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VE and VJ Celebrations.

Some people decided to risk being turned back by the Military Police on the trains, others made for the bus...

This Concerns My Experiences 1939 -45 (Part One)

In June 1940, when a defeated, but far from demoralised army were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk, the...

Bob's R.A.M.C. service in the Far East

From Southampton he sailed for India via the Suez Canal onboard H.M.T.S. Strathmore, a pre war P and O...

With the ATS on a Search-light Squad (Chapter Two)

On site, but accommodated in a small hut a little distance from the lamp, were Nos 10 and 11...

Sicily campaign, July August 1943

One PoW in this morning, a German parachutist and an Italian deserter from Messina en route for Syracuse....

PART 3 - A Wartime Story - We'll Meet Again

Early one morning after a night duty Dougie and Frank Humphrey made their way up to the grove. Dougie...

PART 4 - A Wartime Story - We'll Meet Again

Dougie and some mates, Alan Till, Bill Wedderburn, a Londoner and Jock Watt a burly, jovial Aberdonian...

A Date with Destiny

After I had been in Clevelys for about three weeks, I was informed that I was being sent forthwith on a...

Don's War Diary Life in Treffens Austria May 1945

Engaged in the office sorting out maps most of the day for the Brigadier's story. Monday 21st May This...

Gerard Crosby - My time in the Army (Part 3)

In the event I was hauled before the commanding officer who decided to send me, sticks and all, to Newtown...

Gerard Crosby - His time in the Army (Part 1)

We joined where there was a very large monastery not far from the River Maas near Venlo. Each soldier from...

RAMC INDIA WWll

People in story: Kenneth Hulbert, Royal Army Medical Corps Location of story: India and England. Kenneth...

D-Day Landings

I reported for duty on one particular Tuesday night early in October and was waiting around until my patrol...

OUT OF DUNKIRK (with DRY FEET)

This was salvation indeed for Elsie as she stayed with Jim and Jean until the storm abated and she was able...

Jean Haslam - post war part 2

So I accepted.Life with the Army The position meant that I was responsible for all the U.S. Army Depots in...

The Thousand Kilometre Walk Part One

The approach to the entrance was crowded with men waiting to be checked in so we boldly marched through...

Early Days - Italy - Romance (nearly) - Casino - England

The Germans were in the North of the town and we were in the South so the Colonel decided to bring us...

VOYAGE TO INDAI (1945) PART 2

My War Stories Number 10602309

On moving up to the Sangro river area we had to travel by night with no lights and only one lorry was...

AN RAF WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE BURMA FRONT (Part 2 of 3)

Our destination was to be a little bamboo village called Mualvuum situated in tribal territory in what was...

RASC Cook at Dunkirk, North Africa, Italian POW Camp - and Two Escapes

We headed back for Egypt but when we reached El Alamein the Germans and Italians made...

My War (Part 2)

The German Army surrendered after being blocked in the peninsular above Tunis. Skirmishes and night patrols...

Dorothy Aitken

While at Buchanan Castle a Canadian officer, who had seen Dorothy at the King George V docks at Christmas,...

PART 2 - A Wartime Story - We'll Meet Again

One of Dougie's comrades let a high-ranking officer through unchallenged. Dougie and Frank now had to...

The Lost Years - Chapter 3

Eventually Brigade HQ attached us to their staff, from whom we received our orders and rations; we learnt...

Training for Tank Crew

Each side of the hut were wooden bunks with straw palliasses the shape of a body and pillows which were...