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John Henry

Then on the 24th April 1941, he volunteered for overseas service in the MRA - 'The Maratime Royal...

Enlistment

War seemed inevitable, and as I had done some time with the local Cadets, I decided to try to join the city...

A PoWs Needs

Bacccy cake and chocolate he deemed as luxuries and wanted all that could be got through to him, though he...

The Iron Phantom of the Desert Pt 6

I told her that we had come from Tobruk and we had left at 2 o'clock that morning. The Sister replied...

Lost in France, May/June 1940: With the RASC

In May 1940, I was in Balbec, Normandy and drove with my comrades to Rennes in army lorries, eating only...

Sandstorm

It's a terrible place to be, even the wild dogs and bedouins don't like it, especially the...

D-Day Invasion of Europe: With the Parachute Regiment

I was equipped with the Lee Enfield Rifle, A revolver and some mills grenades. our objective was to capture...

From Desert Rat to Normandy Landing

After specialist training he was created Sergeant in 21st Army Group, 3601470 Sgt Graham J.H. R.E.M.E. Att,...

Jack Browning The Royal Scots Greys

Jack commenced service overseas with the armoured regiment in the Middle East as a Tank Driver, serving in...

From Wiltshire to Rome

I wasn't there long before being sent to the 53rd Worcestershire Yeoman Flight Landing Regiment Royal...

Down with a bang: RASC Dunkirk 1940

It must have been a destroyer or a frigate that my Dad found himself on, he used to laugh at this point...

B.E.F.

B.E.F....

Memoirs of a Sapper —Part 1 - Recruitment!

Memoirs of a Sapper —Part 1 - Recruitment. The account of his career is called ‘The Memoirs of...

WW2 Experience of a Private in the British Army

Landed at Port Tenefick Eygypt then sent to Haifa Palestine in october 1940. sent on to Pireus, Greece...

A Tribute To Two Seagoing Gentlemen

I was ashore in Alexandria at a night club with French Sailors, news had filtered through that the French...

A Very Brief Encounter

During WW2 I was in the Army mostly on Searchlights and in 1944 I was posted to Great Bardfield in Essex,...

An Eighth Army Odyssey

We were living in Dudley at the time - I was studying for my exams to become an inspector of Weights and...

Escape from France

I do know that he was a member of 23rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery, but I don't believe all of the...

George Sethlock

The Germans had a mixed Army of Germans, Russians....

Evacuation of France

In April/May 1940, my unit of the Military Police was posted from Dunkirk to St Malo, France, which had...

Beach Rescue 1940

His name was Sydney Arrobus, an artist, and although not an 'official wartime artist' sketched his...

Memoirs of a Sapper — Part 6 - All over bar the shouting!

Memoirs of a Sapper — Part 6 - All over bar the shouting. The account of his career is called...

A Tankman's Tales

Therefore I have compiled a list of tales from my particular service days, avoiding the initial Infantry...

The Beach: Dunkirk 1940

My father joind the army in 1918 after lying about his agejust as the war was ended,He was with the Luvat...

Bob and the Rhine Crossings.

After the attack on London and the south by the 'Doodles'my old work mate Bob Barnes, who was a...

William (Bill) Gower

W.W.2 Army Colleagues – Anyone still about who knows me, Bill Gower, Home Town, Canvey Island, Age...