Frederick William Atkey: Unsung local hero, national icon.
These are not accolades given over coffee or dreamt up over the dinner table, but deserved observations by family, friends and strangers whose lives his formidable but humane and witty presence has touched.I am privileged to have been in his confidence, and thus able to record his memoires, and as I have listened to his tales have felt humbled that one who has lived through such a traumatic period of modern history, has without complaint or prejudice lived a rich and productive life, given and received the love, respect and admiration of all who have known him.
These are the stories of one man’s struggle to survive and his will to poke a finger in the eye of the 20th centuries most prolific tyrant, Adolph Hitler; not just on the perceived glamorous hero laden front line or the unassailable beaches of Dunkirk, where many a brave warrior gave his life for king and country (although he was there) but in oppressive POW camps of the 3rd Reich, echoing the forgotten tales of so many who by perseverance against the overpowering oppressor, and an enduring will to live, triumphed against the odds and returned to our green and pleasant land to raise families and enrich the lives of all who came into contact with them. This is my humble tribute to your father. David Hunter:
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