208157 John Hermer Trigwell British Army Royal West Kent Regiment from:Hove, Sussex My Dad, John Trigwell, signed up at the age of 16. He was with Mountbatten. He sustained some awful injuries as a prisoner of war, having his toenails pulled out. Also had shrapnel in his knees. He talked about when some of his group were marched by the Germans to a barn and all told to lay down. They then opened fire and began shooting at them. My Dad played dead so did a few others. When it got dark they checked and escaped into the woods. Some things he will not talk about and went very quiet. He also contracted Malaria.
After the war he married my mother and changed his name to Bacon as she had 2 boys of her own. He died 5 years ago aged 82 after giving years of support to the British Legion and became their top seller in Newport, Gwent.
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