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A Small Boy's View of the US Army In Bristol

We lived in Frampton Cotterell some eight miles out of Bristol and my father would take me into the school...

Two Great Men

This did not take too long and they were attacked by a Panther which wounded one of the section n.c.o's...

The Jaywick Operation

A former Japanese fishing vessel, renamed the Krait, which had been captured off Singapore in December 1941...

EYE WITNESS ON FIREDRAKE, THE BOARDING AND CAPTURE OF A DUTCH TRADER (SALLY MERSK) AND THE PASSENGER SHIP “ CHANTILLY “ A FREN

The Chantilly was carrying some French troops we subsequently found out and the Dutch trader was carrying...

1st % 5th Canadian Divs at Ortona.

We all took a beating at Coriano and the 25th Tanks with 5th Cdn Div plus the 46th — 56th and 4th...

VE -day Letter from Lt William R Murchie:

It was a day or two after V-E day, but the crowds were like moths around the lights—great masses of...

Smuggling and GIs: The War in Warrenpoint

American troops built special huts at Roger Hall's castle in Warrenpoint. The government was short of...

Child of the war story by Marionne

My mother took us away as evacuees again to Frampton Mansell in the Cotswolds — lovely country but...

Evacuee from Bermondsey

I do know that shortly after George went into the army and despite being a Londoner he enlisted in the...

A Somerset Boy Remembers an American Soldier

At the time Philip Sealey spent a great deal of time with his uncle and aunt, Cissie and Harry Woollan, in...

Lucky One!

Each of shook hands with the King and got a "How do you do". On the Wellingtons the crew was...

Reminiscences of a Veteran Sapper - 3

On return from a short leave to the main camp of the Engineers at Sonderwater I found myself rated as a...

Saved by a Hat!

Both my brothers were conscripted into the army and George, the elder, at 20 yrs, had 3 months training,...

Joining the Indian Army

I'd always wanted to join the army and after our final exams I volunteered for an officer posting in...

The War as I Saw It: Air Training Excitement in East Anglia

One weekend our ATC section camped at Felixstowe, near the Languard Fort, where there was an air sea rescue...

My Recollections of D-Day: A Wren Attached to HMS Cicala

In January 1944 I was a Wren stationed in Kingswear, South Devon, attached to H.M.S."Cicala" a...

Capture of the Cross Channel Guns at Sangatte 1944

In recent years Sangatte, a village situated a few miles west of Calais has become associated with asylum...

An RAF Sgt Serving with the Canadian Air Force

To replace the heavy losses, Royal Air Force personnel were posted to Canadian Squadrons to make up the...

A Polish Hero's War

My Grandad, Zygmunt Piatkiewicz, was born in Novogrodek in 1917, a time when Poland did not exist... It was...

My First Lover has become a Mental Patient

On opening, I was very astonished that this is from my First Lover--Michelle. How can I save my First...

Memories of the ‘Green Dragons,’ USAAF 389th Bomb Group at Hethel Old Chapel

Memories of the ‘Green Dragons,’ USAAF 389th Bomb Group at Hethel Old Chapel. June 1943 to May...

New Zealand Soldiers Recuperating in Barwell

I lived in Barwell during the war and attended Nuneaton High School, a girls’ school....

A Mix of Teaching, Spitfires and Gliders

I emerged from the nstructors course brimming with knowledeg and enthusiasm , Posted To Insworth Gloucester...

The Day My Father Met Clark Gable

It was in fact Clark Gable, the world-famous Hollywood Actor.It transpired that he was "doing his...

With The Canadians

I was eventually posted to the Royal Canadian Air Force 410 Mosquito Fighter Squadron, 11 Fighter Group, at...

B17 Crash: At Ubbeston, Suffolk

Further Comments: The crash was attended by Military Police from Theberton / Leiston Airfield who took the...