Coincidence

My war memories,which I have many, but one story stands out in my mind.

My husband was in Germany in Neimegen at the time of the Arnhem Battle. I was here in London with my three year old daughter dodging the 'Buzz Bombs' (V1 Flying Bombs) We were out one day and walked into an exploding bomb, which we escaped.
My friend and I said, "Let's take the children 'somewhere' for a little rest from the bombs!!"
I had a friend who lived outside Birmingham who said that she would find me somewhere to stay. This turned out to be Yardley Wood Birmingham.
One day an ARP workman knocked at the door and said, "Your husband is here in Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital - suffering from burns on face and hands"
I immediately went to see him - looking like the invisible man - no face to be seen. The next day I had the War Office Telegram telling me everything.
The whole point of my story is that I went to Birmingham and my husband Captain D J Keenan RA was flown there wounded at the same time.
Isn't that a coincidence!

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