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Burma: Planting Tomato Seeds

One day a Japanese bomber came over and hs friend tried to shoot it down....

Singapore Hospital Attack

Manchester Regiment, C Company joined 18th August 1940 as a machine gunner but was put with signals corp....

Peter's Story

Peter married Vera Heywood in May 1940 they have two children, one granddaughter, and two Great Grand...

Harry's War: Captured at Dunkirk

He spent the war in various prisoner of war camps, was not recognised as a Jew and was even taken to Berlin...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 11

As a result, both the 5th Hampshires and our 155 Battery were caused much tension and danger throughout the...

Lloyds story: Wounded and Captured at Dunkirk

Lloyd was on the beach at dunkirk waiting for the chance to get off, when another german aircraft attack...

My Grandfather

Most of my Grandfathers friends died along the way....

"Absolutely revolting"

These soups were made by Heinz and they had a tube down the middle that you lit and you also put some...

The Sea Frozen

I vividly remember as I left Cuxhaven enroute to the UK in 1947 the sea was frozen The ship veered through...

My Brave Husband John .

He was in Egypt,Sicily,Germany,Italy and France. He talked about the big gun and talked about Monticasino...

Returning Home: My Father, Japanese POW

The first few years of my life were spent with my Mother and Grandparents as my father was a Japanese...

Dunkirk: A soldier in the Suffolk Regt

Dunkirk: A soldier in the Suffolk Regt...

Decoding AND Army Life

While Grandpa was in the Desert rats as tank commander, my granny joined the wrens. Grandpa was a member of...

Eric George Layton

My partners Father Eric George Layton was a member of the royal corps of signals during WWII... Coming back...

Captured only to Escape

This is a short story of my grandad maxamillian and his war. My grandad was Polish he was brought up and...

Shower

I made a shower out of a wood ammunition box. The bottom was the shower tray....

Pot Shot at Dad in the Bushes

He took a pot shot at dad relieving himself....

My Brother - Walter William Whitmill - Escapes From Arnhem

John and his brother Walter were both in the Airbourne Division - John signed up first and Walter was in...

Full House!

My dad was in the East Lancs Regiment and was stranded, like so many others, at Dunkirk. But that is where...

Operation Infatuate

On the 1st November 1944, I was aboard a landing craft Headquarters, carrying the Deputy Senior Officer of...

Austin Family in the War -Part 2

From the letters that Gwen's mum received she learned that his role in the tank regiment entailed many...

One Weekend

They married and then my grandfather had to go out on the front line to Egypt leaving my grandmother with...

"Were you there, Grandad?": Royal Army Medical Corps

The story starts from call-up in 1939, basic training, BEF France, evacuation from Dunkirk, more training,...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 10 : With the British Army in North Africa

The area in which we had arrived was typical of a very pleasant picnic spot and appeared to be so green and...

A Life of Graft and Service

I was stationed in four different countries Japan; Malaya; India and China after doing all my basic...

Rememberance of War

By daylight we realized that the enemy had dug in adjacent to our trenches. In the meantime I was returning...