The Campbells
Neil, by then a Major, came home in 1946 to be reunited with Mary at the Savoy Hotel, and to meet his son Alistair for the first time.
He resumed his work as a solicitor. They had three more children, and lived in Ticehurst and then Tenterden. Neil died in 2002.
When our volunteer Michael Achow got talking to Mary in Tenterden, he discovered the regimental connection. Mary visited the museum as a very sprightly 98-year-old in June 2016, together with her youngest son Gerald and daughter-in-law Jann.
We were delighted that Mary presented to us Neil’s medals, and the silver salver that was given to Neil by his brother officers on the occasion of their wedding, and is inscribed with all the officers’ signatures.
One of the signatures is Anthony Burrows…