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Charley Pocock's War Chapter 9

The officer occupants of these rooms were known as Wing I, I had the opportunity of moving into one of...

Desmond Paul Henry: How World War Two Changed One Man's Life for the Bettericon for Story with photo

1969 Request for Henry machine drawing by Leasco Systems and Research Company to be included in the summer...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 6

We stayed at Benina nearly a month, I was very comfortable erecting my camp bed in a house opposite...

Fire Orders Chapter 13a

They had just taken over their position, their P.I.A.T. mortars were still unloaded and their six-pounder...

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Reminiscences of Italyicon for Story with photo

At the River Grigliano which had been bombed by the Germans the Royal engineers had built a bailey bridge...

'Fire Orders' Chapter 19b

With our infantry controlling the autobahn, German troops could not leave the city by that route nor...

Life as a Prisoner of War in Germany 1944-45 by Arthur Berry

He took me right down to the basement of the factory and put me into a room where a lot of banging...

My Life in the RAOC During the War 1939-1945 Chapter 4

It must have been mighty funny to watch a British Sergeant and a French Gendarme trying to converse in...

Ben Cumming's War - Chapter 3: Sicily and Italy

The American 7th Army Corps under General "Blood and Guts" Patton had landed at Gela on the east...

'Fire Orders' Chapter 18b

Captain McAllister and I were in our positions astride the beams when a small river tug came into view on...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 17

He checked his book "Yes, that is right". I said "One vehicle did not turn up, that is why I...

An 鈥渆xtra-ordinary鈥 soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C 鈥 Part 4

We made our way down the wadi towards the sea, a difficult trip in the dark, slipping and floundering on...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 14 : 鈥楤allachang鈥 and Bayonet Fightingicon for Story with photo

Now these Japs were not front line soldiers, and carried captured 路303 short Lee-Enfield rifles and...

Fire Orders Chapter 7

Mr. Murdoch and his batman, Les Morgan, are going to Reykjaskoli with Sergeant Speake and I want you and...

A Prisoner of War's Story: Part 1

He spent much of his prisoner of war life as the chief surgeon and medical officer at the copper mine camp...

The Black Cats: Part 2

It was another 350 miles to Rangoon and 17 Div. wanted to be the first there, as it was they who the...

Alexander George Mallett

Contents 庐 My autobiography 3 weeks before taken prisoner 庐 After the battle of LEROS Isle 庐...

Chapter 8: From England to Africa, India, France and Germany

The next morning we were allowed to land and I caught a train for London. During this time, London was...

Thomas Emyr Davies - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment - My Story (Part 6 of 13 - North Africa Campaign IV)icon for Story with photo

In preparation for the forthcoming airborne attacks against the Axis forces in Sicily, the whole division...

Fire Orders Chapter 8a

One evening I went with some of the D.L.I. lads to the local cinema, and as we strolled leisurely along the...

At war,with 168 brigade Part 3icon for Story with photo

Next year, we were to visit Nola, Foggia Bari, Toronto, take leave in Alexandria across the Mediterranean,...

Thomas Emyr Davies - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment - My Story (Part 3 of 13 - North Africa Campaign I)icon for Story with photo

When passing through the fifteen-miles-wide Straits of Gibraltar, which separates Africa from Europe,...

"Always Read The Small Print" Chapter Three

On completion of the destruction of all our weapons, transport,food stocks, and anything of use to an...

Escape from Jinsen Chesan P.O.W. CAMP, KOREA and other memories - Part 2icon for Story with photo

His theory was that continually dropping the 2 feet by 2 feet bricks directly above the tapping points,...

My War

We left immediately to go to a town called Carvin half way between Lilles and Lens a coal mining town. The...

Thomas Emyr Davies - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment - My Story (Part 4 of 13 - North Africa Campaign II)icon for Story with photo

In the sophisticated 鈥榡oints鈥, half-naked Arab girls could be seen dancing to the sensuous...

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