Tag Archives: Dad’s letters

Travel Challenge – The Results

Posted on Dec 31, 2020 by TanGental

You kindly followed me through ten days of travel pictures, guessing where each one might be. I thought I’d put you out of your collective miseries/make you punch the air with a ‘Yes, I was right’ with a follow up. … Continue reading →

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Dad’s Letters from Palestine – May to August 1947

Posted on Feb 1, 2015 by TanGental

    It has been a long time since I posted about my father’s time in Palestine after WW2. Here is the link to the tab above where the latest letters are copied. A lot has happened both for me … Continue reading →

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Dad’s letters from Palestine February, March and April 1947

Posted on Oct 6, 2014 by TanGental

It has been a while since I posted a set of my father’s letters from Palestine. The latest set can be found here. I have been watching the turmoil in the Middle East just now. The awful acts of horror … Continue reading →

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Dad’s letters from Palestine – April to May 1946

Posted on Jul 3, 2014 by TanGental

14908385 Pte Desmond Le Pard of A Coy, 17th Battalion Parachute Regiment, M.E.F. is now in Palestine. He’s never been abroad before and, at not quite 20, is wide eyed and restless. His training has prepared him for an assault, first … Continue reading →

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Dad’s Letters – September to December 1945

Posted on Jun 16, 2014 by TanGental

Here are the latest of Dad’s letters, covering the period to the end of 1945.  A new government was in power, gradually civilian life was trying to return to normal. And Dad was being moved around the country as he … Continue reading →

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