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An elephant and palm tree

He was involved with coastal defense artillery in the Takoradi areaand subsequently on patrols north from...

Cambridgeshire regiment

My family tale is of my Grandfathers brother Ronald. In 1942 his unit were one of the last to surrendor to...

D Day Dodgers in Italy

We are the D-Day Dodgers out in Italy... We are the D-Day Dodgers in Italy.....

Stiff Socks

Unfortunately, the Renown was lost at Dunkirk. Mr Osbourne was able to recognise his uncle standing on the...

Demobilisation

I was also expected to serve meals to the Officers in the Officers Mess. When I returned to England I was...

Radio stations in Brussels

I served with the Royal Signals and was responsible for the local Radio Station, giving news to the troops...

The Japanese - not as enemies but as Prisoners of War

A few days after the Atom Bomb had been dropped my outfit and I embarked from Liverpool bound for the Far...

FOR BRAVERY

On his arrival home my dad was hosptilised at Edinburgh Castle.Due to his injuries he had to leave the army...

Ranchi Headquarters of Chindits and 5 Div World War 2

Diary from the Mediterranean

It described his experiences in the Mediterranean on board his ship - coming into Malta harbour with the...

Uncle Geoff in The SBS in The Aegean WWII

I'm afraid that I can't give particulars but this is what my fathertold me at the time of the SBS...

Second Chance

The trench edge it hit and it spun away Tumbling, unburst, into mud. Some slave worker from Prague perhaps...

My father in the Bengal Engineers

I was born in a village called Khapa, in Nagpur in the state of Maharashta... Some people from the...

Warwick Soldiers

I remember the Warwickshire Yeomanry being called up and somebody calling at our house to tell us that my...

Sandy the dog

Jack "Coogie" Evans from Pontesbury served in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers and was...

Cambridgeshire regiment

My family tale is of my Grandfathers brother Ronald. In 1942 his unit were one of the last to surrendor to...

Harold Reeves

His Army service records don't show him leaving the Royal Fusiliers for another Army division at any...

Bridge Building Team in Italy.

Photo was donated by Roland Corfield and belonged to his father Robert Richard James Corfield. Robert...

Christmas Day in the desert

When we were in the desert the heat was overpowering and yet it was Christmas and we were missing our...

The Liberation of Outmarsum from the German Occupation

During the ceremony I was made a Freeman of Outmarsum and presented with a framed scroll, prepared by the...

The Ferret

When the army lads climbed in the back of the lorry, they didn't like the ferret being there at all....

To Suez and beyond

Eric joined the Territorial Army in 1937 and was posted to 249 Battery R.A. of the 80th Regiment in...

You English are fools

I was in the pre-operations room, and my first patient was a German officer... 'I am a reconaissance...

5th Battalion

The only factual information i have found is a book called A DISTANT DRUM written by the 5th Battalion...

ATS Shropshire - Sneaking back to barracks

The mine manager's wife was also from Glasgow and she had made a great big pot of broth and gave us...

Jack's Story

John Baker who was known as 'Jack', was my father... Jack was married to Doris and they lived in...