From Cornwall to Calcutta — Part 5

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From Cornwall to Calcutta — Part 5
By
Margaret Freeman

Sgt William Thomas SILLIFANT (No 5615371)

My mother, Dorothy Mary Sillifant (Nee Cotton) always felt sick at the time of the postman’s arrival in case he brought dreadful news about dad. For three years she heard nothing apart from receiving a monthly communication from the war office telling her that dad was OK.

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