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My War by James Murray 8

On completion of my LIAP leave, I left Hawick on the morning of 12th October 1945 to return to Italy......

Chindit

The only combat he ever mentioned was directed at a different relative who chose to join the British Army a...

Leslie Neal - War Time Memories Part 2 of 2

Looking back at it now, it seems ridiculous that we had 60 German U boat crew on the foredeck of the...

My Father's Part in Operation Market Garden

You probably recall the story of how the fort at Nijmegen was taken by the American Airborne troops —...

My War by James Murray 2

The story really starts on a still, starry, December night, the 21st of December 1942 when 60th Field...

The Lost Years - Chapter 2 (2)

The regiment was in training for the Garrison Cup cross-country run; I had run in several squad events and...

Pilot Officer Lands up in Timbuctoo

A French Sergeant and several native soldiers came and dragged me out of the wreckage and this is when I...

Moonrakers 11

On my Birthday 7th March 1944 I went into Aversa and saw a film show and in the evening...

Advance in North Africa

At night the enemy bombers came over and dropped bombs behind us and Doug opened up again with the...

Fred Verlander - The war years and beyond (continuation from Fred's autobiography)

I arranged for Doris, my wife to return to her parents in Welwyn Garden City, which was quite sad, after...

HOW I NEARLY MISSED THE WAR

Everybody sat still while three sappers with bayonets angled them into the ground, concentrating under the...

How I Joined The Americans

It was like the office in Regent Street all over again but we had enlarged our team with the presence of...

Moonrakers 8

The Germans had burnt a large part of the village of Montinero and according to reports, had taken many...

Life at an Army Training Camp Part 2

We, then, made our way into the town centre of Chatham which was not far away, our main purpose was to get...

My War Before becoming a Japanese POW - Part 1

The troops were not made very welcome in Singapore , the Raffles Hotel , restruants and some of the other...

HOW I NEARLY MISSED THE WAR

Everybody sat still while three sappers with bayonets angled them into the ground, concentrating under the...

Everything is possible, the impossible just takes a little longer

Douglas was then posted to H.M.S Queen Elisabeth and after they had returned to Gibraltar they headed for...

Followed by the War- Part 2

'Memories of Past Years' CHAPTER 6

I had been excused all duties, but I helped the other lads and drove my vehicle back to the docks at...

A 2nd Para’s Journey to Arnhem and Back Again

After returning from this course, Les found that some officers had been reassigned, and his Platoon Officer...

Undistinguished Service by Patrick Taylor PART 8 (FINAL)

Neither Andy or I smoked, and we piled up endless quantities of army issue cigarettes which we exchanged...

The War Goes On For Us - Part Two - Operation Zipper

On the day that my unit landed on the beach 6000 Japanese soldiers surrendered in Kuala Lumpur only 30...

MEMORIES FROM GERT PRIES

As far as I can remember besides our 1st SS Panzer Division there was the 12th SS Panzer Division, 21st...

Prologue of the War

The N.S.B. correspondent, Max Blokzijl, the biggest traitor of all, reassured the Dutch that from...

What a Life on the Ocean Wave Days

In normal temperatures this was a good duty as one could make sure one's own helping was more than...

Natal Mounted Rifles — March 1944

Had tea at the NAAFI with Len and washed some clothes before lunch. Had a deal of wine in the evening and...