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Roy Joy
I was born in Wood Green and I went in the Army aged 17, Grenadier Guards. I’ve still got my jacket. My father was in the Territorial Army and he went into the artillery, my older brother went in the Airbourne and was at Arnam. I finished up in Egypt. You were nobody’s friend at that time.

My father was in Italy and my brother was in the Airbourne. One day my brother was going past a convoy and just spotted our father inside the road. They arranged to meet each other and had three days together.

I did all the public duties, met the queen and princesses when they were young ones.

Doreen Joy
When I was in the WAAF I was stationed a lot of places. The main one was Lincolnshire Bomber Command. I was a cook. It was really very sad, we’d see the crews go off and never come back again. I was later stationed in the Airmen’s mess and preferred it there.

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