The Diaries of Russell James Sparrow 1908 to 1991
famous preacher, living in America and general secretary for the Seventh Day Adventists. A few years back he changed his name to Seaton,
World War 1 I don’t know why, I can remember hiding under the table when a Zeppelin raided Ipswich and destroyed some houses in All Saints Road, quite close to us, and seeing some German planes flying low over the allotments at the bottom of our garden in broad daylight and hearing the newsboys shouting “Kitchener drowned” when H.M.S. Hampshire was sunk. Dad had joined the Royal Flying Corps and after training at Farnborough he was posted to Catterick in Yorkshire where after a time Mother and I joined him, Bernard having returned home. At that time Catterick was a small village with Church, school and two or three shops with a stream (beck) running through the middle of the green. We stayed with a brother and sister by the name of Todd, in a little cottage which was on one side of the beck whereas the school which I attended was on the other side. The method of crossing the beck was by stepping stones which I made an awful habit of missing. It was a lovely little spot within reach of Ripon and Richmond which we used to visit. After about twelve months or more Dad was posted to Montrose in Scotland and we followed him living in a small flat 12
