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15 October 2014
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Part 11 Boarded HMT Thalma in Tarantoicon for Story with photo

There had been action with a number of casualties and was ordered to patrol the area looking for any...

From Hanky Park to the Sea.

There was a real feeling of Internationalism among the armed forces during World War II, I recall the time...

Village to Village: From Poland to Britain

After 6 months training in morse code, I was able to take down German army messages at the highest...

Basic Training

But for all the energy we burned up in the feverish preparation for the final inspection and march to the...

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Ski Training

Never for a moment did I think that one day I'd be strapping on a pair of skis, but here I was,...

A Polish Battle, Normandy 1944 (Translated from the French)

At dawn, German armoured cars from St-Lambert burst through: S.S. troopers, trapped in 'the pocket'...

Marching on to Laffan's Plain - Chapter 8icon for Story with photo

Our other Workshop Platoon and one of our four Park Platoons was based at China Bay, Trincomalee, another...

My Journey to become a Polish Paratroopericon for Story with photo

We went on more manoeuvres and exercises at Salisbury and were placed under the command of 1st British...

Reminiscences of a Veteran Sapper - 2

After a short stay at Gilgil I was included in a group of Sappers sent as replacements to the 16th Field...

Corps Reserve-Urbino

Although Urbino was a centuries old provincial town, several modern office buildings had been built by...

Air Bomber Instructor Part 2 of 3

Here we were flying Avro Ansons and Bolingbrokes. Before the course began, some of us were sent to stay at...

Nel’s Story: Part I: Looming War: Indonesia 1942

Nel Elfring was born in April 1922 as the eldest child of Herman and ‘Mies’ Elfring, a Dutch...

Into the unknown - from the Soviet Union to Scotlandicon for Story with photo

It struck me then that there had been very few Red Army soldiers at the stations between Martuk and the...

Marching on to Laffan's Plain - Chapter 6icon for Story with photo

In general the Workshop Sections were United Provinces Hindus and the Park Sections were Punjabi Mussulmen,...

Marching on to Laffan's Plain - Chapter 7icon for Story with photo

In Central India and Ceylon the war did not interfere with the many traditional religious festivals...

Tom's Story -Part 2

We spent some time in Oran and Algiers and in the latter Port we were subject to one of the heaviest air...

Edward Green's Story

Chepstow was a very small Market Town which comprised mainly Chepstow within the Town walls, Garden City...

Lawrence's War Memoirs Part 1

It must have been winter because it was terribly cold, so when one day a notice appeared on the...

The Dieppe Raid

Reminiscences from Derry

Paddy... yes we had railing at the front of our house in Strabane that were taken away When I think of Sea...

Life as a Prisoner of War in Germany 1944-45 by Arthur Berry

He took me right down to the basement of the factory and put me into a room where a lot of banging...

Fire Orders Chapter 7

Mr. Murdoch and his batman, Les Morgan, are going to Reykjaskoli with Sergeant Speake and I want you and...

A Polish Soldier in Scotland 1940-44

When I went to London - I arrived at night and went straight to my Naffi as one of my friends had...

Maggots in the Soup

And then he stopped, glanced over at my bowl, took a double-take, then did the same to his own, stirred it...

Prisoner of War, Escape and Journey Home (4)

We were to assist the Russians as the Germans could have broken through Turkey, making for the Suez canal....

Serving with the A.E.A.F. in France 1944 by Edna Stafford (nee Hodgson)

Christmas morning in the office was busy, as reports on bombing missions still had to be presented to the...

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