Arthur Evans

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Séjour en Silésie: 1940 - 1945 (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Arthur Charles Evans est né en 1916 dans le Wirral, Cheshire. Les premières années de son emploi étaient au Lever Bros, une savonnerie à Port Sunlight, puis avec la Compagnie Maritime de Nouvelle-Zélande. Un voyage en Australie, puis un autre en Nouvelle-Zélande l'ont convaincu qu'il ne pouvait pas être un marin. Pour poursuivre son ambition de devenir un policier, il s'est enrôlé dans la Garde Irlandaise en 1936. En mai 1940, il est blessé, fait prisonnier à Boulogne et il a passé le reste de la guerre dans des camps de Haute-Silésie. Il est revenu en Angleterre en mai 1945 et lors de la démobilisation, a rejoint le comté de Police de Kent. Etant encore un agent de police, de 1956-1967, il était le secrétaire général de la Fédération de la police en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles, et c'est avec ce titre qu'il est nommé C.B.E.

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Arthur Charles Evans 21/03/1916 18/03/2011

Arthur Charles Evans was born in 1916 in the Wirral, Cheshire. The first years of his employment were at Lever Bros, soapworks at Port Sunlight, and then with the New Zealand Shipping Company. One voyage to Australia and then another to New Zealand convinced him he was not meant to be a sailor. To further his ambition to become a policeman, he enlisted in the Irish Guards in 1936. In May 1940, he was wounded and taken prisoner in Boulogne and spent the remainder of the war in prison camps in Upper Silesia. He returned to England in May 1945 and upon demobilisation, joined the Kent County Constabulary. Whilst still a Police Constable, and from 1956-1967 he was the General Secretary of the Police Federation for England and Wales, and it was in this capacity that he was appointed C.B.E. He was married to his wife Freda for 62 years, and they have 3 daughters. He retired aged 65, and spent much of his time gardening, bowling and cooking in his Kent home, and in later years caring for Freda. In March 2010, both Arthur and Freda moved into a local nursing home and where sadly Arthur passed away 3 days short of his 95th birthday. Freda remains in the good care of the Nursing home.

Profit from the sale of this book will be donated to The British Red Cross at the expressed wish of Arthur in the days before he died. He never forgot their role in his survival during his imprisonment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jo Harrison - Author Assistant
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2012
• Französisch
• ISBN-13: 9781476205342
• Artikelnr.: 48353234