman was 86 years old and was attending his first reunion.
His recollection of events in 1940 is still as sharp and vivid as the day the happened. Until Saturday he had met no fellow survivors and therefore could not share his story. From my research I was able to confim that his memory of those sad days was correct. Another piece slots into the jigsaw of life and his family have finally learned of his deeds so many years ago.
Sunday was the ceremony in Durham Cathedral followed by lunch.
I can truly say that I dined with the most modest group of individuals whose service spanned from France in 1940 to the final days in Burma in 1945.
Long may I be arround to pay my respects.
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