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There are some things you remember in a war for no apparent reason - one of my memories was of one shot...
I was posted to the Officers’ Training Unit at Nottingham, but because I had been in the Officer...
CIGS Field Marshall Dill, General Ismay, General Curtis, The Chief of Staff Iceland, the CE and many more...
Little yellow flags After a wet landing at Gold Beach, Normandy, we recovered briefly behind the dunes then...
The Prime Minister and the General moved towards Dad with the Premier's young daughter Mary, the unseen...
On their retreat back to Dunkirk they withdrew from some farm buildings leaving two of their number behind...
Mick, who is three years older than I, was called up in 1939. He was originally an Infantryman, serving in...
The Lake Superior Regiment was composed of Native Canadians, and when they saw their brethren being hit so...
Fortunately, I was soon recalled to Porton, where I worked in Dr Howarth Williams' lab analysing...
We stopped and the Sgt said I don`t like this but still gave the order to continue, when we got to the...
The patrols included the areas of Briquessard, La Paumerie, Livre, Cahagnes, Tilly sur Seulles, and the...
Apparently the ´óÏó´«Ã½ outside broadcast truck was in Germany at the end of the war, and my father was there in...
I was out on training one day at Barnard Castle,I was in the 54th R.A.C,I was learning to drive a 15cwt...
"Well for some reason you're off to Ireland to learn to drive a truck and then to the London...
The boils and blotches on my legs appeared to the medical staff to be suitable specimens for a research...
I had only gone a few hundred yards when I heard the anti-aircraft guns down at Tobruk harbour open up and...
I have an identical twin brother, John, and in 1940-41 we were both involved in North Africa, Greece and...
We are the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy, Always on the vino, always on a spree, 8th Army skivers and their...
The Siege of Tobruk, by Charles W Blanks In drab army lorries we drove past the waves, 'Til we entered...
Maidens and hornets After a few weeks it was apparent that many of the village maidens would have a shower...
HENRY LUND'S WAR L/CPL Henry John Adam LUND ARMY NO. 818964 POW NO. 16975 ROYAL ARTILLERY CORPS OF...
After a tiring and anxious journey, not knowing where the Germans were, they reached the coast well to the...
I embarked on the French vessel "Ville D' Oran" along with the elderly radar set which was in...
The Regiment was involved in the invasion of Sicily and were standing by to cross the Messina Straits with...
After six weeks basic infantry training by the KOYLI near York, we were transferred to an empty woollen...
During my childhood, my twin brother and I were familiar with the the odd remnants of 'Bomb...
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