Description
“Thanks to a Canadian cousin, architect Michael Bayley has been sent a medal for helping to liberate Holland from the Germans at a time that the Dutch say was the blackest in the entire Second World War.”
In this Newspaper article, Val Bootle meets a Second World War veteran who was a true freedom fighter. Michael Bayley reminisces about his wartime service in Holland and the family connections that led to him being presented with the medal. He states “It is nice to know the Dutch still remember after some 58 year and that family ties still work after some 160 years.”
Details
- Title of journal: Maidenhead Advertiser
- Article title: Dutch show gratitude to local hero.
- Author: Val Bootle
- Illustrator: Michael Bayley
- Year: 2002
- Volume: November 29, 2002
- Pages: 27
- Identifier: ISSN: 0967-1722
- Notes: 2 Illustrations by Michael Bayley.