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Four days leave


Soldiers could not spend week after week under fire or in the line. They needed to relax either back from the fighting in a rest camp or on a few days' leave in a major town or city. In rest camps soldiers could go to the cinema, drink, read, relax and sleep. In cities like Paris or Cairo there were other amusements soldiers could find.

Leslie Thornton

Leslie Thornton
Leslie Thornton's biography (PDF, 50 KB)

Leslie remembers going on leave in Cairo in early 1944.

Leslie Thornton's transcript (PDF, 107 KB)


Fred Cottier

Fred Cottier's biography (PDF, 50 KB)

Fred remembers relaxing out of the line during the Arakan campaign in 1943

Fred Cottier's transcript (PDF, 32 KB)


Stanley Savin

Stanley Savin's biography (PDF, 48 KB)

Stanley remembers a few days' rest after the fighting at Kohima in 1944

Stanley Savin's transcript (PDF, 48 KB)


John Williams

John Williams
John Williams's biography (PDF, 50 KB)

John remembers visiting a brothel in France in 1940.

John Williams's transcript (PDF, 45 KB)


 

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