It is with great pride on this day of reflection and rememberance that I reflect on my own fathers contribution to the second world war.
My father, Donald Spencer Glaysher was just 17 when he signed up to join the RAF. He initially wanted to be a rear gunner in a Lancaster bomber but due to low blood pressure (which of course would mean he would pass out when pulling G) he joined the strategic safety dept. The other irony of my father having low blood pressure is that if he had been a rear gunner then I probably wouldnt be here - they had a life expectancy of five missions!!
He served in Africa (mainly Sudan and Egypt) and was awarded the Africa Star. He went out there a boy and came back seven years later a man.
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