This text and these images are excerpted from my brother’s diary during a recent visit with my family in England to record an oral history from my Uncle Bill “Alfie” Fripp, Britain’s oldest surviving and longest serving POW of WWII. ————————————————————————————- Robert Fripp’s Diary – Tuesday 1st September, 2009 09.03 – DGM HQ. During the sitting, […]
Read More...Title 70th Anniversary of England Going to War with Germany
Greetings to my blog friends from Wimborne, Dorset. Sitting here looking out at my friend’s English garden. Returning to my roots is always interesting and very emotional. The purpose of this trip was to interview my 95 year old Uncle Bill. He is the oldest living prisoner of war from World War II. He also […]
Read More...Speaking Skills Experts says “Way to go Uncle Alfie “Bill” Fripp”
Growing up I knew my Uncle Bill spent all the war (WW2) in a prisoner of war camp in German. Until 2001 he never spoke about his experience. My brother Robert Fripp and I am very interested in family history. You can imagine our excitement to read of his trip from the local paper where […]
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