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A Bride's War Effort - her husband's story

We found a boat, and he said, Tony said to his…, an officer, he said there's a boat there, we...

"We’ve Found You At Last"

Because I had a good school report the Matron, had arranged for me to deliver goods to the 14 cottages,...

Diary Extracts RAPC Malta after VE Day

Tues 16 Oct Notice of move from St. George's Barracks down to Valetta Office to be in flats opposite...

The Battle for Rauhay Chateau, June 1944

As we moved forward the German Artillery Shells fell amongst us, we drop flat where we were, it was...

Memoirs of a Gunner - Chapter 7b - Harry Wood

The next day it was off to our final destination near Trieste, a district called Venezia Guila, close to...

"Partisani"

So we sang, “We are the D Day Dodgers out in Italy Always on the Vino Always on the spree We landed...

D-Day and a Postwar Engagement

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

Lambert's War

My father served in the 8th Army REME and his rank as shown on his release certificate, was W/WOI I...

"Partisani"

So we sang, “We are the D Day Dodgers out in Italy Always on the Vino Always on the spree We landed...

Letters Home - December 1945 - Part Three

Often Russian lorries ‘intrude’ into the English zone in an effort to find a solitary...

Another Day a New Life

My god how we must have stank in that heat with little water to spare for washing, and my best friend...

Wartime Memories of Thomas W Gould

We were shipped to France in May 1940 and our first encounter with enemy forces was at Dieppe - the Germans...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 9

Leaving Mafraq at the usual early hour we drove over the Albanon Hills, down the Jordan Valley across the...

Tale of a Wartime Moustache

I gave little thought to my time in the army including the time in Normandy in June and July 1944 when my...

Resting: Memories of a Soldier (Shortly After D-Day)

my dad responded to my unasked question, “copped a bullet as he drank his tea; never knew what...

Dunkirk

The long and straight roads made it easy for the German aircraft to attack the withdrawing troops and the...

My War in the `Duke of Wellingtons'

Around 1945 the British and Russian troops surrounded the Germans in Poland and Germany. The Russian...

"Waho Mohammed"

Those American and British soldiers who were stationed in many camps across barren Salisbury Plain managed...

Letters Home - December 1944 - Part One

Once again I'm back with my Belgian friends, the people who sheltered the airmen from the Hun. It was...

St George and St Martin Stories

Margaret left a note with the people at the YMCA in case Michael turned up — which he did .......

Les Baker's Letter Home - Part 2 Fall of Singapore and Sumatra

It was just the shortage of good RAF planes that left us Malaya, we having all very old obsolete kites...

Called to the Colours (continued): Over The Waves

The cookhouse was quite a walk away over the sand dune and every meal involved waiting in a ling queue with...

Wartime Memories- 21 Searchlight Militia

I had a medical examination on 20th June 1939, was passed fit at Grade II and joined 21 Searchlight...

Excerpts from Diaries of a couple parted by war

Bought necklace for Vera, had goats milk and fortune told. thur 25 sep Left Bombay on troopship Lancashire,...

World War 2 & Then Me - My Mum & Dad

15/11/1919 FATHER:- ARTHUR WALTER DICKENS FATHER'S OCCUPATION:- Coal Miner, ex- Army. I now have his...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 12: Notes on the war in North Africa prior to 133's landing

At the same time, German General Rommel arrived in Tripoli, in turn launched lightning attacks when the...