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Enham El Alamein

When I was a child, I remember convoys of troops being driven through my village heading for the coast to be sent to the front line. At the time I was living in a village called Enham near Newbury (Berkshire), which was renowned for the number of disabled veterans from the First World War who occupied every house in the village. It was common for the villagers to give the troops whom were on their way to the front, bags full of in season fruit such as apples, pears, tomatoes, nuts and plums. In fact the villagers were so unselfish they gave any thing they could give them. They gave their all. Following the `Battle of El Alamein` the Egyptians were so thankful for what the troops had done for them, they decided to donate a large some of money to the British Government to be put to good use for those returning from the war. As a consequence, a considerable amount was donated to the village of Enham. The village was thus renamed “Enham El Alamein”.

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