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FRANK'S CHRISTMAS PIG

A鈥� Squadron of the 44th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, was in Italy, between Taranto and Monte...

Troopships to Egypt

Initially in 1941, Jack's Army career began as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers at GHQ Cairo Postal...

Joining Up

The next day I went to the army recruiting office, next door to the navy office, and said I wished to join...

Royal Engineers Training Instructor

Then I got made a Lance Sergeant and another sergeant from the headquarters company and I went down to...

Before I forget

The group to which I was attached was located in a village called Epinoy which was near Calais. In addition...

Epic of the Airborne Chindits

There were tiny aircraft flown daringly by Americans under the sights of the Japanese guns. In addition to...

The Empress of Canada, The City of Paris

The first person that I saw had his back to me but I could see he had half a dozen bottles in...

Memories of an Artillery Gunner Part Four - From India to Sumatra

We landed off the habour, it was near Medan in Sumatra, I think it's the capital. In Medan it was a...

Egypt 1943

The Tamaroa was the Commodore ship and we do have knowledge obtained from Lloyds as to its history which I...

Initial Royal Artillery Recruitment Training at Oswestry and first deployments 1940

The Battery moved to its first active Gun site at Ilkeston in Dec 1940, with George as Predictor No 1 &...

ABCA

This is not about heroic's or anything exciting, but I was watching a news item on TV the other day and...

Big Ben from the Fen

When we arrived back in England there were no officers from our unit to keep an eye on us, so we took...

Never a Dull Moment

When I was stationed in Sennybridge, I worked along with the engineers improving the roads in the Brecon...

For Conspicuous Gallentry.

While under heavy attack by a Japanese rearguard he with total disregard for the enemies fire and at great...

THE MULE -THAT GREAT LITTLE ANIMAL

The lead mule Gladys after kicking up her heels, dashed straight towards where the enemy were situated with...

JOE TAKES TO THE AIR AND LANDS IN INDIA

Some hours after take-off the navigator informed the passengers that the airfield at Colombo was out of...

A Snake in My Bed

After six weeks at sea sailing on the Orion from Greenock, we pulled into Freetown, Sierra Leone. Wingate...

Reg & Hylda Mutten - 2

They sailed from North Africa to Sicily in tank landing craft and camped in olive groves on the slopes of...

Irene Hardmans War

I applied for a Mechanics course and went to Newcastle to do my training and then I was sent to London, to...

The Beginning - Part Two

The Army brought new weapons to the house, one was a Thompson Sub-machine gun, the kind used by the...

Ordnance in India-Burma

Whist at Quetta I severed once again in a fort and Arsenal as warrant officer in charge of admin over the...

Sidneys trek to Burma

From Bombay I went to Basra with all the Army equipment and drove an Army lorry from Basra to Baghdad......

Our Final Battle

One was Lt Thompson who was wounded in Albania. The objective of 40 Commando was to stop the bridge at...

Quo Fata Vocant (Regimental motto of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)

When I presented my papers to the Orderly Room Sergeant, he said 鈥淐QMS, we have no vacancies for a...

The Terrorist Scorpian Sting

Attacks on British personnel, vehicles and buildings were quite common and the British army suffered many...

Gunga Din, The Water Carrier - Part 3

Of course, we travelled on schemes all over country, but every time we passed another regiment, every water...