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Shooting a fatally injured comrade

An army comrade was hit by a falling shell... One of them deliberately left his pistol and holster near the...

Burma

Aged 22, I went from Madagascar to India and then Burma. The inscription on the monument at Kohmia is:...

My uncle H.

Harry finished his basic training, got kitted out, and shipped-out to France, to Dunkirk!!.. However he got...

Two Lorries, One Driver To Russia

Then we used to take the lorries in convoys up to Russia; one driver, two lorries. We'd put the lorries...

1st london division a.a.

1st london division a.a.

strange coincidance

My father,Sydney Starns, was serving with the Durhams in Burma. On 16th June 1944, in a place called Mao...

Clearing the Jungle

I was in the engineering division and my main job was to clear the jungle so the infantry could march...

*Home Front event to mark the 60th Anniversary of the end of WW2

There will be re enactment teams, military WW2 vehicles and domestic vehicles, lots of various...

Service History

Called up ta 18 July 1944 Infantry training Ox 7 Bucks then trained driver REs Posted to Antwerp Jan...

Volunteer 39-46

Born in 1916 I grew up in the aftermath of the 1st World War and as a boy was an an avid...

The Memoirs of a Wartime Teenager

'Winston'had promosed to 'Fight on the beaches and in the streets and never surrender and he...

My Dad at D-Day - a different breed

He was wounded whilst carrying out duties as a motorcycle rider, his injuries were caused by a bomb...

Hitlers photos

Each photo is based on propaganda and has writing on the back which i can scan but it is in German could...

Appearances Can Be Deceptive

When we left Liverpool and went to France we landed in Cherbourg... We saw this thing, it looked like a...

Joining up

This is Ted's story. When he joined the army it was just after Dunkirk....

Cables

They would frequently discover that the Germans had removed some sections of cable from the British...

Dunkirk Veteran

He came over from Dunkirk to Dover on HMS Anthony... They proceeded to North Wales, to an Army Camp, where...

Back to Barracks

After a couple of days in barracks, they issued us with a new kit, as all we were wearing was battle dress...

Long Service

In 1951 I was recalled to fight in Korea and roughly fifteen years ago I was informed I was appointed radar...

Fire in the Barracks

I was training in Kimnel Park and one night a lot of people were out on manoeuvres... I could not get out...

Ambulance Driver

During the war,I was an ambulance driver meeting wounded soldiers being bought back from France... Many...

A Fire in the Barracks

I was training in Kimnel Park and one night a lot of people were out on manoeuvres... I could not get out...

Military medal

My Dad,Lance Corporal Bunting,received the Military Medal, stationed at Dunkirk, where his colleague was...

1942

My father was in the Royal engineers he was rescued at Dunkirk and made his way to the sea via Lille... The...

L/Cpl.J.A.Blomiley (24 Gds. Bde.)

This year, 2005, I have inherited the 5 Medals and one bar, awarded to my Uncle Alf during the Second World...