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A Wartime Sojourn into Burmese with Six Sappers

Here we spent an imteresting time providing a better watering hole for the mules, a farewell plaque for...

All About My Grandad

When my grandad came out of the army he went back to college to finish his training as a draughtsman... My...

Life in Palestine

Dear Aunty Dot, Pat, Albert and Eric. We have 2 K.D. Short Trousers and 2 K.D. Long Trousers....

Active Service: With the Royal Corps of Signals

I was stationed in East Anglia waiting for Germen parachutists to land we on stand to from dawn to dusk...

Navy Life

We landed on Sword beach of the eve of D Day and from there we went up to France, then into Germany....

Colour-Blindness

It transpired that colour-blind people can 'see through' camoulflage - I certainly could... I spoke...

My Father's War

My father, Robert Powton, joined up in September 1939 as a Clerk in REME, later transfering to the...

How Manuals to Run a War Get Written

I don't have a pension because one was the Luftwaffe when I was off duty, one was friendly fire from...

Army Life

We landed on Sword beach of the eve of D Day and from there we went up to France, then into Germany....

D-Day Memories

D-Day Memories...

D-Day Landings: With the British Army

From France we went to Antwerp, where there were big docks, and when we got there we headed for a cafe and...

Eighth Meets First

Some time in April 1943 the Eighth Army finally met the advance elements of the First Army, which had...

My Parents War

Briefly: my parents war, mum Doris still alive: dad was born in 1920 in Glasgow, as a boy of 19 he enlisted...

From Flushing to Stalag XIB

My father Thomas Hook from St. Boswells was in D Coy 5th KOSB and went to the low countries on 21st Oct...

Off to War - What an Adventure!

We did various jobs including farm work and training, and I was then posted to North Africa, had a ride out...

My 21st Birthday and Vesuvius was Blowing His Top

It was my 21st birthday and Vesuvius was blowing his top....

My Dad's War

I would love to get in touch with anyone who remembers my Dad, Charles Arthur Brooke, who landed on the...

F.Gaterell in Italy 1944

I was a tank driver in the Royal Wilts Yeomanry regiment, HQ Troop, B Squadron. The sergeant asked for it...

The Burma Campaign

Sinclair Ramsay Atkins became ill with dysentery in January 1944 and was sent to a hospital in Imphal. That...

Lancastria: At Dunkirk 1940

It later transpired that his Unit had been told to make their way back to Dunkirk 'Every man for...

War in the Lowlands

It was D-Day +22. My regiment, the 362 S/L Regiment, left Southampton Docks and landed at Utah Beach Head...

Feelings on D-Day

We were firing our 25 pounder guns from the TNC's as we went in closer and as we started up the engines...

Keeping the Way Clear: Dunkirk 1940

An officer who had apparently commandeered a civilian car was determined to drive into Dunkirk until the...

From Dunkirk to Singapore

As the village where Dad lived is on the banks of the River Tweed and the main occupation at that time was...

Desert Rat 1942-1943

He was in Eygpt and the desert with the 8th army, at Alemain etc. writing his diary most days but with gaps...

Lucky Escape at Hill 112

I was trained in the army, after training with the 4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment... I was sent to a...