Victor John FLACK

1922 - 2012  (89 years)

• Name	Victor John FLACK
  Birth	25 Dec 1922	Edmonton Reg Dist, Middlesex
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Aug 2012	Basildon, Essex   [1, 2]
  	Obituary notice Essex 13/09/2012: FLACK Victor John "Vic" Sadly passed away but reunited at last with his beloved wife Olga.
  Person ID	I89945	Tree001D
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Truman William FLACK,   b. 26 Oct 1894, Little Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire d. 30 Jul 1968, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Florence Alice SMITH,   b. 27 Oct 1889, Stalisfield, Kent d. 30 Jan 1974, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1919	Boughton under Blean, Kent
  Notes	[GRO Marriage Certificate - Denise Carr] 1919 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Boughton under the Blean in the County of Kent. 27 September 1919 William Truman FLACK aged 25 bachelor miller of 79 Wellington Street Hertford son of William Truman Flack house painter, and Florence Alice Smith aged 29 spinster of Boughton Church Cottage Boughton daughter of George Smith (decd) carpenter. Wits: Ernest Edwin Smith and Alfred Henry Fitken
  Family ID	F20500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olga OLIVER,   b. 1921, Hartlepool Reg Dist, Durham d. 2012, Essex, England (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1948	West Hartlepool Reg Dist, Durham
  Children	1. Victor J FLACK   2. Colin William FLACK,   b. 27 Dec 1951, Edmonton Reg Dist, Middlesex d. 19 Jul 2017, Basildon, Essex (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F27625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Everyone has a story to tell and this is mine. I am Victor John Flack, born in the Enfield area on Christmas Day 1922. At the beginning of the war I was working at the Enfield Rolling Mills. My job was in an office in the sheet Mill where sheet non-ferrous metal was produced, brass in this case, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. On September 3rd 1939 WW2 started. I noticed that the large placard advertisements rapidly disappeared, and the hoardings soon carried propaganda posters, such as ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’, ‘ Dig for victory’, and so on, also road signposts were removed, making it just as difficult for friends as for foes. We dug a slit trench at the bottom of our garden at Cecil Avenue, and filled a biscuit tin with emergency rations to take down there, should we have an air raid You can read the rest of Victor's WWII story at the BBC's "WW2 People's War" at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/43/a7818843.shtml Later on in his story, Victor writes: "Brother George was called up in September or October 1940. I’ve been unable to discover when brother, Ern, went, must have been shortly after George went." GRO Birth Index JFM 1923 Edmonton mother's maiden name Smith GRO Death Index JAS 2012 Essex FLACK Victor John born 1922

  
  

• Sources

  [S1240] The Gazette (Official Public Record) - Deceased Estates. FLACK Victor John died 26 August 2012. Last Address 5 Longborough Close, Basildon, Essex [S511] Newspapers - Death Notices, Kent and Sussex Courier 13 Sep 2012. FLACK Victor John "Vic" Sadly passed away but reunited at last with his beloved wife Olga