Peter Poulton (1925-2004) was on active service in the Far East as the West celebrated VE Day 1945. Family letters reflect joy, longing, and ongoing war concerns
Still thinking of you: letters after VE Day
Category: Second World War
Flight Sergeant Clarence Victor Walkinshaw
Crashed into a harbour during a routine transfer, aged 24
Leading Aircraftman Charles Woollard Taylor
Killed during a training accident in Canada, aged 20
Sergeant Ivan Charles Seager
Shot down by friendly fire on D-Day+1, aged 21
Able Seaman (Gunner) Sidney Benjamin Quarrinton
Torpedoed when transporting essential supplies to Gibraltar, aged 24
Corporal Henry Kemsley
Probably died of wounds after capture defending the Dunkirk evacuation, aged 34
Private Ernest Frederick Campbell Kelly
Initially reported as missing, later identified and reburied in a military cemetery, aged 24
Warrant Officer Jack Sydney Jarrett
Aircraft crashed into high ground on a delivery flight, aged 22
Flying Officer John Hulme
Crashed when aircraft got entangled in a barrage balloon cable, aged 24
Able Seaman Arthur Thomas Harris
Lost at sea after ship was sunk in the Bay of Bengal, aged 25
