261270 A/SM. George Makison British Army Royal Artillery from:Sheffield George Makison was my dad. He was in the Royal Artillery reserves from 1938 through to the Second World War. He passed exams to join the Royal Air Force, but was a trained gunner and was needed in the Army, where he was offered a commission but preferred to remain an NCO. He was a desert rat who fought at El Alamein and was, I believe, injured in 1942. He received the long service medal.
My dad was a member of the ex-servicemen’s fellowship until his death in 1975. There is a photo of him doing the Highland Fling at one of the reunions. He was a family man and a loyal friend. He had a terrific sense of humour and he was a wise human being. His former comrades attended his funeral and carried his coffin. He was much missed after he died, and I miss him every day 44 years later.
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