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My ATS experience Part 1 by W. M. Haviland (now Stimson)

Echolocation worked insomuch as the Transmitter sent signals out in 360° and when those signals met an...

Wartime Memories of Robert Field Part 1

I wasn't until well into 1940 that Germany began its vicious bombing of Great Britain. Soon flames were...

UNDER THE RED CROSS BANNER - WORKING FOR THE VAD IN EUROPE

Barbara had quite a serious friendship with a sergeant she worked with, while Stella and I palled up with...

Swollen Heels Maybe Changed My Life!

A troop of young German soldiers marching with horse-drawn transport towards the Front and singing...

An Account Of Life In The ATS

A surprising summons to the War Office came and secondment to the Special Communications Unit headquarters...

Memories of Nursing Life during the War Part 2

Here we took over from another CCS and had our first American casualties, V2 buzz bombs and German...

Undistinguished Service by Patrick Taylor Part 2

After a while, however, I was eager to "get my feet under the table" again, and met an Irish Girl...

AN RAF WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE BURMA FRONT (Part 1 of 3)

The bulk of the regular army and territorials were sent to France, a few ships were sunk, the R.A.F. did a...

Deportation to Siberia

My family — father Adolf Miluk, mother Anna Miluk, brothers Alfons and Gustaf, sister Nadzieja and I...

Mountains of the Moon

Anyway, they did manage to drag me away at last and we returned to the hotel where, learning that there was...

Undistinguished Service by Patrick Taylor Part 5

The only warmth we could find was in the cafes where we spent our evenings drinking and chatting up the...

Dad's Story Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

After various exercises around Cairo the desert war was going against us and by May our worn out vehicles...

Natal Mounted Rifles, 1st Platoon, 'B' Company off for active service — Part 2

Our destination Gil Gil is comparable with the Indian villages round Sea Cow lake in Durban... The three...

Undistinguished Service By Patrick Taylor Part 3

Nor would some REME servicemen care for the implication that they were always "back at base". This...

Hell on the "Hellas"

This situation changed when the Albanians and Italians, who had attacked and invaded Greece, were pushed...

The Leicestershire Yeomanary goes to War.

Fifty five personnel of the Army Remount Service representing No. 1 Remount Squadron set up camp and lines...

Brotherhood of veterans of the greek Campaign

This situation changed when the Albanians and Italians, who had attacked and invaded Greece, were pushed...

Undistinguished Service by Patrick Taylor PART 6

The officers in the unit had decided as a sideline to "keep the men amused" by putting on some...

Roll on the Boat

General Le Clerc and co. demanded that a number of dances that had been arranged for us during the festive...

Never Volunteer for Anything!- Robert Kempton's war

January 1st was quite a day when the German Air Force had its big day and shot up many aerodromes in...

Syonanto 1942 to 1945

I was on an errand for Dad passing some prisoners working on a bombe site when I noticed a well-dressed...

With the ATS on a Search-Light Squad(Chapter One)

In addition to the heavyweight khaki lisle stockings, we were encumbered with three pairs of the most...

Memories of an Ack Ack Girl, 1942-1946

Eventually we passed the selection interviews for our chosen jobs to man the teams of this Anti Aircraft...

Chapter Three The Search for Food by members of the 'Egyptian' crew

Provisioning was a problem, however, fruit, a part case of ships biscuits, a dozen salt-pork sandwiches, a...

Gerard Crosby - His time in the Army

Tom was in the Lancashire County Offices in Preston. The same evening another officer told Tom he was a...

SCHOOLBOYS’ MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II — PART TWO

Another activity during the war was the College Army Cadet Corps unit under Captain Watson S.J. I achieved...