Aren't chance meetings amazing? "Fearless Fred Harris hoisted his wounded battlefield commander Hugh Beach into an armoured car during a machine gun fight. The heroic actions of the 21-year-old at La Bassee in northern France in 1944 were forgotten until a million-to-one chance meeting. Sir Hugh, later a general who was knighted by the Queen, was on a battle-field tour when he realised another tour member, Michael Harris, was the son of the man to whom he owes his life. Emotional That led to a reunion for the wartime comrades at the Victory Services Club near London's Marble Arch. There Mr Harris, now 91 and living in Mill Hill, north London, joked that his highly-decorated comrade could repay his debt by shouting him a beer. He said: "I told him he was a lucky beggar but I'm pleased he made it."" http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/458477/World-War-Two-hero-soldier-Fred-s-pint-with-the-man-he-saved-in-1944
