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My Dads War

I have a photo of him and two or three others cooking meat in petrol drums, it is marked France, May 1940....

The war in Burma

My grandmother told me also that just before he went to fight in France that she went to see him.She got a...

The mistaken wave

He later served in North Africa, Italy and Greece. Whilst standing with the bike he was aware of his...

The Desert Song

The Officer went white with rage, and was going to strike him down until the sergeant stepped in and said,...

Hawes LDV

Monkey Dinner

My commandos were in Southern India when the Japanese were threatening to move across the Burma border,...

Story of an ex Desert Rat

After my regiment fought in the Battle of Alamain and went on and helped to take the port of Tripoli in...

Barrack-room Lawyers

Sgt Donnan and his patrol captured the Germans. Sgt Donnan heard later that the ambulance was shelled, and...

D-Day in Burma

We were far from the Normandy beaches - we were in Burma well on our way to Rangoon with Bill Slim's...

General commanding West Africa

Shortly after, the General returned to his headquarters in the Gold Coast, an urgent top priority message...

The Canadian Troops Arrive

On November 16th., 1941 the Canadian troops reached Hong Kong and paraded smartly through the streets, were...

A Messenger at War (1939-1945).

At the beginning of World War 2 my father was chief warden fire at X13 post in Pendleton and he allowed me...

Well Travelled

Our next stop was Alexandria. we got on a boat and landed up the coast and ended in Tunisia. We went on...

My Brave Grandpa - John Murray

My grandpa was fighting on foot,shooting his enemy.one night the enemy decided to send out tanks to take...

Meeting the Brigadier

Unfortunately he was killed shortly afterwards in Tunisia, in a minefield along with the chief engineer in...

My Memories of the War

From Tunis I then took part in the invasion of Sicily. This took me from Caen in France through Belgium and...

Advance to Mandalay

We a located a hill, where, unbeknown to us, over a 1,000 Japanese, prepared to die if necessary, were...

No need to Worry

Reginald Kirk Location Burma. The previous night the Japs had unnerved the troop with a Jitter raid....

Sixty-five Years of Friendship

I was in Italy with the 8th Army when the war in Europe ended... I went to the Middle East first and...

Avoiding Live Ammunition and Drinking on Duty

I was called up and spent time in St. Kitts Island, Nevis and Antigua. I could not see to get home and...

Letter of condolence from commanding officer

Below is a letter to Mr & Mrs Gordon Wilson of Kirkintilloch about the death of their son James in...

The Sandown Spy

Very early in the War, my husband-to-be, Leonard Munday, and his friend were stationed in Nodes Fort on the...

Ken Shuttleworth

When Ken was on ships they slept on hammocks and had food cooked for then by the Navel chief... Ken sailed...

Memories

His regiment took part in the Liberation of North Africa and the Sicily Landings before returning to the UK...

Civil Police in Trieste during the unrest

During my stay in Trieste the Regiment quite often found itself working with the new local Police Force....

Life in the barracks

I joined E Coy Essex & Suffolk Area ATS at Bury St Edmunds Gibraltar Barracks on 08 08 1939... In the...