237213 Mjr. William James Wannell British Army Seaforth Highlanders from:31 King Alfred St, Chippenham My father, William Wannell, joined the R.A.O.C. in 1935 as a clerk. He went with the British Expeditionary Force to Europe in September 1939 and returned to England on 30th May 1940. It appears that he served in the War Office and was transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders in 1940 and stayed there until the 23rd June 1944 when he returned to Dieppe, France. He was discharged on 19th May 1946.
Dad passed away in 2012 at the age of 96. He would never talk about his service during WW2, if I asked him about it he would change the subject.
I would very much like to find out what Dad did, as it broke his marriage to my mother which in turn had a major impact on my life, and it might help me understand things.
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