FIFTH ARMY : ANZIO BRIDGEHEADSOLDIER EX-MINER'S OPINIONS OF MINERS' STRIKE - Pte. H. Brown (left) of Clement Road, Horseley, Woodhouse, near Derby, who used to work at the Mapperley Colliery and Pte, A. Warrilow (right) of 38 Old Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent, of the Tilmanstone Colliery. Both were at Dunkirk, and inthe Tunisian campaign and are now on the Anzio bridgehead. Pte. Brown's comment was "I do not agree with a miner's strike at a time when the country needs all the coal it can get. I think the miners have never had a square deal". Pte. Warrilow, an Army Reservist called back to the C
FIFTH ARMY : ANZIO BRIDGEHEADSOLDIER EX-MINER'S OPINIONS OF MINERS' STRIKE - Pte. H. Brown (left) of Clement Road, Horseley, Woodhouse, near Derby, who used to work at the Mapperley Colliery and Pte, A. Warrilow (right) of 38 Old Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent, of the Tilmanstone Colliery. Both were at Dunkirk, and inthe Tunisian campaign and are now on the Anzio bridgehead. Pte. Brown's comment was "I do not agree with a miner's strike at a time when the country needs all the coal it can get. I think the miners have never had a square deal". Pte. Warrilow, an Army Reservist called back to the Colours from the mines was of the opnion that"This is a wrong time to strike, let us finish the war first. At the moment I would change places with any miner. I find I work far longer hours in the Army for less pay than ever I did down the mines", British Army
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