Wednesday 4th March 2026

South Lawn Hotel, Milford Road, Milford on Sea, SO41 0RF

Monthly Meeting

Our speaker today is David Bickerton.

David is a retired civil engineer living in Waterlooville who was drawn on a journey of discovery after finding nearly 150 letters that his parents had exchanged between 1942 and 1945 before they were married.

After extensive research David discovered how his father was in the crew of HMS Dorsetshire when she took part in the pursuit and sinking of the Bismark.  His mother was a radar operator in the WAAF and found herself tracking enemy aircraft on their bombing missions.  You will hear how they met and their short relationship before his father was sent to the Mediterranean where he was involved in 6 invasions.