A few words at the end of Lynn Daly's story about the military in Sussex during the First World War (The Argus, July 6) set my memory cells working.
They were "The Maple Leaf army in Britain".
I first contacted them in 1941. It was early summer and I was on my second round delivering milk by push-barrow along the Highway and Barcombe Road, Moulsecoomb, when the sound of tanks assailed my ears.
A convoy came into sight and stopped opposite where I was delivering. Out of the turrets, heads appeared.
They wanted to buy some milk, which was not rationed then. I was only too pleased to oblige and finished up serving the whole convoy.
They were stationed in Stanmer Park and this happened a number of times, the only snag being that when I got to Coldean I ran out of milk and had to push the barrow back to Brighton to reload and return to Coldean.
I was called up in October 1941 to serve with the Highland Light Infantry. Once, when on leave, it coincided with two other lads from Southampton Street being on leave, Dave Perrin and George Mathews. Brighton was like little Canada and they had a canteen in Richmond Place, opposite St Peter's Church.
I suggested to Dave and George we went into the canteen but they were reluctant, saying it was for Canadians only.
There were several Canadian Scottish regiments and, wearing my glengarry, I said: "They might think I am a Canadian." So, in we went.
We spent two or three hours in there and went home with a good supply of chocolates and Canadian cigarettes, a luxury for the family. No questions were asked in the canteen.
The Canadians left a great legacy to Brighton, the Brighton Tigers ice hockey team.
-Frank Edwards, Craven Road, Brighton
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