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Silly Young Lads

Brooklyn to Burma

His first job was as a runner for a bank on Wall Street, later he moved into the theatre industry where he...

ATS Convoy Drivers

My second posting as a qualified driver, in early Spring 1944, was from Burnham Beeches, Slough to Castle...

Bletchley Park Story of a code breaker

As a result of the intelligence gained from these messages and passed on to our head quarters in Italy it...

Destination Singapore part 2

The medical men who were not far behind saw to those who were still alive whilst us others moved on towards...

HMS Atherstone's Ship's Concert

Also, Russell is an amazing Scotsman who would do anything from prize fighting to ballet dancing and be...

RETREAT FROM CASSEL

The German advance in May 1940 was to shatter his comfortable ‘phoney war’ farmhouse billet...

EARLY WAR MEMORIES AND TRAINING FOR THE 2ND CHINDITS EXPEDITION - PART 2

I was at that time stationed in Bangalore with the 4th Border Regt. in the months between the Arakan Front...

Arnhem - Chapter 3

On Sunday night we were addressed by a Medical Orderly, sent from Divisional Headquarters, who informed us...

Central Italy, Getting Bogged Down Winter 44/45 in front of the Gothic Line

The 5th Army having taken Leghorn reached the river Arno. The enemy dug in and consolidated behind the...

Escape from Chine (Part 3) Over Enemy Lines.

The boat was crammed with civilian refugees ordered out of that area of Burma, India and China... The crew...

Army: The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - 7th Battalion

However, in retreating the Germans managed to cause may casualties among the 7th Battalion. Much the same...

Private William Grindley, who did not return

This is not my personal story but a letter which was treasured by my father George Chisholm from his best...

StanEllis10

I was a soldier in the Army firstly in the UK, then in North Africa, and finally in Italy and Greece. Italy...

THE 'BRITISH LADY' Tanker at MOVILLE

British Lady at Moville in the month of April forty-three Fresh and just come back from sea, There came a...

FROM BOY TO MAN VIA DUNKIRK, AMERICA AND D DAY

In Tunisia, hundreds of Germans surrendered amongst whom was a complete German orchestra — the 21st...

An Invitation from HM George V

It was way back in 1943 when I received the letter from King George VI asking me if I would like to...

From Poland to Arnhem

However my father's tales of his early years do not focus on hardship but on the beauty of the...

My War in the Royal Signals

Do you know Paddy Kelly who lives in Liverpool? Well, I said, I might, but there were probably thousands of...

The landing at Rangoon: code name Dracula

EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 8th ARMY

My dad was in the 8th Army with the Desert Rats. His service medals include The Africa Star with a clasp...

Life in the army began for me, Eighteenth of February 1943

I don't remember my Sergeant Instructors name but his assistant was a L/Cpl Warren, usually referred to...

Buried Alive

As the town was subject to sporadic night bombing we only had a guard on the garage at night while the...

Ayrshire Yeomanry in Normandy

John Prott served with Ayrshire Yeomanry — a local territorial division - after joining up in 1938...

Escape from Singapore 1941/42. Part 1

In the meantime the systematic bombing of Singapore began and from the house in Kota Tinggi we could count...

Harold P. Lees war part 3 The sights and sounds of Calcutta

Lees, Harold P. Lees widow, and has been added to the site with her permission....