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    From Dunkirk to Dinjan: The WWII Adaventures of a Royal Engineer
    From Dunkirk to Dinjan: The WWII Adaventures of a Royal Engineer
    From Dunkirk to Dinjan: The WWII Adaventures of a Royal Engineer
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    From Dunkirk to Dinjan: The WWII Adaventures of a Royal Engineer

    By Pauline Hayton

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    It's 1939. Norman Wickman, twenty years old and married with a young child, enlists early for his six-months' National Service to improve the family finances. A good plan foiled by Britain's declaration of war against Nazi Germany.


    With his propensity for mischief and rule-breaking, Norman is no hero except to his army pals. Se

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherP. H. Publishing
    Release dateOct 21, 2022
    ISBN9781732042155
    From Dunkirk to Dinjan: The WWII Adaventures of a Royal Engineer
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    Pauline Hayton

    Hayton worked twelve years as a probation officer in Middlesbrough, her home town in NE England, before immigrating to Naples, Florida in 1991. She lives with her husband and four bossy cats that adopted them during the recession. After listening to her father's war stories and reading his tattered diaries, she felt compelled to write this book.

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