In My Fathers Footsteps: July 2012

Saturday 7 July 2012

Now On Kindle

IN MY FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS

ROBERT M LIDSTER

DEDICATED TO ERNEST W LIDSTER

1918-1999

It was the 4^th June 1940 that my father’s regiment, the Royal Signals, saw action just forward of Lille-Roubaix in France. Three men were killed, seven wounded and one reported missing during the withdrawal.

Although not documented, my father could well have been that missing soldier, for I know that on the 12^th June 1940 my father was captured by the Germans at St Valery whilst trying to get to England in a small boat. He and his companions came under fire and my father sustained injuries sufficient to see him admitted to the military hospital in Lille, prior to his transportation to the P.O.W. camps at Lamsdorf in Poland.

In May 2010, to mark the 70^th anniversary of my fathers capture, I travelled to France and followed the route that the Royal Signals took from Cherbourg to Lille. In Lille I visited the military hospital where my father recovered from his injuries. I then made my way to modern day Lambinowice in Poland, site of the Lamsdorf P.O.W. camps.

In March 2012, I revisited Lille and finally made my way to St Valery, the place of my father's capture. This 58,000 word book is my account of my journey, part travel log, part biography, but above all a tribute to my father.

This book has now been published on Amazon Kindle for downloading to Kindle devices and PC. The link is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0067LGVZO#_swftext_Swf

The following photograph album is a selection of photographs taken during my journey.

Robert M Lidster