Goodbye dear brother,you were always a lovely person to know,full of fun and jokes,always cheerful. I remember our days as kids at home in Enfield and our days at the Rectory in Souldern during the War. They were trying times for us being away from our Mum and Dad and the kids in the street where we lived. I remember when you tossed a small pebble at the Rector hitting him on the back and he ignored it.Then you tossed another one which hit him but did no harm.He also ignored it which was clever psychology by him because you left him alone after that. I remember when you came in from the Green one day crying that Norman Long hit you.You rushed past me and mumbled about,' where's that lump of wood',you came back with this large wooden pole and rushed out to confront Mr Long and beat him into submission until he cowed and begged you to stop.He was much older and stronger and bigger than you but you were not going to be bullied by any one. At Souldern you took Mr Tingey's bike from the Rectory driveway and rode it around the grounds while poor Mr Tingey ran after you and tried to get his bike back. It was all devilment and fun to us kids who were far from home and we made the best of it because we were like orphans in a strange place without the love of our parents and friends in Enfield. I remember when you stood up for Mum when she was having bad arguments with Dad as you stood against the wall with the broom hidden behind you waiting for the opportunity to brandish it in her defense should he get violent.I didn't know that you had the broom hidden and went to go and get it,but you said,"Ive got it',I said where,you said "here" and showed me it was behind your back. I said 'give it to me',and I took it from you and laid it across the Old Mans shoulder.But it wasn't easy to persuade you to hand it over because you wanted to do the job yourself. They were hard days for us kids and Mum in Particular who suffered for us greatly. I remember when you were sent to Dorset to recover from TB.WE walked to Enfield Town to hand you over to a government officer to take you to convalescence by train. We cried when you went as we waved goodbye at the station.Nine months later we walked back to the same station to meet you and bring you home again free from the virus. That was a very happy day for us all,we were so pleased to see you and you were over the moon to see us as you ran around us and played dogging as we tried to catch you and hug you,you were quite different to when you went away.You were rolly polly plump and healthy looking and full of beans. No words can describe how we loved you,our long lost brother had returned home. Goodbye Dear brother Dick you are following your dear brother Eddy and as we who are left await our finale you will always be a loving memory for us. LOVE you always. Alf.xoxoxoxoxoxoxo.