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Come Back When You're Eighteen!

When the war ended the women of this Regiment were those who turned their searchlights onto St Paul's Cathedral, forming the 'V for Victory' sign...

The Long Hike

Word had reached me that my older Brother Kenneth was in Sfax a mere 90 miles away from our position in...

Fighting in the Far East by Bert Wright

Story told to Story gatherer at Duxford VE event. In Burma I was in the 7th Indian Division....

Three Days in a Field: Dunkirk 1940

Unfortunatly thir marrige broke up in the course of the war and my mother destroyed the photographs she had...

On Being Confused (purposely) with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

It went: Harry Pollitt was a Bolshie One of Lenin's lads Till he was foully murdered by...

Desert Memories

I was in Palestine with the Essex Regiment when the war started and was in the front line all the time... I...

Remembering My Dad, by Jean Nixon (nee Ward)

My mother heard nothing about him until a letter arrived in September 1942 to say that he had been in...

Letters Home - December 1944 - Part Two

Xmas eve I was on duty all night with Dennis, after a while we were asked by the Officer to go to...

Cassell

25th May to 30th May 1940 The British Expeditionary Force in France was made up of skilled and experienced...

The Russians Are Coming

One day he went to the toilet and found the old lady from the farm had hung herself from the toilet...

I Upped My Age To Join The Army

I was with the York and Lancaster Regiment; volunteered for the Parachute Regt and saw action in Europe......

Pre-War Volunteers

Prior to the outbreak of war the ratio of regular soldiers to territorials was very low the battalion I was...

Wartime Memories

When war was declared between Great Britain and Germany by Mr Neville Chamberlain on Sept.3rd 1939, I was...

Hiroshima Saved My Bacon.

I was in the army in Venice Italy, my company the DWKwere waiting for orders to invade Japan. So...

Port Refurbishment at Brindisi: A Greek in the Royal Engineers

George was involved in the recommisioning of the port of Brindisi... God smiled and the cranes remained...

Dunkirk---James' escape

Eventually James’ company arrived at Dunkirk beach... During the First World War he was a soldier in...

A Shocking Start to the War: Service with 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

We saw action more or less straight away, we were on a bit of a rise, the road was below and we...

"Careless Talk Can Cost Lives"

The brief story of John and Sheila Walker, who live in New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk, both now in their...

The story of a Cockleshell Hero’s raid — Marine Richard Ruff

Taking part in a Special Boat Section operation was Sergeant King and Marine R.N. Ruff who was an uncle to...

War Years

There was a pill box in our front garden and there were also pill boxes at Cheyne, quay head and one behind...

From Grief to Great Joy!

My father, Harold Croft, enlisted in the Yorks and Lancs Regiment at the outbreak of WW2... My mother may...

Language Usage

I was the Key Sergeant in a team consisting of two or three captains, three sergeants and two ATS...

Death, Destruction and Survival

Firstly the story is not about me it is about my grandad and his 3 brothers His older brother was in the...

Collecting for their Bottom Drawer

Dad was camped in Havant Thicket and eventually like many others went to France, then through Belgium and...

Donald Delves' War, Part 9 : Italy, Driving the Padre to the Vatican

The Regimental Padre, Joe Bown, used to preach at the Wesley Chapel in Redruth and when he heard that...

Squad Number!

Tucked away in a corner of this vast arena stood the squad of about twenty Officer Cadets under the command...