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A Durham Light Infantry Bandsman.

John Robert Hood was a bandsman in the Durham Light Infantry. We have medals that he got: 鈥楾he Africa...

Some memories of a grenadier and POW as told to his nephew pt2

If the allied prisoners threw any food they could spare over the wire to the Russians, the German guards...

Joining the army

Some of the people in my squad were Sgt Dusty Miller,Cprl Watkins, Prvt Bill Layton and the youngest in our...

Jack Chapman Royal Engineer

After finishing his apprenticeship in plumbing at the age of 19, Jack Hubert Chapman joined the army as a...

A Royal Artillery Direct Hit!

I was passenger in an army lorry, towing a 45 pound artillery piece and 50 rounds of ammunition. Leaning...

Pills

If events drag on beyond tomorrow morning then I suggest a second pill about noon tomorrow will help you...

Jungle Service

Then I was chosen to go to Burma under the command of General Orde Wingate, who called his forces...

The War of Ernest H Foard MM, 1939 to 1945

A major victory parade was then held in Berlin attended by Montgomery, Churchill and Anthony Eden amongst...

Waterproofing Cars

When we reached the docks I had a new car and a wagon but they needed to be waterproofed... The story of...

The Defending Forces

The famous 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots, Britains Senior Regiment of the Line, and the highly regarded...

Colombo Part 2

POW troopship had departed from Colombo Harbour, UK bound, an, RAF Sergeant, whom, from his Belsen- build,...

A Woman at War; from Reading to Brussells

While in Brussels we visited a friend in hospital. The car stopped and three very dashing men got out in...

My Conscription - 1939

I became a corporal T/97343 86 DIV T.P.T Coy W.A.A.S.C. I did a special acquired motor engineering course...

An Aircraft Spotter and Typist in Europe

After I had been a plane spotter in Britain, we went by ferry from Dover to Calais on New Years Eve 1944,...

Missed by That Much

Man's Best Friend

As it turned out, I found myself for the next two years, in East Africa seconded to the King's African...

An Army hospital in Normandy, 1944

At one stage we started receiving German prisoners of war....

Peter Bailey. More experiences with "The Funnies"

The Churchill tank to give protection to the poor NCO who was in this carrier on his own, drove up to the...

From Ulster to Africa

Served in North Africa and Sicily and in Italy, and I finished up in Austria, on the frontier of Austria....

A war time love story

Dougal married Kate Cameron in Edinburgh on the 4th February 1941 on his 1 week embarkation leave. Dougal...

They Were Left behind

Ten days after Dunkirk, my brother and Icalled in to the Halls to see my mother before continuing on to...

An Army Dentist

Whilest in training with the Royal Armoured Corps in Barnard Castle, I broke a tooth which neccessitated a...

Trieste had its funny moments

Part of the price I paid for this dispensation was being on several committees connected with the welfare...

Two Very Different Wars

He was transported to Egypt via Cape Town and Bombay, to face the Italian Army... He spent sometime in a...

Gunner George Arthur Wilson-Part 1

It was only after my father died, that my husband Richard and myself, became acquainted with a wonderful...

HITCHIKING DURING THE WAR

I was stationed in London at this time and got as far as Brentford on my way to Salisbury. My father in...