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I flew over to Arnhem from Down Ampney on the second day as 1st Pilot of a Horsa glider, towed by a...
In about May 1940 the War Office decided that the Gunners would take over the duties of the Sappers. R.E.,...
The town of Predappio was in fact the birthplace of Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, and the castle...
My mother Anne, my sister and myself will be visiting Normandy this weekend, and will toast his memory and...
Then we marched to the docks where we boarded a troopship, the SS Rangitiki. Just a last word about the...
Yet the bliss of sleep's oblivion tarried long upon it's way while the bed bugs left their havens...
At the time of this happening my regiment was stationed in 'Maida Barracks- Aldershot In the weeks...
Together, we laugh at the incongruity when noticing that the Church of the Trinity is flanked by buildings...
I can't give dates for these events as we only knew the year days and time were all one daylight and...
This is Margaret Ellis's story of serving in France as an army nurse during World War Two....
During my first few weeks in the army we were given various aptitude tests and it was discovered that I had...
After a lot of hard work by Jos Koolwijk in Holland and Fred, Frank and myself in England we managed to...
Did this Scottish Gunner Give Rommel's General the Fright of His Life. I was a gunner in B Squadron of...
Laid off Southsea all day while the area between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth filled up with craft and...
'Some time in May 1940, as part of a misguided attempt to get back to peacetime soldiering, we were...
The army had taken over the lovely country house, Nostell Priory near Wakefield,and before that at another...
We were preparing for the final big push, and our objective was to destroy all German troops east of the...
We went ashore in Normandy on 7th June 1944, the day after D-Day, and advanced around Ouistrehem to...
Sherman tank crew My brother Pete and I were members of the same Sherman tank crew. We had all seen photos...
The men in this camp were sorted into working parties and my father found himself being sent to camp E586,...
Mar 22 : Larry's diary says he was at Mignano and two Messerschmits were shot down. April 23:...
The battalion first went into action when the front line was static in the mountains near Monte Cassino,...
In these days of Sten guns our Army talked of 'muskets'. We had extra drills, but these were mainly...
New 5.5-inch guns arrived and we fought with the 8th Army in El Alamein, Tripoli, Tunisia, Italy and Malta....
Tunisia was much better, there were fewer Germans there and a lot less resistance plus we were lucky to...
The story starts at Easter 1944 when I met my wife-to-be, Ivy, for the first time at the wedding of mutual...
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