Never for a moment did I think that one day I'd be strapping on a pair of skis, but here I was,...
At dawn, German armoured cars from St-Lambert burst through: S.S. troopers, trapped in 'the pocket'...
Our other Workshop Platoon and one of our four Park Platoons was based at China Bay, Trincomalee, another...
We went on more manoeuvres and exercises at Salisbury and were placed under the command of 1st British...
After a short stay at Gilgil I was included in a group of Sappers sent as replacements to the 16th Field...
Although Urbino was a centuries old provincial town, several modern office buildings had been built by...
Here we were flying Avro Ansons and Bolingbrokes. Before the course began, some of us were sent to stay at...
Nel Elfring was born in April 1922 as the eldest child of Herman and ‘Mies’ Elfring, a Dutch...
It struck me then that there had been very few Red Army soldiers at the stations between Martuk and the...
In general the Workshop Sections were United Provinces Hindus and the Park Sections were Punjabi Mussulmen,...
In Central India and Ceylon the war did not interfere with the many traditional religious festivals...
We spent some time in Oran and Algiers and in the latter Port we were subject to one of the heaviest air...
Chepstow was a very small Market Town which comprised mainly Chepstow within the Town walls, Garden City...
It must have been winter because it was terribly cold, so when one day a notice appeared on the...
Paddy... yes we had railing at the front of our house in Strabane that were taken away When I think of Sea...
He took me right down to the basement of the factory and put me into a room where a lot of banging...
Mr. Murdoch and his batman, Les Morgan, are going to Reykjaskoli with Sergeant Speake and I want you and...
When I went to London - I arrived at night and went straight to my Naffi as one of my friends had...
And then he stopped, glanced over at my bowl, took a double-take, then did the same to his own, stirred it...
We were to assist the Russians as the Germans could have broken through Turkey, making for the Suez canal....
Christmas morning in the office was busy, as reports on bombing missions still had to be presented to the...