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Brief History

A brief history is: I joined the Territorial Army in 1937, more or less on leaving school, in a local RE...

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Untill this year i did not now how he died untill i read a book bye Marcus Cunliffe at the museum,in...

Alan's Story

I remember being shot in the groin area by a German during an attack... I was taken to a German farmhouse...

Battle in Imphal.

We were flown into Imphal as reinforcments for the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in 1944,...

Journey into the unknown - Part 06: Parading for the King in Farnborough

When His Majesty King George V1 passed in front of us, accompanied by our Commanding Officer Lieut....

What the War did to us

My father died in 1952, he was disabled out of the Royal W.F., and I was nearly 5 years old, I was...

What the War did to us

My father died in 1952, he was disabled out of the Royal W.F., and I was nearly 5 years old, I was...

My Great Uncle: Sword Beach

On the 6th of June 1944, my Great Uncle Cyril, on my mother's side, faught on the beaches of Normady,...

Observation Post Officers

An OP Officer climbed up to the top of the hill, wearing a belt that was carrying a revolver, some...

Dunkirk Rescue

I understand that my father was cut off from his regiment and he and another person were trying to bring in...

Driving to Spandau

I went into the Army just after the war, I was in the Duke of Wellington's and stationed in Berlin......

Wounded in Action

On D-Day I landed on Sword beach with B-Coy. We landed in Swindon, but it was full, so we were sent by...

Joining Up Disaster

After 16 weeks with the Gordons, we joined the London Scottish in Hampshire preparing for the invasion...

A Scorpion called Alexander

Alexander was a small brown Scorpion....

Mrs Olive Edith Gittens - nee Carswell Brother's Citation

The Military Medal has been awarded to Lance Sergeant William Cecil Carswell, Royal Artillery, St Rimers...

Operation Varsity

His letter of 23 March is certainly written with other prospects in mind - however he was certainly one of...

'How's Your Father?' an Episode on the Escaut Canal

I was a signaller in the Royal Artillery maintaining signal lines on the Escaut canal in Belgium, south of...

Death of a Child

They lived in the heart of Glasgow - only a ten minute walk from the River Clyde and the busy shipyards......

Eggs for Hairpins

My Dad, Sydney Thomas Edmunds was a glider pilot during WW2 but never talked about it. A few weeks later,...

Local Man Found Hanged.

The knife entered Basil's shoulderblade and as he stood up holding the man down with his foot, the...

A Chance Meeting

On his return to England he was sent to Nottingham and put in charge of the German prisoners at the POW...

Brothers in War

Joe Hardy - Border Regiment -served at Dunkirk, North Africa and Sciily, won the MC at Arnhem. Bombardier...

CAPTAIN WOODMAN OF THE SHIP - THE PRESERVER - THE LARGEST SALVAGE VESSEL IN WW2

He served in WW2 as the Captain of the ship - The Preserver - which was the largest salvage vessel in the...

Field Marshal Keitel's surrender

I was a member of a small unit of the Royal Corps of Signals, Intercept Section detached to ‘Y’...

Those Who Missed Dunkirk

They missed Dunkirk and were fortunate to get out on a collier from St Nazaire with one RADAR cabin —...

Army Journeys From Bovington to Singapore and Back Again!

At the end of the war in Europe I returned to the UK to attend Officer Cadet Training in Kent, from there...