Mac’s Musings–Claude McIn tosh
It was November 1943 and spirits in a war-weary globe were very carefully being raised by information that the Nazi stockpile in Europe got on the run and the vicious Japanese battle device was being reversed in the Pacific.
There were sacrifices on the home front in Cornwall and area, however absolutely nothing contrasted to the sacrifices being made by Cornwall and area males in attire, some also young to get a beer back home.
In most instances, the grim information showed up in the hand-delivered ‘dreaded’ telegram from the battle division.
By completion of 1943, 64 Cornwall and area males– 42 from Cornwall (pop, 14,000)– had actually been eliminated at work. Many much more would certainly pass away in the months after the D-Day intrusion
A picture of the battle information continued the web pages of the Standard-Freeholder in November 1943:
Mr andMrs Joseph McDonald, St Andrews West, were informed that their …