John Rose, a long standing member of the Brotherhood, sadly passed away aged 95 on Tuesday, 4th July. His funeral took place in Crawley last week. If you knew John and wish to contribute in some way, donations are being made to  St Catherine’s Hospice, Crawley, via Martins Funeral Directors, 38-40 Broadfield Place, Crawley RH11 9BA. To read his story please click on this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/00/a5676500.shtml

All For Freedom: A True Story of Escape from the Nazis D.T Davies (Dai), L/Bdr, R.A., captured Crete 1941. Stalag 18A and others. Paperback. 2016. Published by Gomer Press. ISNB 978 178562 168 0. £9.99. Dai was captured after the Battle of Crete in 1941.  He spent three years as a PoW – in Austria, then Hungary and finally at the barbaric concentration camp of Zemun, near Belgrade. These places were far removed from the rural Carmarthenshire where he was brought up, but their stench remains with him to this day. DT was awarded the Military Medal for his wartime services. Incidentally, there are also a couple of references in the book to one of our other members, Joe Burke, with whom Dai made contact a couple of years ago after 70 years, as a result of a mention in the Brotherhood Newsletter.

We are pleased to recommend a new book by M Y (Yvonne) Speak: The Wrath of the Gods which chronicles the fortunes of three British servicemen sent on an ill-fated campaign to Greece during the second world war. Fiction. Paperback, Amazon, £7.99 2016. ISBN 13: 978-1530209064.

Yvonne Speak is the daughter of Ernie Carroll, 292 Field Company, R.E. PoW, Stalag 18A. The book is based on fact and one of the characters, Eddie, is based on Edwin Horlington.