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Schoolboy to Soldier (2)

George was conscripted to the Army and was posted to the colonies in the North Caribbean, where the locals...

It seemed a bit of silly thing to have to do...

I had to go to the cookhouse with my piece of paper and they supplied me with a piece of bread, a...

Long Way - Watom Island

Hello, My name is Colin Docketty and have led a fairly ordinary life by contrast to my father, who, like so...

Armistice Day Memory

I had to leave and get an outdoor job so then I worked for the Church Army driving a mobile food canteen...

Battle of the Sexes

On a very cold, icy day in 1944 as a driver in the ATS following another military vehicle, I was...

Delivering water in the desert

The intention was to provide a facility to pump water from 'bir' to 'bir'. This would...

Alan Oldfield

Before he was recruited to the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1942 at the age of 19, Alan had...

Bombi!

During the siege of Malta in 1940 to 44, I was serving in the Royal Artillery, Anti Aircraft Bofors gunnery...

ACCIDENTS

One of the worst crimes in any of the Services is to discharge your weapon by accident.I must plead...

It rained mud

A short time after the invasion of Italy, I was stationed at the sea-port town of Bari... Later that...

Murphys Highway Code

Ron has never forgotten the arrival of the lorry driven at the hospital the following day with a bottle of...

Memorys

Petrol was rationed. people used to sketch images from war. on the Greek islands, there was only 1 island...

Monte Cassino

During the 1944 battle the Germans had pinpointed the sources of radio signals and wiped them out, Allen...

Churchill and Ron enjoy a meal together

As our Honorary Colonel, the Rt.Hon.Winston Churchill, was considered as having played no small part in the...

Wath on Dearne War Weapons Week

One day we were told that we were to take part in a parade for Wath on Dearne War Weapons Week....

Future bother-in law's meet for the first time

Whilst in Egypt, the senior officers had their own exclusive mess and late one night Dick was called to...

Kidsgrove Home Guard

We were guarding Kidsgrove Station, which was called Harecastle Station then, and we were told that there...

What i know

Malta, Marshall Islands....

War Memories

We were sent to reinforce Sicily and then to main Italy... I went back to port and got a boat to go...

Thank You

Circle of Reciprocation

When my father was off duty from the Ministry of War Transport, he and my mum would head for the docks in...

My War Memories - 10th Northumberland Fusiliers

I noticed that the girl I usually sat next to the choir wasn't on the photograph so I asked where she...

Memories of Leabrooks

One of the most lasting memories I have of the war years is, as a 5 year old schoolboy living on Bridle...

With the Parachute Regiment in Palestine

I saw two years 219 days active service as a corporal with the Parachute Regiment in England and Palestine...

We Wouldn't Get Away with it Now

Whilst serving my national service in the mid forties with the RAF, I met a dispatch rider on two camps I...

An Aberdonian's war-time service

I got as far as Ben Gazi, then we came back to El Alamein and I was posted to the 51st Highland...