Lt. Bill Beadle (266/67 FR) had a number of friends who all joined up at the start of the war.
They met up in Amersham for a goodbye meal. He met some of them after the fall of Tunis in 1943.
One named Bert turned up in the 266/67 Officers Mess when Bill was camped near Tunis. He was a Captain in an anti tank regt. part of the New Zealand Division having been involved in the Mareth Line and the NZ Divisions “Left Hook”.
He found another, Roy a Lt in an AA Regiment when passing the site recently occupied by the regiment. He went off to “defend the skies of Pantellaria” and lost contact.
A third named Merlin appeared from the water while Bill was swimming in a harbour (possibly Bizerta) having returned from Italy. He had crash landed his glider in Sicily and was captured defending the bridge at Catania, released by the 8th Army and made his way back to Tunisia. Yet another friend Jack was with 8th Army Vampires (Blood Transfusion) and followed Bill (on a different route) from hospital in Sousse to Rome where they lost touch.
LT.Bobby Birch who was on Coastal Guns and at OCTU with Bill was in a Medium Battery in an AGRA attached to his Division at Banana Ridge. They failed to make contact.
Anyone recognise them so far or found their memories jogged by the events mentioned.
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