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Journey into the Unknown - Part 48

These must have been taken from the Lagerfuhrer's headquarters after they had fled, One sentry had only...

Border Regiment

After a short period of time at Carlisle we were sent abroad to France to camp near Rouen... We were...

Memories of Longest Day

My Dad died in 1994,but he jotted down his memories of D-Day for the 50th Anniversary,and I would like to...

No Where: Kings Own Scottish Borderers

I have no idea what this story is about, except to say that my Dad went to France with the BEF, in...

David Thomas Cope - Royal Signals

He was knocked unconscious but another soldier wrapped his arm up with his silk scarf and got my father...

Itinerary of one 14701281 Frank Wilkinson

Sports jacket, flannel trousers, socks, shoes, trilby hat and raincoat....

Capture at Dunkirk

The following was my maternal grandfathers account of his capture at Dunkirk: A small group of M.Ps...

The Miracle Ship

As a staff sergeant in Malta, August 1942, Kenneth was standing on the Barracas hoping that the convoy from...

The desert sun-compass

With a few modifications Bob realised a simpler but marginally less accurate version of the compass could...

Going the Wrong Way: 8th Worcestershire Regiment in France 1940

My grandfther was Staff Sergeant Oliver Sealey of the 8th Worcesters, a light anti-tank unit. After Dunkirk...

D-Day Memories of George Layton

Mr George Anderson Layton was born on 21st July 1921 and married to Doris Goodrum at Crosshill, Codnor on...

Water Supply

After D-Day they were billeted in a chateau, with the officers below in the family's accommodation and...

Protected by the French Resistance

David Mathews joined the 51st Gordon Highlanders when he was 18 years of age... The German gave David a...

The Aftermath

Bert was a short young man with rosy red apple cheeks and a cheeky George Formby grin... When the Japanese...

My Dad's War

He was taken to Valletta hospital, and eventually they managed to get a plane home for all the injured...

Driving in Germany, Italy and the Desert

I was in Berlin and saw Stalin, Churchill and Eisenhower sign the agreement. I also drove in Italy and from...

It Wasn't All About Fighting

One morning on parade, the RSM explained that a young lad had been knocked over by a motor vehicle, a car I...

ALAMEIN

My dad was a member of 45 RTR, part of 24th Armoured Brigade, 10th Armoured Div, at the start of the battle...

Dunkirk / St Nazaire

I beleive he went to the Depot at Didcot,from where I beleive he went over to Belguim - just wherabouts I...

Panagar - India

There were only 7 British persons manning the signals office ,myself,. two bods deciphering coded messages,...

My Uncle was a Prisoner of War: In Poland

He was then moved to Stalag V11B, Teschen, Poland and at a later date went to Stalag X11A at Limburg......

Family Matters

She also forecast a second marriage for me, to a P.O.W in Germany and that he would be dressed in grey......

Harry Brown Prisoner of War

After he was released from Stalag XVIII A and returned to Britain to lead a normal life he then married...

Some Men Stationed Around Bedale, Yorkshire

During WW2 my Benson Family ran the Waggon and Horses Pub in Bedale... Along with the pictures of the...

Conscription and Ack-Ack Battery 562

I was ordered to WAAF interview ajoining the Odeon cinema on the mount York. Spent three years mainly on...

Taken prisoner: Sicily 1943

On July 10 1943 we set off from a port in Egypt and landed on D Day in Cicily, at Syracuse under...