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graduate of Sandhurst, had
been a victim of mustard gas
during the war: ‘the pain was
excruciating for him and he
turned to alcohol to numb the
pain. Once his youngest child
was born, he could no longer
take the pressures and
returned to England to seek
compensation in the courts
for the mustard gas. He died a
few months before I was
born.’ Eileen Lee remained in
Canada, however, with her