Eighty years ago today Tuesday 22 July 1941

D&M, Urdu and then I went to Dental Officer and he filled another tooth; didn’t hurt much. In the afternoon I went to a most interesting lecture by a Commando of the Navy on ‘His experiences at Dunkirk and Crete’. It was very illuminating and shows how great our losses actually were. Had a letter from Mam, which was very cheering, and I answered it right away.

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