Later Life
After the war, Ekins returned to Rushden, Northamptonshire and went back to work in the shoe factories near his home town. He retired 34 years later, after becoming a manager of one of the factories.
He married his childhood sweetheart and together they had two children. He also had two grandchildren.
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