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Liverpool And Merseyside Remembered
The following photographs were taken by Eric Cole during his time serving in the Army during WW2. Most were taken in Germany in 1945. They have been submitted to the site by his Daughter-in-law Doreen Cole.

Eric's story is listed on this site, and after seeing his photographs we thought that they needed to be shown. We have placed them here and hope you find them of interest.

What better way is there to see what happened than through the eye of somebody who was there.

We thank Eric for having the foresight to take these photographs.
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                                                                       Bomb Damage in Hamburg, Germany
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                                                       Munster, Germany buildings reduced to rubble
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                                                                         Trucks going through Wesel, Germany
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                                                       Hamburg, Germany. Pre fab houses beyond the trucks
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                                                                                               Hamburg, Germany
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                                                                               Hamburg, Germany. Autobahn
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                                                                      Troops and locals in Munster, Germany
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                                                                                        Hamburg Bomb damage
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                                                                              Rhine bridge after being blown up
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                                         Another photo of the Rhine bridge after its destruction

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    Two Blurred photos. Written on the back of the pictures it says "Exploding bridge on the Rhine "
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                                                                               The Rhine as seen from Holland
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                                                                 The Rhine as seen from the Roosevelt bridge
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                                                                                   Railway bridge at The Rhine
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                                                                                                    Wesel, Germany
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                                                                                         Hamburg Railway Station
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                                                                                  Photo-Knuppel, D033, Busum
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                             Watching a football match (in the rain) in Skipton. Eric is centre of picture
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left to right

Back-Corporals Robins,Winward,Wainwright,Forbes,Bevington and Shackleton

Middle-Corporal McNair, C.S.M Yates, S/Sgt Davies, Sgt Sutcliffe, C.Q.M.S Rankin, Sgt Lister-James, C.S.M Spinner, Sgt Ross

Front-Corporals Smith and "Cole", C.S.M Stanford,2nd Lt Lewis, Capt Allbut, S/Sgt Franks,, Cpls Bodle and Townsend.
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                                                                Eric Cole taken on the 10th of November 1943
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                                                                              Eric again somewhere in Europe
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 A German Iron Cross dated 1914. This was with Eric's things. The family have no idea how he obtained it.



                                                                  Below are a few items that Eric had kept hold of from his days in the Army
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                                                                                                                                     Gas Alarm Rules
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                                                                                                                       Casualty Notification Rules
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                                                                                                                                Soldiers Service book
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                   Eric's Release book. Noticed the stamp top left hand corner stating Cigerettes and Chocolate have been recieved.
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