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Attempting to advance on Ferrara and the River Po, our division came up against a tough German paratrooper...
Major Charlton then told us that the Blackwatch of the 51st Highland Division unknown to us at the time had...
It was at Chelsea that I met for the first time Dennis Castle, who was to become a lifelong friend, amongst...
When I was about 16 (1937) I went with my mate Charlie Winterbourne from Rosedale Avenue, Hayes End, where...
I did so, via Aimentieres, and Bailleuil, but found that Hazelrule had received a terrific bombing the...
My officers were Captain Truter IE, superseded later by Alec Scott from 345, Lieut V K Raju IE, and two RE...
The C.O. held a full battalion parade and explained that the War Office had been most impressed with our...
The Anzio Landings At the end of November 1943, it was announced that 1st Division was moving to Italy. The...
I worked for Cook's of St Paul's, in London, write that down�Ehe commanded, 鈥渁nd I...
I was a driver with 1589 Artillery Platoon, 319 Coy RASC, supporting the 53rd Medium Regt, RA - attached at...
Ushigawa and Konimitzu followed Con into G battalion hut, with the guards screaming for all those inside...
At 22:30 Monday June 5th 1944, Danny and his mates struggled aboard their Stirling aircraft and waited for...
At 22:30 Monday June 5th 1944, Danny and his mates struggled aboard their Stirling aircraft and waited for...
It was July 17th when we entered the cavernous belly of an LST in the FAP half-track driven by Piper...
The Canadians attacked the remainder of the aerodrome held by the enemy, finally capturing it by 1130 hrs....
Further orders were rapped out - we were to make for Dunkirk Beach with further instructions to be given on...
Although capital of the country, all I remember of Addis at that time was the Emperor's palace which...
First to land would be Major Howard and his Section to capture the Benouville canal bridge,now known as...
The Burmese jungle is very dense and very hilly, air strips had been made in the jungle for aeroplanes and...
Because the weather was that bad the Landings were cancelled for twenty-four hours, from the 5th to the 6th...
There were a number of refugees, who had been captured by the Germans but released by the British and the...
The skid, a landing device, in addition to the tricycle wheels were forced through the floor of our glider,...
Speaking Shanghai dialect, he was able to explain to the villagers that the swimmers bobbing about in the...
So up the Derne road we go, leaving Tobruk behind us, Jerry frying instead of us. The RAF had knocked about...
On arrival in France we were based at a small village called Liques a few miles inland before moving up to...
Eventually, on the morning of the 6th, a Tuesday, we heard the unit open air transmitters, giving out...
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