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My Great Granda

He has won many medals for his job including: - The France and Germany star - The 1939-1945 star - The...

An Old Photograph.

They were part of the British 1st Infantry division and fought in France in 1940, in Tunisia, in Italy, and...

The RAPC Litany

From each and every kind of scrutiny, From tea that drives us near to mutiny, From Lance-Jacks of Hitlerien...

DLI on D-Day

My father, David Wallis, landed on D-Day with the Durham Light Infantry, part of the 50th Div. The Germans...

Ration Trucks in Iraq

Helsby of Congleton Library on behalf of John Gibson and has been added to the site with his permission. I...

Journey into the unknown - Part 09 - 172nd Field Regiment RA in Algeria

The reason for our Battery having been detained in Bone for those 3 weeks did not become known to me until...

Changing use of language: Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment

We wore shoulder flashes marked ‘Queen's’ but any possible double entendre passed us by......

Rescue: Dodging Enemy Fire in France

Rescue: Dodging Enemy Fire in France...

Company Barber, 1st Army, North Africa

He had lived all his life in Dorset where he had a business as a Gentlemen's Hairdresser. He had dark...

Grandads War

My grandad henry playle was in the london rifles brigade 2nd battalion he fought in the middle east and...

Service in the RASC 1940-46 (part 2 of 3)

Our first job was to get the troops over the Rhine. If the lorry broke down, you had to just cast it...

More swimming in the "great bit of lake" -- John Gibson

Helsby of Congleton Library on behalf of John Gibson and has been added to the site with his permission....

Banks, R. Comando.. ??

Hi I am writing this story to actually find out more information about my Grandad... My Grandad never...

Military Driver

I was entered into military training on Febuary 28th 1940, as a driver at Herne Bay, Kent... In March 1942...

My Mates

A HELMET ROLLED IN THE DUST AT NORMANDY I TURNED MY HAED AND LOOKED AROUND THERE WAS BILL, SPREAD ACROSS...

How the War Affected My Taid's Family: Wounded in Africa

When my Taid was in the 8TH army, the Germans hit him in a truck so he had to go to the...

D-Day, a Son's Remembrance of his Father's Launch by Brian Ward.

D-Day, a Son's Remembrance of his Father's Launch by Brian Ward. As with the best laid plans of men...

A Wartime 21st Birthday: Joining the Northumberland Fusiliers

I joined the Territiorial Army at 17 years old for 4 years really to have a holiday.Just before my...

Dunkirk Beaches: With a Light Anti Aircraft Regt

My father the late Major General Revell-Smith GC/AM,DSO,MC* was commanding a light anti aircraft regiment...

D-Day: 81st Field Regiment Royal Artillery

My father ,Major David Gilbertson, landed in France on probably,June 7 1944. He was in the 53rd Welsh...

Billeted Soldiers

Margaret Cochrane remembers the North Staffs Regiment who were billeted in Newmilns, Ayrshire and accepted...

The Tank is Still There

Pat was in a Scottish Tank regiment and the truth is that his tank was stopped by a German bazooka and that...

A Surrender of Rotterdam

To decide who should lead the advance party, myself or a Lt. Gordon Clark, a coin was spun, and Gordon...

A War Crime Punishment

One of my duties was Japanese war crime escort. On one occasion, I was detailed with two others and a...

The Iron Phantom of the Desert Pt 9

For instance, I can remember one incident in particular when a corporal from B Squadron of the 4th RTR...

Hidden by Refugees: Royal Artillery in Belgium 1940

Some Belgian refugeesmotioned him to hide in their column which he did....