Private Harvey Hurst of Oldham is pictured here at top right in Greece in early 1945 with several unidentified friends. Originally enlisted in the Manchester Regiment, in 1942 Hurst was in C Company, 16 DLI and signed my father’s Soldier’s Will as a witness. My father’s letter from the troopship--click here to read it-- notes that he went back to Brancepeth just before the Battalion sailed away to war in December 1942 The names Bill and Bob Kelsby have been mentioned as pals of his in 1945. Hurst also features on the 1944 C Company photograph and was with the Battalion through to disbandment. Note the photo above has not been reverse printed--it’s the flag that’s being held the wrong way round! Photograph courtesy Mrs Hurst via Roy Mills.
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