Alexander George Walker
British Army 5th/7th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Salford
Extract from a letter sent on the 28th January 1944 from Dad, Alexander Walker to Mum:
‘Yes, Edna I have seen the movie Passage to Marseille and I think it is very good. I am hoping to see Bing this week if everything goes to plan… Well, I am sorry to know that you are having bad weather at home, but it’s very bad out here too. Sometimes we get warm, but only sometimes.’
Extract from letter sent 26th September 1945 from Dad to Mum:
‘I have been out with the boys here, and we asked the CO if we could go in for a swimming do at Hanover. It was at the USA MOB. He said No. So we all went on our own, as one of the trucks was going there for wine. Well, we got there and asked the Big Brass Hat out of their MOB if we could go in for it, and he said Yes, but only in one race, breaststroke 4 x man team. We won. We raced six times and beat fifteen teams, six English, and in the final a team from the USA. We won by 25 yards. So we got dressed ready to come back home, when the boys who had won were being given their medals and things so we said we would stay to see what happened. We were called out last and got a lovely Imperial fountain pen with a 14k gold nib. When we got back, we also got a nice drop of whisky from our CO.’
