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We proceeded to Annizen, near Bethume, picked up a load of stretchers, blankets and other equipment, then...
In the run-up to D-Day I was commanding the 3rd Parachute Brigade in the 6th Airborne Division....
Everyone knows the British settled in India to trade, but so did all the other seafaring nations, the...
Some centrimetric radar, with 2 paraboloids of about 3 foot diameter, of Canadian manufacture, was coming...
The 1st Battalion was grouped in an assembly area at Madriole, around some farm buildings adjoining the...
A few days later, the Japs brought in a group of Thais they had caught, we were told, stealing blankets. It...
The 6th Battalion was formed in Holywood, in October 1940, the Commanding Officer being Lt Col W H Stitt,...
My machine guns were in action all day, and we succeededin putting out a Boche 88mm A/Tk gun, which had...
Suddenly at around 05.30hrs a small flotilla of German 鈥淓鈥 boats appeared out of the smoke...
I was 5513070 Pte Victor Donald Delves serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. The...
As the SSR and Canadian Cameron Highlanders came ashore at Green Beach in Pourville between 4.50 and 5.30...
I did not see him ever again but was informed by the Chief Clerk that, storming into the offices demanding...
Back again to the Village the next morning, the 20th, to be told that REPULSE BAY had been captured, so our...
The lights by now had drawn a cloud of winged insects from the wann black darkness without, and these...
Martin Reagan also remembers Livermere, as the place where the Squadron took delivery of their first batch...
Furthermore, we learned that our anti-tank platoon of six 2 pounder guns were knocked out before firing a...
Additionally, one of the most important religious feasts was 29th June, the Feast Day of Saints Peter and...
The Officer who was in charge of our football team was posted to Headquarters and ran the football team...
This involved finding my way through the mountains to a place called Prevesa, where I would pick up a Greek...
My souvenir of that winter is a wooden cigarette case carved with a 1944 symbol on a reindeer scene, made...
But we still had work to do rounding up prisoners taking over German HQ's and airfields this kept us...
The next thing was the Troop Officer took over my tank and crew and left me with his damaged one. I thought...
The Primosole Bridge was captured from the Germans after continued assaults from the Durham Light Infantry...
One POW was getting out at night and was seeing the wife of a German soldier who was on the Russian front....
Nathan wouldn't give any assurances over Stanford despite announcing that the Suffolk battle area was...
1969 Request for Henry machine drawing by Leasco Systems and Research Company to be included in the summer...
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