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Assam and Burma

It was eighty miles between Kohima and Imphal, and we knew that the Japanese would try their best to...

My War Pt 5

It was stated that whilst only about four British lorries went over the side with all killed, ten times as...

joining up and after

After leave reported to guildford mobilisation centre about midnight, the next day I was sent to a water...

Get Off Home Quick Jerry - We're coming after you (part one)

WE SOON MOVED TO A DILAPIDATED CHATEAU IN WHICH WAS INSTALLED A TWO OPERATOR SWITCHBOARD. THE ONLY OTHER...

Experiences of War

I arrived in West Africa and when I went to see the Commanding Officer, he asked me what I was there for......

Kaiser, Tito and Tojo

It came as no surprise therefore, that when he straddled the sand-bagged covering of the trench dug out in...

ARRIVING IN NORTH AFRICA WITH THE KRRC鈥檚

He was a rifleman and radio operator in the KRRC in the North Africa campaigns in WWII under Montgomery....

Your story edited and categorised

My older brother Denis was a Flying Officer in the RAF and my older sister Dorothy was in the ATS and I...

Taking Nigerian forces to India and back 1945-1946

George then went to India to 12 Bn of the Nigeria Regiment which was part of the Chindit force. In spring...

Memories of Corporal Grace Marjoran

I enlisted at Ipswich, reported for duty on July 19th 1940 getting myself to Euston Station by 12.30 to...

On Route to Singapore

When the War in Europe finished in 1945 I found myself transferred from the 1st Airborne Division to the...

The Desert Rat 4th R.T.R. 1941-1946

Appalled by the way they were treated in Egypt, where they were reinforcing units keeping the Red Sea and...

What a Nightmare!

It was a driver's nightmare, struggling to see through eyes half closed against the flying grit, hell...

VOYAGE TO IN DIA - FINAL STAGE

WAAF Arm Chair Spies

North Africa Algiers and Tunis 1943 In 1943 I was one of 10 WAAF Photographic Interpreters sent to Algiers...

People I'd Like to meet

I tried to figure out what happened?? She said:"You are NOT pregnant but I want you to stay here for a...

PRISONER OF WAR FOR A DAY

The Italians were getting more nervous and the German officer warned us to keep our lad quiet or he was...

Journey To Egypt; Brazil

We sailed from Liverpool in October 1942, up the Irish Sea, around the north of Ireland, and later we...

LEICESTER UNDER ATTACK

Tell us in your own words Sergeant said the Brigadier beaming at the hero of the hour. Well began the...

No Heroics, No Drama. A Private's War

It was here that I volunteered for the Royal Signals and so began my travels - commencing by ship with a...

125 Wagons

We returned to the eighth army in Arezzo where we saw the England Army Football Team who were playing...

CHARLES DENNIS COLLINS - WAR SERVICE Part 2 of 2

During this period I managed to get my first leave since leaving the UK and I went by lorry, that was...

First over the PO River

The Sixth Armoured Division of the Eighth Army consisted of three battalions and each battalion was made up...

Journey to India

The next thing we knew was that we were to embark on the 'Ile de France', a large North Atlantic...

Training completed - waiting draft - another letter home

Saturday 27th April, 1940 3-30 pm Dear Mum + Dad, I received a letter from you Mum, dated the 17th April,...

Push on - Push on

The voice in my ears is getting on my nerves, - "push on, push on, we are right behind you". What...