We travelled late at night so as not to be detected by the Germans as we were moving somewhat to one side...
Our infantry had joined up with the red berets but the bridge was firmly in German hands and was being...
The atomic bomb saved the lives of many Japanese POWs. Even after 60 years since returning to Scotland from...
At the beginning of WW2 I was five years, fifteen days, & seven hours old. . I lived at Darley Dale in...
Some, Sgt. Howland, Ferdie Pool, Johnny Ibbotson, Taffy Davis and myself were posted to GHQ R.A.N.W. Italy...
October is not a good time for landlovers to be at sea even the size of the Capetown Castle, the small...
It was a joint invasion force, British, American and Free French and there was not much resistance as there...
A fortnight before Christmas, three of us went, together with some meat and the English parcels; we were...
In the factory there were working: German women and older men, several Poles, about a dozen Ukranian girls...
Jerry gave us a bit of a pasting with his Stuka dive bombers and 88 millimetre multi-purpose guns. As a...
My CO had tried unsuccessfully to arrange for me to be taken off at Trinidad, which was our first port of...
I tried to explain this delightful situation to the Captain Q.M. who was to take over from me having coming...
Tunnels led up from the beach to the main town, but off these tunnels were apartments where people live I...
A dog and handler came to Sungei Siput for a test, and I was chosen to take them out on a 1...
Over 150,000 troops - including my grandfather, Herbert Stokes - were still in France two weeks after...
The next night Herbie Rowan, Harry Murphy and myself, found ourselves free in Cape Town. In our four day...
Driving into Beirut, I as Sergeant in charge of the convoy, eventually found my way to an Army Headquarters...
We were assisted off Djebel Mansour by a contingent of the French Foreign Legion who set up a rearguard...
On we went then dug in again, next morning a young German came down the dirt road and gave himself up to...
When suddenly the situation changed, I was up on the truck handing down cans of water to Sgt. Kirby when...
On one of my Saturday afternoon fatigues, I had to report to the Sergeant's mess cookhouse and report...
Reginald Arthur Wilcock Lance Corporal 14550916 20 Son of Arthur & Lillian Wilcock of Nelson,...