大象传媒

Ships that pass in the night

The Mersey drizzle soaked my duffle coat and woolly hat, and from this, rivulets of rain ran down my nose...

Embodiment

Reporting in at the guardroom - no papers beyond a slip from the Town Centre, and a service number which I...

He'd Had Enough And Was Walking Home

We had a chap who spoke German - he's lived in Germany 鈥� he was a Jew and he'd come to...

One of the desert rats

We were brought back to Exeter from North Africa to get ready for the D Day Landings and our ship was...

Andover to Benghazi

Next stop, being anchored in the Clyde, off Greenock, the purpose being to assemble the convoy, quite a lot...

Who stole the bread rolls? Part 3 - We still had the key!

One day, two nurses went to the cabinet, one of whom was carrying a largish parcel and, after unlocking the...

Just short of three years.

Isaid goodbye to the friends i had made and was posted to York to be a short hand typist in Northen Command...

A 大象传媒 radio interview in 1942

We're going to introduce her to a captain from one of the ack ack batteries in Malta... Hammer: And...

The Years Between (Wrenbury Remembers P.36)

The French had started building bigger tanks and a cinema newsreel of the time showed one running a wooden...

Honiton Railway Tunnel Guard

On another occasion there was a commotion and the duty Sgt 鈥� not the writer 鈥� went out to...

My War Experiences

After my training I was posted to the 3rd Battalion of the London Scottish Regiment where I was part of an...

My 3 years in No 1 Commandos

After sometime I made my way back to Sgt Sidcup DCM, on the way I managed to capture a Japanese...

A great coincidence

Prior to D-Day an appeal was made on orders asking for volunteers for Western Europe, I put my name forward...

A POW in Italy

The Germans transferred us to their field hospital where we were very well looked after When we had...

Reflections on life in the 2nd Devons

We, the 2nd Devons had left the island behind from 231 Brigade to 131 Brigade infantry 50th Div to 71...

The Plot to Invade England

Now Adolph鈥�, Old Goring was saying, 鈥淚t's about time tha made a move, Tha promised us...

Flt. Lieut. John Anderson - Pitfalls on the way up

I received notice that we were leaving Malta and going over to Tunisia. The currency of Malta was quite...

Army: The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1st Battalion

The Commanding Officers of the 1st Battalion were: Sept 1939 - Oct 1939 - Lt. Col. Museums and Associations...

The Homecoming

The train journey to London passed in a blur but a kindly conductor helped him onto a number nine bus at...

The Royal Enfield Anomaly

To get to my point the 'Major' had arranged for my Dad and his friend to try out some Royal Enfield...

Reminiscences of a Woman Driver

I was sent to join the 721 Car Company in Brussels - this was staffed by First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and...

Bad Nenndorf - Torture??

With the rank of WO II I was one of a team of about 20 sent out by CSDIC Beaconsfield to continue...

" I've A Letter For You and You " .

War's End

Our Adjutant sent me and two Askaris up the Mawchi Pass to cannibalise a shot-up 15 cwt. and very kindly...

BASINGSTOKE GAZETTE ARTICLES

ROBERT AND JEAN FLEMING London's Victory in Europe 60th Anniversary6.05.05 VIC LAWTON, VIC EDWARD,VIC...

Night Patrol

We had taken positions at the glassless windows and one man, Trooper Greenfield, was outside in a...