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The Russian POW

Seven Years of War: Part 3, a continuation of story A4220678: Arrival in France

The regiment travelled all round France, setting up the guns for short periods, firing at German aircraft,...

Child to Soldier

Also evacuated to the village were schools from Southampton and London, I went in with the Southampton kids...

Tank War

I was in 142 regiment Royal Armoured Corps - equipped with Churchill tanks; I sailed for North Africa from...

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Drumming In Peace and War

However, in 1935 we aquired a radio and just lying on the settee gave me the opportunity to listen to those...

鈥淚f You Want To Go Home, You Can!鈥icon for Story with photo

It explains how and why he was allowed to leave the Army in 1945, adjusting to post-war civilian married...

THE CHIROPODIST

Now doesn't that tell you something about those so-called experts and the medical profession and the...

A real Tommy Atkins 1940 - 1946

Then out of the blue war broke out with Germany and I on the 28th March 1940 I enlisted in the Army...

Desert Mail

Maybe a month later he would come back looking fit and well and burbling all about the belly dancer in...

When Bugles Call - Training at Chelsea Barracksicon for Story with photo

I was born on 31st January 1918 at Somercotes Hill, Somercotes, Derbyshire to parents who were Derbyshire...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 19: Tunis to Glasgow - October 1943

In Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, Butch met a friend of Ron Gregory's who thought it remarkable that Butch...

The Military Medalicon for Story with photo

Sandy and me crept forward to a small orchard for a look-see and to our dismay we counted ten German tanks...

Feeding the Royal Corps of Signals

The lentils found another use, a friend of mine had a unit near the Sphinx at Giza and had bought hundreds...

Harry Blood's War Part 4 - Serving in North Africa, 1942

Lady Lampson, wife of Sir Miles Lampson, the Governor-General, is running a scheme giving parties of...

Ash's Story

Having been taken prisoner we were lined up and the German officer came along shaking our hands and...

D-Day Part 2

Fortunately, just as it was getting dark an enormous ocean going tug appeared on the horizon from...

Dunkerque: A Brief Encounter

In the lead up to June 1940 we were informed that the German Panzer Division had penetrated the Maginot...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 2

6th US.Corps, that the immediate intention of our 1st Division was to land at Anzio on Peter Beaches red,...

St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot - The Doctor's Perspective - Part 1icon for Story with photo

If the great dock at St. Nazaire could be knocked out then the great ship would have to return to Germany...

Diary of a Military Man contd.,

He said 鈥淲e must impress the Germans, the Rats are off to Berlin鈥, We are taking the British...

2. A World War Two Memoir

The secret was to make your bed during the dinner break wrapping the blankets carefully and then placing...

North Africa Campaign

Luckily we only had one man wounded on our vehicle and we dropped him off at an Advanced Dressing Station....

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 11

In Italy we were issued with three kinds English, Canadian and New Zealand and one period we received what...

Captured While Defending Dunkirk - Wally's Story

The march As they were marched through Lille in Belgium, a cockney female voice called out to Wally from...

The life of a Gunnericon for Story with photo

Orderly NCO for today....

James Eric Wicketts Memories - Part 2icon for Story with photo

On arriving at the Stalag the Germans put us into the cells until the next day. From time to time the...

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