AN earlier Memories featured a photograph of six young men in service uniforms taken during the Second World War. It was supplied by Albert Swann who believed it was taken in a field at the bottom of Marsh Street, Wombwell.
On the back of the photograph someone has written in pencil: 'They gave their tomorrows for your todays, 1939 to 1945. Was it worth it? Yes.' As a result of several of our readers making contact, we can identify the young men. They are, back row: left to right, Bernard Short, Joe Trout (navy), Arthur Stables. On the front row, left to right, Arnold Oliver. Herbert Welburn and, its believed, Arnold¹s brother, Bill. M Watkin, who wrote to us, told us that the young men all worked at Woods Glass works at Wombwell before being called up. All returned safely from the war.
Betty Day, who contacted us by e-mail, said the Oliver brothers lived in New Street, a few doors away from the other families. She described them as 'very kind men'.
But, Betty Hall believes that the soldier on the right of the front row could be her late husband, Edward Hall. He was in the Royal Engineers, and served in Gibraltar and Italy. They met when he came out of the forces.
