264920 Dvr. Arthur Charles "Sandy" Bishop British Army 465th (General Transport) Coy. Royal Army Service Corps from:138 Hillside Road, St. George, Bristol My Dad, Arthur Bishop was called up on 15th of January 1940 and served as a Driver in the R.A.S.C. He was home on leave for my sister’s birthday on 1st of January 1943 when someone knocked on our front door. Through the glass panel we could see the shape of a policeman’s helmet. My mother looked at me (a 6-year old boy) and said “ What have you been up to now?”. The policeman had come with orders for my father to return immediately to his unit. We did not see him again until late 1945.
During that time he served in North Africa and Italy.
He did not tell us about that time , but we have a photo of him standing in front of the infamous white line that the Nazis had painted around the Vatican City in Rome.
My 2 sons and 3 grandsons have since stood in the same spot.
It brought tears to my eyes when I saw their photographs.
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