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Their Husbands' Decorations&#13;
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Mrs. Richard Bunker, of Redcar, Yorks, with her son. She received the D.S.O. and Bar of her husband, Wing-Commander Bunker.&#13;
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SECTION OFFICER LIDDELL, W.A.A.F., with her mother-in-law, after receiving from the King, at an investiture yesterday at Buckingham Palace, the Victoria Cross conferred on her husband, the late Captain Ian Liddell, of the Coldstream Guards.&#13;
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Mrs. Vera Gill, of Leeds, and her son Derek, after receiving the D.F.C. of her husband, Flying Officer Gill.&#13;
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THEIR HALF-WAY HOME&#13;
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