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The battle for Regalbuto Ridge

We get to the battlefield and see the bodies of the dead German and Devon soldiers, intermingled....

LEAVE IN TEHRI-GARHWAL, SPRING 1945

We war down the Gurkhas, restore a king and recruit Garhwalis, each with his kukri, his head shaven, and a...

My Father's War

They travelled in a Dutch vessel called the Johaan Van Belt via the Suez Canal, refuelled at Port Said and...

What did you do in the war, Daddy?

He told a tale of playing snooker with his friend Fred Valentine in the Fanciers' Club when...

Clearing Mines in North Africa

The Hunt for Coal

Brackets said, 鈥淭aff, we need some more coal鈥� and, as it was my turn to collect it, I strapped...

An Engineer in Africa

On the way out to North Africa I was in a flotilla of ships, travelling together for safety. By the end of...

Adventures on the Arakan coast

In 1945 I was 20-ish and stationed at a radar station on Maungdaw, an island leading out to the sea on the...

Swinging Lorries

The naval motorised transport for conveying apprentices and their baggage from one place to another were...

Father gets the goat

My father served with the Yorks and Lancs Regiment, firstly on Coastal Defence on the Coast near Filey,...

THE WILL TO LIVE Addendum

Addendum There follows an incident that occurred during the Battle for Singapore that I have never...

Bevan Boy Life

Some Bevan Boys did choose prison and if they changed their minds were released to work in coalmining. All...

Gently Graze the Cattle

As I cycled on, I couldn't shake this scene from my mind and I found myself putting my thoughts into...

Memories of Baghdad

One afternoon we were informed by the Director of the British Council that the Boy King, King Faisal II,...

An Ongoing War Story by Gordon Roy Warner

In a small village on the outskirts of this town lived an Italian father with his wife, 5 teenage daughters...

'Snakes Alive'

After having a medical in Hull I received a travel warrant to report to the Barracks at Penny Pot Lane in...

Mortaring, mines and Ancient Brothel in Italy

I recorded the anecdotes he told us and the following are some of his stories from Italy. There was a...

Journey into the unknown.

There I was confronted by an Army Officer and greeted with the words "welcome to His Majesty's...

Herbert Bowden's Letter Home

Library Service on behalf of Herbert Bowden and has been added to the site with his permission....

THE LONDON IRISH RIFLES - A SONG words and music by Ian Cowley

George Thornhill

George's battalion dropped onto an airfield called Bone and, as luck had it, arrived just ahead of the...

"GRANDAD PALMER'S WAR AS A DISPATCH RIDER IN INDIA"

The story has been based on the stories told by my grandfather, by my late father Ralph Palmer; together...

Normandy to the Baltic - VE Day

General Barber, the tallest General in the British Army, issued a Special Order of the Day on 7th may,...

With The Americans in Burma

Whenever the 11th East Africa Div come to Burma at kabal valley, and we were at the edge of the kabal...

MY STINT IN THE HOME GUARD

As a matter no doubt of National Urgency on all fronts, we were drafted into our 'Dad's Army'...

The War Diary Of Will S. Arnett, 1st Lt. USAAF -Part 6: December 17, 1942 Biskra, Africa

The War Diary Of Will S. Arnett, 1st Lt. USAAF -Part 6: December 17, 1942 Biskra, Africa. The following...