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The cacophony of sound, the product of some brilliant orchestra and from behind the percussion in the form...
The Germans unleashed 29 Divisions north of us and a further 45 Divisions through the Ardennes which...
Our parachutes had been already attached by a webbing strap to a strong point inside the aircraft. To this...
If you read the history of the war you will realise that we were part of a concentration of French and...
By July 1944, I was happy to announce a gift to the church of a portrait of Saint Leonard The...
Thus, at a quarter past five, when he was facing what we thought was our front, Sgt. Hanton received a...
He was then taken to the Medical officer who removed the field dressing from his neck wound, my father said...
Sometime that night, I crawled away into the dunes, I was not only exhausted, I was feeling so bad that I...
My friend spoke to the old lady in Arabic, and the doubtful looks that she gave me made me wish that I...
So the shower house was very large and in constant daily use. On the day Tom was to be showered and...
After a few weeks at Brecon, where I had completed a motor transport course, I was sent on a draft and had...
After Cesena, I with my platoon was attached as Engineer support to a Squadron of Lancers based at the...
Pre war, the Italian Artillery officers stationed in Addis had been keen polo players and there were still...
If gas and mask experience was rated as the worst minutes of army training, this form of punishment was...
Early chaos The drill-hall on Chenie Street was the home of the First Battalion Rangers, KRRC. Relatively...
Rather I remember it as a happy time because the war in Europe was clearly going to end soon, though I have...
I still only knew two officers in the Irish Fusiliers, that was the Colonel and Major Richards, who I...
When the Germans retook Tobruk, speakers were erected around the camp, and we got German music and Italian...
Detachments had drill halls at Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet. Porridge with syrup We...
At dawn I picked up a bren carrier and we hurtled along the cliff top to Veules les Roses, a small hamlet...
The map I had been using made no mention of the Synagogue but I had heard from a Jewish friend back at...
Commanding a section I was in the 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50th Division, and we...
We, in our travels, encountered various partisan leaders all of whom begged us for arms to fight, they...
But in any campaign the problem of getting the men their rations is usually an easier matter in withdrawal...
Non-military people mentioned by name are his wife, Elise, and a sister, Gladys. 1st after Trinity A very...
Sighted Italy and soon afterwards entered Messina Straits. Had a long walk today with two of my friends,...
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