Andrew Chatterton
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Andrew Chatterton
@historialchats.bsky.social
Second World War historian, PR man and Exeter City fan.
We’re not sure what the conversation was but luckily they agreed not to kill each other. They also couldn’t tell people how the met as they had both signed the Official Secrets Act!
February 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
2/2 At the bottom he felt a pistol in his ribs & a soft voice told him to drop the gun and hold his hands up.
What he had discovered was Hollingbourne Special Duties Station & the soft voice was the "delightful" Airlie Campbell ATS. They married in Jan 1944, later having a son!
February 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I hear that a lot from families - because most didn’t say anything these badges ended up in drawers or in with spare buttons and subsequently lost.
January 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM