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'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by Norman Dunn on 8/10/2026, 12:45 pm

A while ago I read in an old Reyrolles magazine of a man that worked in Reyrolles before WW2, went off to War in the RAF and won the DFC.
I wanted to know more so I 'got a little help from my friends' as the Beatles song says and those friends were Board regulars Margaret McDonald and Jackie Williams. What they found was amazing so here is the story in October's edition of the Northern Cross a monthly Christian Newspaper that reaches more people than our Local Newspapers. Thanks Ladies, you deserve this credit.
If its too small right click on it then right click again & read it.

Northern-Cross

Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by Jackie W on 8/10/2026, 4:58 pm, in reply to "'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one"

That’s lovely Norman, wouldn’t happen without you putting it all together 😃

Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by Bill Wallace on 8/10/2026, 5:43 pm, in reply to "Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one"

So many 'heroes' during WW2. Many never remembered. I'm glad to see that this gentleman was one of those remembered and can only thank him for his service.

Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by Jackie W on 8/10/2026, 7:19 pm, in reply to "Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one"

Well said Bill. They stepped up for us

Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by Norman on 8/10/2026, 7:40 pm, in reply to "Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one"

Well said Bill.
There would have been 1000s of Hero's unrecorded.
Look at my 1950s Teacher Mr Carroll. He never even mentioned to us kids he had been in the War.So modest and no bragging in those days.

Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by AJG on 8/10/2026, 7:35 pm, in reply to "'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one"

What an interesting story about a heroic man! So many unsung heroes in that generation!

Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one

Posted by Elizabeth Baker (Tindle) on 9/10/2026, 7:21 pm, in reply to "Re: 'A little help from my friends' but not the Beatles one"

Many thanks for these wonderful stories. I remember racing to our air raid shelter in the middle of the night.We lived next to the river.

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