I decided I needed to create a character that would hopefully reflect the ideas of the Cenotaph as remembrance.
I needed to do research on the age range I am thinking of and what wars they would have been involved in and when. The age of my character is 65 there fore I needed to think of the theory of what age he would have been when he joined and when he would of joined why.
Robert Smith
10.11.1959
Family; The family home was located in Bedford
Martha Smith-Mother- House wife
Arthur Smith- Father- Writer (unsuccessful)
Alfred Smith-Brother- Royal Marines- died at 24- Battle of Goose Green
Harry Smith- Brother- Teacher (Maths)-67- retirement home
Robert Smith had a string of unsuccessful career attempts he turned 22 and decided he needed to something with his life so he joined the Royal Air Force. After a family christmas he saw his older brother Alfred talking about his training and all the people he had met, Robert had seen these stories as glamorous and decided to join in January 1981 he was 21, he went into the military as a Junior Technician. As a junior technician when his time came to be deployed in May 1982 into the Falklands he was to stay with the base, he was only there as a technician. His brother how ever as part of the Royal Marines was involved in the battle of Goose Green. Many lives were lost in the battle but the war was over within a month of British troops arriving. Alfred Smith was one of those lives that were lost in the battle and upon coming home Robert learnt that his brother had perished. He soon became guilty that he was not on the ground with his brother. He developed survivors guilt, this lead him to lead on lonely life that ended up with him retiring at 60 from the Royal Air Force at the rank of Chief Technician in 2009. Robert lived in Aylesbury in the RAF Halton quarters until he retired in that time he then moved into his own house in Aylesbury.
This is a time line that could be relevant in case of when and where Robert Smith may have served.
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