Dare to Be a Daniel (35 page)

As a keen member of the 52nd Westminster Troop.

Scout Camp, Isle of Mull, 1939.

Nurse Olive Winch caring for David during his convalescence, March 1938.

Grandfather and Grandmother Holmes with David who was convalescing at Bexhill

Standing for Parliament, Victoria Tower Garden, June 1931.

Me, aged 7, checkmating Uncle Ernest, 58, in the garden of Blunt House.

The Ragamuffins, Stansgate, Summer 1932 (Father behind David).

Mother with her ‘boys’ preparing for a sail on the River Blackwater, Essex, Summer 1934.

Mum and Dad at Stansgate, just before war was declared, August, 1939.

Olive Winch with Michael, 18, David, 11 and me, with Father sitting on the steps at Stansgate.

On active service: the family in London during the Blitz, 1940.

On May 10, 1941, 550 German bombers blasted London. Much of Westminster, including the school and House of Commons, was damaged or destroyed.

The last photograph taken of all the family together; Mike died on operations seven months later.