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The Waste of War (A Glider Pilot's Story)

This is where I unknowingly became a film star in being filmed on take-off and landing in my Tiger Moth...

Bombed in Plymouth and chased by U Boats - from July 1940 to December 1945

I was taken to Cairo and I was told that I was going to work in headquarters, Egypt. I was billeted out...

Ron Newton Army Driver

I knew that the army was crying out for drivers to go in the army and drive vehicles in the war, so...

At War With The Royal Engineers - 1942

The reception was at a small private hotel in Ashley Road called "The Fairlawns". The wedding cake...

IN BURMA WITH THE MULES

General Wingate had an expedition into Burma to find out how he could cut the Japanese lines, and after he...

The Air War from Algiers

The first thing you get is boat stations, sounds a bit daft, RAF and you're allocated a boat station......

THE INTERVIEW

It was a good thing really, because our lads kept: some of the Germans occupied whilst the lads were...

The Battle for Groin, March 1945

Perhaps it is relevant to say that after the break-out from the bridgehead by the first Guards Armoured...

My War (Part 3) - Call Up - The Royal Signals

From the end of the London Blitz until mid-1942 I continued to work as a Counter Clerk and Telegraphist...

The day the 15th / 19th King’s Royal Hussars met its Waterloo

Trooper Norman Williams came from York and he always remembered the first he met the fellow from...

LRDG

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

The Karens of Burma

Many British officers could tell you about the Burmese hill peoples who fought with them as levies against...

DIARY OF LAC 1497538 WILLIAM ERIC SAVILLE WHILST OVERSEAS (Part one)

Arrived at Air France, Quay Dieppe Algiers, where we are to be stationed and 283 Squadron, Air Sea Rescue...

Memories Pasted Down From My Dad

Then Churchill brought in Montgomery and my dad told me he said there would be no more retreats and we are...

StanEllis6

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

My Service Overseas Overseas 1942-1947

We landed in Algiers in North Africa where we went out to a lovely village on the coast — Chenua just...

DIARY OF LAC 1497538 WILLIAM ERIC SAVILLE WHILST OVERSEAS (part two)

Have also paid a visit to the Cathedral at Monreale, which is a small place four miles outside Palermo, it...

Madagascar with the RAF

British Forces had started the invasion of Madagascar on 5th May 1942, having secured Diego Saurez, the...

Frank's War in the RAF

Dad took a lot of photographs while over in India, of the Himalayas and the native population mainly. I...

My Father's Experiences after Market Garden

Back to the Meuse — Gennep was our objective but it was still in Gerry's hands. And as we moved...

My First Ship — M.V. Wim

Let's face it, what does a seventeen year old kid know about ships, watches, tabnabs, blackpan and 7 or...

Cliff Gascoigne's Desert Experience 1

It was at this particular place, where our aircraft were lined up alongside the road, that I was working...

Extract from a family website

Life was apparently settled when Arthur married Gladys Spacey on 21st December 1935 at St Mary's...

an Irish Commando in France

At that tie an Irish Gds RSM had taken over from the Inniskillings RSM who had retired on 31st Dec, and so...

VOYAGE TO INDIA (1945) PART 1

INCIDENT AT BRINDISI -1944

I went on board with one of the Italian officers and it was indeed a strange episode; on board the little...