26 The Zilken Letters
A WW2 veteran tells some of the army's best kept secrets
Great, unpublished history!
"In the hot desert, while on guard, some of us drank the rusty water from the radiators of the Bren Gun carriers. I would lie on my back - mouth under the drain plug of the carrier!
"I didn’t get far before Jerry had me in range and dropped a few mortars all around me. I froze, as each bomb seem to get nearer. I could feel the heat off them as they exploded …"
"They were all court martialled and two or three were sentenced to be shot!"
Revealing highlights of letters Private Fred Zilken sent to comrade Wilf Shaw over a number of years after WWII.
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Below: Fred Zilken proudly wears the 50th Infantry Division TT badge, denoting the catchment areas of the battalion, the Rivers Tyne, Tees and Humber in Yorkshire. Drawn Sicily 1943
Below: Signal platoon outside Marston House 1941, WW2. Fred top right.
So, a pic of Fed exists after all!
A WW2 history podcast on Bill Cheall's war diary and memoirs.
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