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Jack Nissenthall- The VC Hero Who Never Was: Part 2

AFTERWORD In July 1997, the author spoke to Jack's daughter who described how after the war Mountbatten...

A Polish Soldier in Siberia, South Africa - and the British Army on D-Day

My father feared for his life and tried to persaude one brother and his younger sister Channa,with whom he...

A Free Poland?

They sent us a copy of his War Record which informed me that he had been conscripted into the German Army...

All Tanked Up - part 2

It would appear to have been the Churchills of this British regiment which Jim Clark and others saw being...

Lifetime Experiences: With the Headquarters of 2nd Air Division in Norwich

The Second Air Division and its bomb groups and HQ. & service & supply units were stationed closer...

Commissioned Service to 1944

Their crews sprang into action and, with great difficulty and resourcefulness, managed to fix a towline...

In Memory of my Father

After France capitulated on 17 June 1940 a group from the Division went towards South Loire and on to...

A "Bolshie" Royal Naval Reservist (2)

On one occasion when we were practising wet landings prior to the proposed invasion of Leros, Samos and Kos...

Reminiscenes of a Veteran Sapper - 4

The arrival of Sandy Stewart, who had dropped rank and been posted as Major to an R.E. Field Company and...

Escape from Germany 1945 by Arthur Berry

He said that there was no food available on the airfield but a 鈥渃how鈥� wagon would be along in a...

From Chodel in Poland to Monte Cassino. PART 1

His long journey began on the 17th of September 1939 when the Russian Army crossed the Polish eastern...

All Tanked Up - part 8

Whereas the Calgarys arrived with British 鈥楳atilda鈥� and then 鈥楥hurchill鈥� tanks, all...

The Post Mortem - A Lighter Anecdote

Their intercommunication was so limited that they could not discuss the prospect of meeting their Russian...

All Tanked Up - part 6

Thus we read that Canadian soldiers were involved in a number of vehicle accidents: such as the Bombardier...

Memories World War Two at Wyke Regis

So with the Weymouth bay and harbour, the Portland harbour and the Torpedo factory, the area was of great...

25 July 1944: Group 6 Canadian Squadron 431 - and Life as a POW

Unfortunately this goon did not understand much English and called for a senior officer who took up the...

The Bill Murchie Connection

My contact with the English has been limited and I can give little on my reactions to either them or...

Happy Days Are Here Again

British Bomber Command had a lot of Canadian Air Force personnel manning the planes in the nightly raid...

Nina Orsten's Escape from Ravensbruck Pt 5

So the Colonel promised me that he was going to arrange for a jeep to take us to the next sector, which...

Adventures of a Wartime Bus Conductress

I went out with him from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and on the Friday somebody had failed to...

U X B Exploits of RAF Bomb Disposal Experts

This time it was goodbye to working on gun-turrets, searchlights, bombing etc., as I packed up my kit and...

The German Surrender and End of the War in Europe by Edna Stafford (nee Hodgson)

Eisenhower and A.C.M Tedder both were driven away and within a few minutes the Russian Officer left. Then a...

Weymouth War Memories

Born in Weymouth Dorset, I was just a young boy at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, but it...

Verrieres Ridge

The BATTLE OF VERRIERES RIDGE A name indelibly etched into the memories of the men of 2nd Canadian Infantry...

All Tanked Up - part 4

It wasn't just the troops based in Headley鈥�, said Pat Lewis, 鈥渨e had the Canadian Army...

The Battle of Bamber Bridge

The 鈥檓utiny鈥� took place on 23 and 24 June 1943 and involved some of the black American troops...