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The Little Blitz and Me

This was a reception centre for German POWs; they used to come in by train by the 100s, escorted by...

Henry Rock's War: RASC in North Africa and Italy

200 of us left Hereford Station early one morning and proceeded to Sheffield where I spent three days...

Some of Captain Raymond Frost's War Experiences Told to His Granddaughter

Had another firing camp, by then we became part of the Canadian Army as they were short of artillery and we...

XVI. Short History of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

World War I During World War 1 the 4th Dragoons and the 7th Dragoons as separate regiments served in...

Early in the war

Before this we had been leaving lorries blocking the road, in an effort to delay the Germans. He told me...

Sergeant John Hawley-Military Service

One particular young gentleman, when pinned down by a German machine-gun nest, halted the platoon, and sent...

Taxi

People may remember in 1914 the "Miracle of the Marne" when taxis and buses were used to carry...

After D Day - A Wartime Romance

We were due to land on Gold beach at 7.30am an das dawn broke we could just see the French coast on...

The Secret Wartime Journal of Frederick Jude - Part 5 - A Graceful Homecoming

My youngest sister nursing at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford had become engaged to John Gillingham,...

The War Ends in Italy, 2nd May 1945

At any one time there were only four men on actual guard around the perimeter, one patrolling the railway...

Experience of a POW chapter five

We were more relieved when a British Destroyer arrived and fired back at the enemy very effectively"....

John Murray - My War

My right leg below the knee was amputated due to gangrene; my left leg, just below the knee, had received a...

The Forgotten Heroes of World War 2

They also said "Bosch come, France finished". But what had remained of the British Expeditionary...

Self - Catering Holiday in North Africa

That poor Wireless Op. underneath cursing the hot tea spilling down the back of his shirt as he tries to...

Getting back from Burma with a car

During their time in the UK General Slim was driven in a Daimler, and when the orders came to go to Burma,...

Quest for a Lost Father: France 1940

After bitter fighting the Division retired to conform to the French Defence plan and the whole British...

Dad's Secret Diary

From what we have learned, Dad served in India, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, then later in North Africa with the 8th...

My War in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers: Part 2

We soon arrived at Markeaton Park and passed through the barrier and guardhouse to come to a standstill...

The Hell of Monte Cassino

The Germans had thought no one could get through, the terrain was so mountainous, but the Indians could....

Coventry to Caen (Part 1)

Within a week they gave us a uniform and sent us home.Then we went to Witton Barracks, Birmingham,- a coach...

Letter 1 of 4: Bayeux to Conde

We left the Bayeux area with Caen an established possession, Tilly and Villers Bocage taken more recently,...

Who Were Those People at Poperinge?

With him in his lorry was George Morton. My father and George Morton set off on the long walk to the...

I Was There

Uncle George was my hero, and together we followed events in Europe with the same enthusiasm as small boys...

What Did You Do In The War Daddy? -Part 10 (Chapter 11 first part)

By this time the main army had crossed to the mainland of Italy and as the Allies had gained almost...

Henry Lund's War Chapter 3 'My capture by German Troops'

The handful of German troops turned out to be about 100 tanks and the officer I have mentioned was General...

Algiers; With 145 RAC

Some things are sent to protect us as Ken,Jimmy and Freddie became Infantry Officers and were killed in...