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Commissioned Officer

Our battalion commander, Lt,Col.Walker decide to organise an Officer Cadet Training Unit the first in the...

Identifying those who died at Fukuoka camp on Kyushu island

They were then sent to Japan suffering an nightmare journey on the Singapore Maru, where 25 men of the 35th...

lt Whitfield

Ted Dudley and I had just stripped down our Johnson Chore Horse preparatory to carrying out maintenance ,...

'Wounded near Reichwell Forest, Germany, 1945'

The doctors wanted to give him a transfusion but he refused it saying he did not wish to receive...

Jungle warfare experience

While on guard one night on patrol, a water buffalo came out of the jungle at me... On returning to England...

A Bit Ear Experience!

Those left behind: the miners

My father's dad, Martin Baird, won medals and commendations throughout his time as a tank driver in El...

Coming home

He had been taken prisoner April l942 9 May 1945 Dear Jean, When you reply to this it will probably be to...

Mike Coyle - A Little War Time Story, Bending the Rules

Before I get to the gist of my story perhaps I should explain to the reader that in the army there are...

Selecting The Troops

Both Battalions selected were placed under the unified command of recently promoted Canadian Brigadier...

Interview with Alf Wallwork

At that time the fighting had just finished in Africa, and they were guarding German prisoners,...

The Work of the Cadet Service

I joined the Bootle unit as a cadet and was a bombardier. The cadets trained for the War Certificate A, but...

Penicillin,the wonder-drug

He said "We can't supply penicillin for the civilian population". I told him, "Look,...

Saved by Penicillin!

The following night we were off Algiers. General de Gaulle was expected to join the French in Algiers but...

Memories of a Black Cat

On a NZ Army website I read of the hardened New Zealanders wondering at the youth and naivety of the...

The Strathallan- Part 28: My Voyage on the Strathallan 1941 Part One

The 23,722 tons liner: the SS Strathallan was built at Barrow-in-Furness and owned by the Peninsular &...

Alex Dicksons wartime memories (joining up and training)

When the war started in 1939 I was only 17 and too young for the forces, so my best friend Tom Boomer...

The 'H.E' Tomato Grenade

I climbed over to him to see what had happed and found out he had been hit with a tomato on the...

With the Grenadier Guards

The first time that the three battalions of Grenadier Guards had ever fought side by side was at Furns in...

"No Medals for the Sergeant

As long as I was fed I could do virtually anything

My basic training was at Lympstone in Devon, which was shortly followed by my Commando training in Wales....

George’s Army Story

George's cousin and best friend Laddie had joined the territorials and George had wanted to follow but...

My Lost Birthday

However I then retrained as an Electrician in the Royal Signals and ended up in India on my way to Burma....

Desert Rat in Egypt and Libya

A week before the surrender we were bombed and straffed by Russian planes when we were walking towards the...

The Day Before My Capture

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County Regiment Ceremonial

The candles were lit and the Port and cigars were passed around the table... If the Colonel was happy with...