Memories of The Basingstoke Canal at Frimley Green

I have many memories of the Basingstoke Canal at Frimley Green. I used to swim next to the Kingsmead Bridge. One day I was on the parapet of the bridge, I was grabbing a branch and swinging off the bridge. The branch broke and I hit the bridge wall below. I don't remember any more until I came round. Apparently I was knocked out. I came round and was pushed along by a soldier on a bike, wet through and fuzzy-headed - he saved my life. He told my mother everything, then he didn't give his name and left. I wish I had met him again, he certainly did me a favour. He could have been stationed at Deepcut, Pirbright, Blackdown or Mychett. I'm here today because of him. It was about the late 1940s.
Added by the Frith Memories Archivist on behalf of Mr D R Richardson, a Surrey Boy, now a Dorset Man.