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Christmas washing up - a waste of time!; Everyone safe in canteen.

My father, John Rhodes was in the 8th Army Royal Artillery he fought in N Africa, El Alamain and through...

Jungle Sores in Burma

I was in the 7th Indian Division- the only division to take part in all 3 major battles in Burma. The war...

Mortars and Cow Dung

Story transcribed and added to the site by Jemma Bellingham on behalf of Victor Busby. The four scout cars,...

update from Bill

Arthur was also especially helpful to many relatives and friends in assisting them during pilgrimages to...

Boy knocked over in Cairo

Father decided it was time to offer goats or sheep in exchange and to make up for the loss of the child...

Mobile Shower in Syria

So we went over the mountains, up the coast to the Turkish border, along the border into Iraq, and back...

Peas for Dinner

In an adjacent field at the bottom of the New Camp there was a large field cropped with peas, a fellow...

Pat O鈥橞rien and friends at Esbeya Gardens, Cairo, August 1942

This article has been submitted on behalf of Pat O'Brien from Whitehaven, Cumbria. Pat saw action in...

Home from Dunkirk

"After spending several days queueing in sand dunes at Dunkirk, my Father crossed to England on HMS...

Disarming the Partisans

After fighting in North Africa and Italy we eventually entered Austria and one of our tasks was to disarm...

Word From Home

On the announcement of hostilities on December 8, the Honourable J.L. Ralston, Canadian Minister of...

The Act of a Friend

I was picked to go on the troopship; for some reason I wanted to go on the first ship, so my friend...

A Brief Biography

Special Skills At Bletchley Park

The death of an elderly local lady has reminded me, a former wireless operator in an Eighth Army armoured...

Training on Landing Craft in Scotland

My Grandfather Sydney Steadman.

My Grandfather Sydney Steadman served in Burma for about 3 years.He served in the RA/308 batt. Anti...

Gock Germany

After which we set off down a slope in order to reach the town of Gock... We hid in a mill for...

"our heartfelt sympathy in your great sorrow"

Jack was orphaned and made the army his career. l knew Jack from photo's and cards he sent Nanna....

Visit to the army dentist

When the dentist said 鈥楿mph not too good, I shall have to remove these three teeth and put a filling...

The thanks they deserve

There are many more that deserve a mention like the Salvation Army personnel who if they saw a dozen...

Landing Sherman Tanks in the Arakan

My Brother, John Allen, was involved in the Allied attempt to land forces on the Arakan Peninsular... He...

The end of Fred's War

Filming "The Captive Heart" at Westerlink five weeks after hostilities ended, for six weeks,...

Fighting in the Jungle

As a child my dad would often tell the family about the war against the Japanese in the far east. Again the...

From Egypt to Liverpool 1944

2 Anti-Gas Laboratory, Royal Engineers, Locations: Palestine, Moascar, Atlantic Title: "From Egypt to...

A Private in the Women鈥檚 Army By Margaret Eva Watts

I joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, and worked in the administration of the Army Blood Supply...

The Watching Tower, Kibbuy

Safeguarding the secrecy of military operations Marlborough Theatre 鈥� 鈥淣ow or Never鈥� A...