Our register office marriage in 1937 was worthless in the eyes of the Church. I glanced at the Forum and...
Diary Extracts — Greenock to Malta Saturday 4 November 1944 Still in harbour, very rough, cold wind,...
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We passed from Czechoslovakia through Ansig Oberstentansdorf and other towns which had been flattened by...
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Lush suggested he hid Butch's handgun in his lorry - he'd got a pass and was going home to...
We had a victory parade in Tripoli marching down the main street behind bands of bagpipes, but after that...
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The small contingent of British Officers, NCOs and men, like Len Harrow, scattered in little ports and...
My friend John Coneili who is now buried in Rushford, Tenbury was awarded the VC in Italy. AUDREY JENKINS...
Dad was among the crowds who witnessed the bodies of Mussolini, Clara Petacchi and entourage strung up on...
When they reached Singapore Jack even took part in the Oriental Olympic Games in 1937, beating several...
I joined the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards at the cavalry barracks in Colinton, Edinburgh and in September...
Our guards had become particularly nervous when aircraft were about for fear they would mistake us for a...
What a life my late Father had to the grand age of 90, he was born on 30th nov,l913 at Derby he...
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