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Brittens at war – but when exactly?
We published this photo a while ago, but since then a minor mystery has arisen over it.
It was taken by Walter Roden, who had a grocer's shop in Bridgnorth High Street and was also a keen photographer who took some fascinating pictures of the town during the war.
Delving into the picture archive of the Express & Star recently, we found the original print he had supplied the paper, and Walter's typed note on the back reads: "June 21, 1945. Six sons in the Army. Picture shows Mrs Britten, of Bridgnorth, with five of her sons in uniform (she has a sixth in the Army, now in Italy. A picture of the sixth is shown on right of the picture)."