I heard the sad new last week that Ray Atkinson, a veteran of the campaign in France and Flanders 1940, the Middle East (including Bardia and Tobruk) and a former prisonor of war, died in July of this year aged 96. He was a nice bloke, keen to talk about his service in the Tanks, and patient with me - even when I asked him about the same thing in three different ways. I will miss our little talks over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields beyond. Fearnaught! Nick Watts
