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With the Artillery

I was with the artillery guns, driving the machines about. From 1939-1946 I was in North Africa and Italy....

My Memory of the Liberation

I was hoping to get in touch with the young man who picked up and delivered our laundry somewhere in...

An Attempt to Join the Parachute Regiment

My friend Sid Brown came up to me one day and said 'What about joining the parachute regiment Mesh? I...

Dad's Nightmares

It was when he found The Italy Star Association that his nightmares were put to rest... He has now passed...

Dunkerque POW

My grandfather was a member of one of the advance parties at Dunkerque. When the expeditionary force was...

Plan R4 - The Invasion of Norway

Plan R4, carried out in 1940, landed a mixed force of Allied troops in the Lofoten Islands... That is the...

Saved by an Ear Infection!

At one time his regiment were ordered to go to Germany by river in small boats undercover of darkness, and...

Peace Maker In Africa

-My Grandad was working in Africa as a peace maker as the fierce fighting had mainly finished; but he was...

Ration Truck in Iraq: Part Two

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

My Families Involvement in the War: Two Soldiers and a Royal Marine

My Great Uncle Tom Marquis and my Great Uncle Ken Marquis. My Great Uncle Tom was a Major in the Royal...

Unreal

I recall we had been operational and as often occurred there was a lull, not too sure what was happening or...

French Gratitude: Dunkirk 1940

When my uncle and his division were advancing through France the French were cheering and patting the...

Herbert Adams WW2

Herbert Adams was part of the Cheshire yeomanry TA a cavalry regiment when war broke out... The Cheshire...

My Father's Feet Saved His Life

He was not happy that he survived and his friends died. If he had been killed I and my sister would not...

Awarded a unique medal.

His comrades made for him a painted cardboard medal in honour of his 'achievements' in story...

Dad's Size Sevens

My father was 25 at the outbreak of the war and,was I think, in the first draft of conscripts.His initial...

Grandad in Burma: Border Regiment

My grandfather, Fred Eastham, died when I was about 12 years old, so I don't know much about what...

Dunkirk By Jim Thornton's Grandaughter

My Grandad, Jim Thornton was in the 3rd Royal Artillery Regiment,Searchllight,. He joined up of 15th Oct...

Burma

In 1940, My Grandad was sent out to fight in Burma, there were no serious injuries for all I know, but he...

Judgement or Justice?

I served during WW2 as a gunner on a merchant ship, members of the engine room crew decided to jump ship,...

VE Day celebrations in Steinbergen, Germany

Left to right: David Harvey, Joe Wills, Stan Hitchcock, Harry Farr, Unknown, Len Griggs, Leslie Hudson,...

Film Extra during the War

My dad, known as Les was in the Royal Service Army Corps, he was in the Dorsetshire Regiment. He did a lot...

Medals

1939-45 Star, The War Medal Awarded for a minimum of 28 days’ active service in a war zone. Burma...

Medals

1939-45 Star, The War Medal Awarded for a minimum of 28 days’ active service in a war zone. Burma...

Army Medical Corp

I was called up in 1940 and joined the Army Medical Corp. I enjoyed my time in the Army and met a...

Dunkirk: Loss of a Rifle

My uncle told me a story about the evacuation of british troops from Dunkirk, which to this day I find...