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The Wartime Experience of Miriam Ethel Gilroy (Pt 2)

Patients in the C.C.S. lay on stretcherson the ground,six man to each circular tent,while the...

All the way from Tobermore to Egypt! 1940-1946

It was mostly intelligence work, in that my boss, a man called McKay, had military intelligence men...

A VERY BRAVE SOLDIER (This is a summary of a recorded interview)

We boarded the 鈥淐uba鈥� it had been a cruise ship, there were 5000 soldiers on the boat, 鈥淚...

Chaplaincy Museum

This was due largely to the dynamic personality of the Assistant Chaplain General 8th Army -The Reverend F...

Salamanders 鈥� 79 Fighter Squadron

As an L.A.C with 79 Fighter Squadron, at the time flying Hawker Hurricanes, known because of their squadron...

Cousins at Minturno

Eric said, "Are you camped at Sparanise"? Sparanise is only about fifteen miles from my camp at...

The Homeless Guard

Having taught us the rudiments of drill in the Boardroom, Davy was keen that his squad would learn the...

BEHIND JAPANESE LINES IN BURMA

Roy Wilson is also mentioned in the following books: Burma and the Karens, Campaign in Burma, in addition...

My Grandfather

After Wadi Akarit, there was the mountain battle of Garci in Tunisia... For the Garci battle, I was...

Boy Scout Ron Pugh Makes Veteran (1939 -1947)

After Christmas we moved on through Holland, crossing the Rhine by pontoon at Nijmegen and then through the...

History of the Sherwood Foresters

In April 1940, the 8th Battalion had landed in Norway as part of the ill-fated attempt to assist the...

Firebomber!

So it was that Peter and I found ourselves walking through the doors of the hotel Miramare in Tripoli, said...

LIVING IN OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE

I saw lots of Japanese officers and soldiers in Malaya and Java, and they were our Prisoners of War. I...

Redruth to a Brewery on the Elbe via Scotland and Normandy

We, the English and Cornish went to PETTYCUR Battery, three quarters of a mile from KINGHORN Battery...

History of the Worcestershire Regiment

One such locality was Point 187 near Acroma, midway between Gazala and Tobruk, where the Battalion stood to...

An English Aussie in North Africa

Australian sappers used what they called 鈥榮ticky bombs鈥�, they were like a large light bulb on a...

Joining up in Reading to Dunkirk and my wedding

The commanding officer Captain North informed us soon afterwards we should make our own way to Dunkirk......

Jim Ellis Beech

As a PT sergeant instructor, part of the elite Physical Training Corps, I was responsible for the tough and...

37R Installation Detachment REME

Thinking it unlikely that there would be any mention on the site of this tiny unit, I was delighted to find...

My father in Africa

I caught pneumonia and had to be evacuated, back to Benghazi, I was there for 3 days until I got an airlift...

My part in Hitler's Downfall

Other local Shropshire Yeomen were Jeff Manford, Jeff Woodcock and Roy Williams... We then moved to the...

My War

The Company was attached to a Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, part of the 78th U.K. Infantry...

Hi Henk

The story started in 1986 when a just retired social welfare officer Tony Booth did a public request for...

Stan Massey sees Naples, plays football, and despite his lack of height is short of nothing

Stan Massey sees Naples, plays football, and despite his lack of height is short of nothing. From Naples we...

Roland Moss and Operation Ironclad in Madagascar by David Moss

The third of four sons of David and Lily Moss, Roland was born in Hazel Grove, Stockport, and for at least...

My War

Also in the scrap book are pictures, money from around the world, sweet wrappers from Tel Aviv, his medals,...