A Rugby Man (4)

This photograph from the 1939-40 season. Playing for Birmingham University (which is why they all look so young I suppose). My father is in the back row, fourth from the left.

Shikoku Island, Japan 1946: Press Cutting

I came across this press cutting among my father's photographs.

It mentions the occupation by (among others) the Royal Welch Fusilliers. Part of the front page is seen on the other side of the cutting, giving a date: May 29, 1946. The paper is called the (something) Times - but which Times is not clear as this has been cut off.

 

For interest, here is the rest of the other side of the cutting. It gives a flavour for the politics of the time...