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My Father "William Henry Dale"icon for Story with photo

My father 鈥淲illiam Henry Dale鈥 returning from embarkation leave was supposedly destined for...

An unlikely Post War meetingicon for Story with photo

and Ron Goldstein , born Bethnal Green, London, England 1923. For the past year, on this website, both Tom...

martin robertsicon for Story with photo

Martin was killed in an accident at work whilst breaking up aeroplanes for scrap at RAF Cosford near...

It'll make a Man of him

I was 17 1/4 years old in 1943 when a school friend Roger Kirkpatrick said he was off to join the Army...

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The East and West Brigades

Their western flank, manned by "C" Coy if the Winnipeg Grenidiers, was beside "B" Coy of...

Learning to live with a hammock

Hammocks were provided but there were no instructors to demonstrate the correct way to rig or use this...

an officer - but not always a gentleman

This story appears courtesy of and with thanks to the Liverpool Diocesan Care and repair Association and...

Harold Hadfield

Nothing to do on the 23rd June 1945, but wait and relax in the sunshine, perhaps half-listening to the...

Some stories of the Home Guard

We were being instructed by a regular Army instructor on unarmed combat whose advice in dealing with a Nazi...

MURPHY'S HIGHWAY CODE

At the start of World War II, Ron Nicholas from Cardiff, joined the Royal Corps of Signals as an army...

Mobilisation 鈥 September 1939

I exchanged few words with my wife Edith as we gathered a few items of kit. Bill Harvey worked at the...

Cyril Rowland

He was called up in April 1944 from Derbyshires鈥 bakehouse in Bakewell and, after undergoing the...

All Our Yesterdays

It was a blitz on Coventry and I armed myself with a bucket of sand, a spade and a dustbin lid. On...

A Million to One Meeting

On the 24th April 1943 my father Laurence Woodward, who was serving with the Royal Engineers-271 Field...

Intresting

Tommy had no idea about the opinion that the Japanese should not be fighting the British. After the Padre...

Belated award

Over the years I have campaigned many times for a belated award for the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk...

Arthur and Vera Smith

In Cairo for his 21st birthday, Tobruk for his 22nd and a prisoner of war camp for his 23rd, Arthur must...

Learning to live with a hammock

Hammocks were provided but there were no instructors to demonstrate the correct way to rig or use this...

Dangerous Rescue

On 26th-27th March 1942 we were in Paungde the Japanese were closing in on us and we were in danger of...

A Tale Of Love And War

Albert Winstanley had a secret while he was in North Africa, serving in the biggest military hospital of...

Friend or Foe?

In April 1943 my Regiment were clearing pockets of Japanese from the villages and fox holes in the Indin...

"ALERT"

We were guarding part of the coastline to ensure the enemy didn't get through at the time of the...

It's over !!!

As a trooper in a Daimler Armoured Carin the Inns of Court Regiment, a reconnaisance unit of the 11th...

Bernard Jaffa's Record of Serviceicon for Story with photo

Bernard Jaffa's Record of Military Service: Military Conduct: Very Good Medals: Africa Star with 1st...

Scottish ack ack battery & war crimes

Went to Oswestry to do radar training and joined a mixed, heavy ack ack battery and served in S. England....

My VE Day

The Indian Signals Corps Operator with me and I were both wearing headphones and concentrating on the...

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