THE CAST: W/C J.E.S Hill D.S.O. (aka Growly) and F/O Peter Hallas John Elliott Scott Hill (aka Growly – Mouse’s future husband) was a pilot in 177 Squadron, 901 Wing (the Beaufighter wing), based in Chiringa, Burma during 1944, and on 5 October 1944 he (W/C – Wing Commander - John Hill) and navigator F/O… Continue reading John Hill’s VE Day
Category: Military history
John McPherson’s war years
(This is the one who did sketches at Gallipoli of “Cluny’s cave” and was an ambulance driver in the First World War.) Of my (our) four great-grandfathers, each of whom served in the army in the First World War, John McPherson (father of Rita and Betty) is the hardest to trace. He returned from Brazil… Continue reading John McPherson’s war years
How to find things in this blog
It’s a bit tricky, but each of the posts have categories. 1. Find a category that looks interesting to you. They tend to be topics or people’s names. 2. Click on the category word(s), e.g ‘Growly’ or ‘Textile history’ and a list of all the relevant posts will be made. 3. Categories that are used… Continue reading How to find things in this blog
Who were you Bill Pole?
THE CAST: Mouse (aka Elizabeth Mary Hallas; Bill Pole) The utility clothes, the curly hair. Smiling. Enjoying the outdoors… mucking about in a boat. Mouse in her early 20s I’ve always loved this photo of Mouse. She was born in 1921 and looks a very young woman here, her early 20s most likely – do… Continue reading Who were you Bill Pole?
Chopsticks
THE CAST: Growly (aka J. E. S. Hill); Peter Hallas Growly's chopsticks at the imperial war museum If you go to the online catalogue of the Imperial War Museums (they call themselves plural museums, hence the 's') you can search for details of Growly’s chopsticks: “chopsticks in bamboo tube” - https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30083310 (If you’ve not seen… Continue reading Chopsticks
A home for our family history 