Lord Ashcroft, a driving force behind the new Bomber Command Memorial, uncovers the poignant story behind a note left there.
They were just 17 words dispatched with four kisses but, once I had read them, I could not get them out of my mind: “In loving memory of Monte Shute. Beloved husband of Grace Ethel Parsons, now 91 and still remembering xxxx.”
I had found the handwritten message on a card at the new Bomber Command Memorial in central London during a visit in August..........I did not want to intrude on private grief but I was intrigued to know more about them.
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Tom