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Royal Marine Memories

They warned him to be careful with whom he spoke to and made sure he said ‘Heil Hitler’ instead...

A gunner's story - Life in the 146th Field Regiment Royal Artillery - the memoirs of Gunner Frank Jefferson

Alamein lasted for about 10 days and then we went into the 7th Armoured Division as we fought through to...

Moonrakers14

I also went over to see my brother Ted and his Wife Kath and their first child Valery at their farm at...

Jack Longbottom and the Lushai Scouts

The following details of the exploits of the Lushai Scouts are taken in part from an article written by the...

Letter to Parents in Witney, Oxfordshire from Training in Penhold, Alberta, Canada 14th October 1941

East of Winnipeg its mostly French Canadian and the towns are all shaby looking though everyone seems to...

A Letter to my Son (Part 6)

Now this was the Yellow Dragon Daddy mentioned before, and which he had come with many others, lots of...

RON GARRAWAY'S STORY

Ron's unit then handed the German soldiers over to the Army Intelligence Corps which was travelling...

Diversion at Gazala helping Bir Hacheim

Army Mo'bikes

Clear beyond the mo'bikes, the convoys, our traversings of Northern Ireland I retain one permanent...

Inside the War Office

I was medically graded B1, 'fit for garrison duties’ was registered as 7667890 Private Scott,...

The Wanderer's Souvenir

A New Zealand composite Battalion and its officers, including Captain Caldwell participated in the fighting...

Evasion from Germany - Dec 1944 Part 2

About half a mile down on the other side of the river to my left was another small village, which was in...

"On His Majesty's Service"

He and some of his left wing,academic chums were fed up with all the waiting and were on the point of...

The sinking of the SS Yoma off North Africa 1943

The Andreones heard the news that Herbie was missing from George Monk in August.By February 1944 an Army...

A Child of the Raj, or Grandma's Life

One day I saw the First Officer of the Women's Royal Indian Navy walking through the Madras Club, so I...

Arpund the World in the Royal Navy. Ch2 Liverpool to Quebec (Part 1)

As soon as we had settled down in the berth assigned to us, supper was served in the dinning car, and what...

The Memoirs of Corporal Alexander Lewis Fawcett — Part Two

With the British holding Nimjgen and the Boche Arnhem and both of these places situated on the tributaries...

My War (Part 5) - Sicily and Italy - and Home again.

By the time we reached Bari , up the eastern seaboard of Italy, my impetigo sores had dried up and I was...

Bone - North Africa

Looking out to sea just across this beautiful bay we could see the town of Bone gleaming in the sun, the...

John Martins War (Part 2)

The eldest son was an able seaman and the other son was an ex school teacher, later an Italian Army...

Dispatch Rider's Diary Pt 2

17-19th January 1946 Got on the boat at 10:00hrs and sailed for Calais and arrived there for dinner time....

Insobordinate Despatch Rider. Part 1.

Pete Chatfield received a nasty cut over the eye whch bled profusely.They were both still rather tipsy and...

"I've travelled thousands of miles and never bought a ticket!"

As a schoolboy, Zbyszek Wesolowski was kidnapped by the Russians and sent to Siberia. In September 1941,...

Interview with Bill Williams part 1

I spent a night in Calliann transit camp at Bombay and got on the lorries again and went to the station and...

The Great Escape - part two

Having baled out of a stricken Halifax LK-Y over enemy lines; having survived the bitter, harsh conditions...

Our first trip to the war grave cemetery in Durnbach, Germany

In it he reported his efforts to locate the cemetery in which my father was buried — the southernmost...