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What Did You Do In The War Daddy? -Part 5 (Chapter 7)

And if this sounds tight which it certainly was, the officers were very well housed indeed compared to...

Life in the Army - Chapter 9 — Embarkation Leave

Bus to Sheffield at 10:45 hrs. met Nessie and brought her home. June 09, 1942 Dad went with me to Sheffield...

War Diary of a Driver - Part 1

Now I have had the pleasure of seeing ‘jerry’ graves, maybe I am a little hard, but after...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 7

I tried to sleep in the lorry but couldn't owing to the cold and there being very little room so I got...

Escape Part One

To explain the next events it is necessary to mention two of the people who figure in the episode, one the...

A Soldier of the 2nd World War. The Death March.

I was carrying a Boyes anti tank rifle, anyway, so what happened, they were shelling and mortaring, they...

Ben Cumming's War - Chapter 1: Joining up and service on the Home Front

The Luftwaffe began their bombing campaign and the Battle of Britain had commenced; the fear in this...

"Always Read The Small Print" Chapter Two

The Camerons with the Mahrattas, and Ghurka battalions had moved into Tobruk and occupied trenches and...

"Always Read The Small Print" Chapter Four

I saw two Germans speaking to Antonio at the gate, holding up a few tins pointing to the fruit and tomato...

Bill Williams's experiences as Prisoner of War: July 1943 — January 1945

When I arrived in Regensburg, I was put into a combined hospital, sanatorium and lunatic asylum, peopled by...

A Yorkshire Recce Driver's D-Day and Beyond Memories

The plan was to push the Germans back all the time, starting in France, then into Belgium, Holland and...

Jack Merewood:To War with the Bays. Part 2

As we moved forward the desert was a scene of destruction and desolation - burned out trucks and tanks,...

Stan's Story - Part 3

It was whilst in the Indian Ocean, after passing Mozambique and Madagascar that our ghost ship developed...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 16: March to May 1943 - Butch and the `Entente Cordiale' - The final push against Bizerta and

General Alexander ordered General Bradley II Corps to go for Bizerta, the British 1st Army, to take Tunis...

Norman's War

We spent many a long night in the shelter, as the bombers would follow the River Severn to the Midlands but...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 16 - ‘Yasume’ Days and Ebonite

In the early days the Japs had been so elated with the unhinderd progress of their armies towards India,...

Prisoner of War, Escape and Journey Home

For instance, when they spoke of German victories at the Russian front or in France, or of Frau Einz, our...

The Normandy Veterans Association (West Cumbria Branch No 51)

The Branch has regularly commemorated Normandy Landings and the Anniversary of the Armistice of World War...

My War by Bob France

I was then told to guard the reservoir at Tufnell Park, in North London, Many years later when I was on...

From Aberdeen to Cairo via Dunkirk

We knew there was much telephone and Morse code activity, and were told eventually that the German advance...

Memoirs of a Gunner - Chapter 5 - Harry Wood

We lined the guns up on the ranges, our gun being number 2, and I went with Jock Reynolds to pick up...

The Lighter Side of War - Chapter 1 TA RASC 39th Ack-Ack Sheffield. A father's advice - June 1938

R.W. Reid, D. R. Langford and Winthorpe Halls A4222333 Chapter 2b George Bennett shows naked ambition...

Harry Tapley's Memories - Part 2

I must say that the German officer who saw us returned shortly afterwards with 2 German Army personnel and...

A short trip to France: RASC Diary

Went to café and wrote to Dilys in evening. In café with Dick, Bunny and Scotty in evening....

My Dad's War Memories Part 1

The liner itself was a massive affair of Dutch origin named "Marnix Van St. Aldegonde" and staffed...

Prisoner of War, Escape and Journey Home

This reprisal was because when the Canadians raided Dieppe they took German prisoners and handcuffed them...