My father Lieutenant Arthur Wear REME was stationed at Woolwich, met his brother Jim, who was on leave from the Desert Rats, and they wrote about what they did in London on VE day. After helping his landlady demolish her bomb shelter they met up in central London, saw the MPs coming out of Westminster Abbey, saw the Royal Family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, witnessed the lights coming on at Buckingham Palace, heard and saw Churchill speak from the Ministry of Health building, walked through Kew Gardens to enjoy the peace, enjoyed festivities at a Sargent’s Mess and subsequently he participated in an Officers Mess Dinner.
My mother Ivy was in the Wrens and received the letter at her parent’s home in Northern Ireland. The letter had been inspected by the Censor. This was one of over 100 letters from my father carefully filed by my mother.
