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A Danish Officer in the British Army

To be sure, two of my aunts, in Copenhagen, were regularly raided by the Gestapo in futile search of their...

My Recollection Of The War As Seen Thrrough The Eyes Of A Child

Whenever I took that car outside to ride it all the kids would pile on it as I was the only child...

Kings Own Scottish Borderers in Operation 'Heather'

Eventually I was in a distance in front and I lifted my head from below a low fir branch and looked into...

Richard Bradley, Escape from Stalag VIIIB, Part 3 - First bid for freedom

Alf said to me, “Dick, with your knowledge of Southern Germany, and the language, there is no reason...

Chapter 5 - Relaxation and a Bit More Responsibility (Mar 1942 - June 1943)

The group of buildings was "the hotel". It consisted of a very spacious bungalow with a veranda all...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 10

The arrival of the contractor improved things a bit, he was responsible for supplying goods other than that...

Balloons with Ears

Here we were to make two descents from barrage balloons before getting at the ample lovely Dakotas seen...

Nazis on the Playing Field

So I found myself posted to the 1st Battalion of King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles, which together with...

Escape from Singapore

Bill and I told them we could probably fix it up, so while the rest of them on the boat were getting...

An Experience to Remember

Following the rout of the German army at the Falaise Gap, where the fleeing columns were mercilessly...

Thomas Emyr Davies - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment - My Story (Part 8 of 13 - England 1943)

On an early December day, we were billeted under canvas in huge marquees in a camp that had been set up in...

Wartime Memories Taken From ‘ Wartime Memoirs’

We were subject to German air raids all the time we were unloading the supply ships on the beaches of Avola...

Dream Boat

Off the boat - lined up - Officer said: “this half to the Royals and the other to the Scot...

Chapter 6 - Madagascar (June - Aug 1942)

Out of Mombassa on the 20th July, the five of us were the only passengers of the good ship...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 22.1

2000 - Tea or cocoa made in room from Red X parcels, bread, butter and jam, 1 biscuit and cheese. The...

Seven Years of War - Part 5, a continuation of story no. A4235672: Back in Bournemouth and in Dover.

I now realised I was selfish to ask Joan to come to Dover, although it was wonderful to see her. The...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 26a: Berlin August 1945 - February 1946

Butch and Johnny went straight over to Havel to view their charges - beautiful big sleek white cabin...

Patrick Devlin - A Granddaughter's Recollections

Grandad was captured by the Italians and held in a prisoner of war camp. When the Italians surrendered he...

No.3 (Jewish) Troop, No.10 Commando

Many will know of the Zion Mule Corps,the Jewish Legion in the First War, and the Jewish Brigade, the 51st...

Alan French: War Baby: Interview. (Amended.) Part two.

But his younger brother,Jim French, went into the army. By the same contributor: 'The Three English...

Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945 (13)

In July 1941, John Hayes was appointed as a chaplain to the British Army, and was sent to England. The work...

Memories of My Life Born in 1918 to being a Soldier in the Second World War PART 12

Captain Stoodley then drove back to 145 vehicle park... At the Chief officers desk, sat a civilian nd I...

My War: Pig Bags, Rationing, and D-Day

My earliest memories in the war are of him as an ARP warden in his tin helmet checking the blackout and...

When Bugles Call - Wellington Barracks

Three months after leaving Chelsea for Windsor I was back at the Smoke - in the Holding Battalion at...

Dunkirk - A Soldier's Actual Account: 65th Field Regiment R.A.

All this is happening where for four years men of Germany, England, France and Belgium, besides the British...

Homecoming after 5 and a 1/2 Years in Africa and Italy with the Scots Guards

Then those of us going north headed for Euston Station where we found we couldn't get a train until...