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Wartime Memories part 1

Sergeant Louden told us, as young men in World War I, they also practiced on straw dummies and then on dead...

Operation Overload D-Day

What we had not been told, was that we were flying on a deception flight path to give the opposition the...

EAST AFRICAN RIFLES IN CEYLON AND BURMA Part 2 of 3: WITH THE MONSOON TROOPS IN BURMA

EAST AFRICAN RIFLES IN CEYLON AND BURMA Part 2 of 3: WITH THE MONSOON TROOPS IN BURMA. WITH THE EAST...

Taken Prisoner by one of our Allies

The captain frowned, and Assesserov spoke to him in some Chinese lingo, then two more... The captain...

Harold Wagstaff's War - Chapter 8

As Bernard was the workshop sergeant we had access to a lathe and were therefore able to cut up the...

Life in the KDG's Part 1

With the tanks doing their bit and the 1st Army holding Jerry, he won't know if he is coming or going...

My time in Belgium and Germany with the ATS

Just 4 of us were posted - Joan who I still correspond with, Eileen from Dorset who kept in touch for a...

Moonrakers 7

As we were about to move, orders came through to say that only the platoon cooks and carrying party, that...

Albert Hammond's Recollections of Brentwood, Essex at War

Travelling from Billericay along the High Street Albert needed to turn left into Post Office Road to park...

From Oklahoma to Omaha Beach - an American's story

He chose the US Regular Army 9th Infantry Division, was sent to the 9th US Infantry Division Artillery and...

Make Me A Soldier, A Burma Soldier (Part One)

In 1943, the Japanese pushed right through Burma and pushed the Indian army back into the Imphal Plain,...

"THE WAR DIARY OF A ROYAL ENGINEER WITH THE FORGOTTEN ARMY" (Part 2: 1 August 1944 to 1 June 1946)

I spent Christmas at Roorkee, on Christmas Eve we went to the Officers' Mess at night to a Quiz, and a...

"PROMISE MADE-PROMISE KEPT"

Two close friends, Archie Taylor and Charley Holm, lost their lives as a result of this patrol on that very...

A Hartlepool lass in the ATS

Instructions were issued to carry our own kitbags off the train, and lift another off the pile we would be...

A Letter to my Son (Part 5)

After looking round nearly all the stalls Daddy noticed the prices of the things were a good deal higher...

'Memories of Past Years' CHAPTER 7

I didn't like it as well as my old armoured car because the top was open rather like a truck but it...

alan`s war

The author was conscripted to the Royal Navy during this Second World War following his grandmother's...

Malayan Massacre

Nonaka states he is unable to recall the full details of this officer's report; however, he does...

Life in the KDG's Part 2

Last November the 1st Army and Yanks were 12 miles from Tunis, we were 2,000 miles... We go to the P.O. and...

My life as a Signalman during the War

From Thirsk we moved to Whetstone outside London and did all sorts of fieldwork around Guildford, Windsor,...

Memories of an Artillery Gunner Part Two - Dunkirk, Wales and Coastal Battery 358

Memories of an Artillery Gunner Part Two - Dunkirk, Wales and Coastal Battery 358....

"Meetings with Destiny", Part 2

In the first part of my story, I related events around my early Army career and ended with my journey to...

鈥淢y Invasion鈥� - Norfolk to Normandy

My Invasion - Norfolk to Normandy This is a composite journey of a 7th Armoured Division Desert Rat trooper...

Malayan Massacre

Nonaka states he is unable to recall the full details of this officer's report; however, he does...

The Max Fischer Story

I wondered if on April 17th l943 the Wehrmacht was informed from Nuremburg, the Nazi nest of recruiting...

The story of Ron Wallis. Reconnaisance Corps 1942 to 1947

I did night patrols along the South Coast in the armoured vehicle checking on the Coast Guards in the...