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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Stephen Moss

Sally Rose obituary

Sally Rose and her sister watched the Battle of Britain out of the window of their childhood home in Kent
Sally Rose and her sister watched the Battle of Britain out of the window of their childhood home in Kent Photograph: Supplied for obituary

My aunt, Sally Rose, who has died aged 92, led what she described as “an ordinary life”. Yet like others who lived through the second world war as children, she had some extraordinary experiences.

At the age of nine, in the summer of 1940, Sally and her older sister, Kay – my mother – were looking out of the window of their home in Sidcup, Kent, when they saw the Battle of Britain being fought overhead.

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