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Joan Harvey and Ellen Cripps   David Bellamy on Cyprus 1956  

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JOAN HARVEY AND ELLEN CRIPPS
Joan Harvey of Oundle, informs us that Ellen Cripps, the widow of Maj George Cripps, is 104, alive and well in Norfolk. George was R Norfolk Depot QM 1953-55.
In 1959 he became Curator of the Regimental Museum at Cameron House, the former hospital building of the Depot at Britannia Barracks. Joan would be delighted to hear from Old Comrades who knew her and her late husband Capt Dan Harvey, whose obituary can be viewed by a click here.
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© Maj John L Raybould TDDAVID BELLAMY ON CYPRUS 1956
David Bellamy in Oudtshoorn, South Africa (a gem of a place! Ed.) telephoned concerning Op Alphonse in Cyprus and the disastrous Paphos Forest fire which claimed the lives of 5 from the ranks of the Norfolks.
It is 50 years since the fire started on 16 Jun 1956. Their names are listed in the Cyprus Honour Roll at www.britains-smallwars.com
He recalls that the CO, Lt Col Read, was known to all, the Brigadier included, as ‘Wing Commander’. (Why? Ed.) David’s father was the pre-war Chief Cashier at a Norfolk Bank and advised a bank clerk, one Jack Dye, that he ought to seek a career in the Army. (Didn’t he do well? - retiring as Maj Gen Jack Dye CBE MC DL, 87 in 2006. Jun 05 photograph right. ['My favourite General': says my wife Janine.})
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