History of War

VOICES OF WAR

In January 2016, I drove to a small bungalow in rural Hampshire, England. Having only joined History of War the previous November, I was still new to the job, and on that particular day I was about to conduct my first ever interview. Although prepared, I was also nervous – I already knew that this was no ordinary interviewee.

When I knocked on the bungalow door, it opened to reveal a 96-year old man with a broad Cockney accent. It was Victor Gregg, a former rifleman and an extremely outspoken

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