In late 1946 I was walking along the embankment of the river Rhine in the much bombed city of Cologne......
December 31st 1946 was our first post-war New Year's Eve and the Squadron spent it at Monfalcone, a...
My father, Frank Waller, was the eldest of five children and was a rifleman in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps,...
Lance Bombardier Patrick William White, No. 6462311, Royal Artillery, 69th Searchlight Regiment, 458...
Woods was my father, born in 1898, he served in WW 1 - after the war, he joined the Royal Artillary TA...
In my article on Trieste I spoke of the almost daily riots that took place in the city, I give a small...
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But when they reached Dunkirk they had to dump the lorries and burn them to prevent the Germans getting...
He was with a small group from his regiment in the town of Dunkirk and the German forces were rapidly...
Dad and one other signalman were with a company of Guards who were carrying their regimental silverware in...
Dad always used to say how much he admired the Royal Engineers, or "Sappers", as I believe they are...
He never talked about this time. i saw the recent film on ´óÏó´«Ã½ D-day to Berlin and saw an interview with...
I commanded 24 bomb Disposal Platoon RE and landed in Guernsey on the 12th May 1945. Our first duty was to...
My Dad Thomas Yearsley of Cerne Abbas, Dorset joined the Dorset Regiment of the Light Infantry but was...
My brother who was in the Army was posted at a centre in Gateshead, where he was a Bren gun carrier...
My auntie, Barneys daughter has a diary Barney kept all throught the war and one of the frst entries is on...
The boy lay, trembling, on the sand, crying for his mother; Rigid with fear, not daring to move, scanning...
I attended Latymer Secondary School, Edmonton. On a visit I met Mr Robinson again who was also a member of...
To overcome this his horse was fitted with two stirrups on the left hand side; on the command "prepare...
We went via the Cape, spending a month in transit camp in Durban before heading for Port Tufic via Eritrea...
Waiting at the bus stop I suddenly realised that I had left my rifle at Fred's home. Panicking, I...
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