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How a Military Medal was won

This story is about my great uncle Richard McCarthy, known to his pals in the war as 'Mac'. He was...

Letter 2 of 4: Conde to Vernon

But the countryside was coming to life again, and most of the wayside cottages and villages were intact,...

Flour Power

I was then employed by Mathews and Thompson's Food Factory, in Newtown Sydney, which was a 35 minute...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 16

On January 2nd, I obtained a days pass and caught the tram into Cairo, h ad a good look round and later...

Tom Hewson's Soldier's Story - Part 5

I discovered that I had two brothers in law already in Kent - both Sergeants, as I was, and each was in...

Keeping Ourselves Together

I couldn't keep those I received from Margaret, in case I was captured by the Germans, who could've...

My World War 2 Story

A look at a map shows why this was an important place for radar stations, as with our 200 mile range we...

Experince of a POW chapter Two

C' company went to Bitzing and 'D' company to Halstroff 'A' company to Metzeresche in...

The Missing Fruit.

With the WAR commencing at the height of the fruit season, when apples and plums were here there and...

The Experiences of Three Normandy Landing Veterans

Mr Lemon, a member of the Normandy Veterans Association said “I do feel proud... Both Mr Lemon and Mr...

The Experiences of a Sergeant in a Machine Gun Platoon

The Vickers M.G., one manned by Sgt. Dollin and Sgt. Haward and the other, by Corporal Sleeth D.C.M. had...

P.O.W. Pussy

He knew I was Tom Barker of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and not the real Harry Tenny. But whilst...

The Road to Dunkerque — May 1940

The only thing that we found was a French army lorry, abandoned and full of cases of tins... stacked full...

Monty's Caravan had no Brakes

I was not with the South African Engineering Corps while they were in the desert, where they had actually...

A Wartime Child

Mum used to invite the soldiers into the cottage for meals and tea and I, as a toddler, would be taken out...

Percy's War in the Royal Artillery

Quite what Percy was doing is unclear but he may have been transmitting messages to confuse the enemy,...

My Life My War - Chapter 14

I applied for and received my brother's medals and offered them with the story to the Royal Artillery...

Some Things are Meant to Be

Although both my Granma and Grandad spoke very little about the war, my Dad was able to explain in more...

Young Soldier Finds Kindness in Nottingham

We eventually discovered that one of the ways of making these straw mattresses more comfortable was to wear...

Memories of Dunkirk: In the RASC

We landed in France in late September 1939 and travelled up from Cherbourg to a little village in Northern...

Return to Normandy Beaches

The party consisted of Brigadier E.J. Montgomery, now 5 L of C Sub Area, who was formely A/Q of 3 Div and...

What Did You Do In The War Daddy? -Part 7 (chapter 8 continued)

A particularly memorable day was when we got stuck in soft sand on the edge of the Qattara Depression, a...

Harry's Story: D-Day with the Royal Marines

D-day minus 3 saw him aboard a landing craft, TANK, in Portsmouth Harbour. The night tide off the Normandy...

A Scientist in Wartime

I spent two years in Helensburgh and then was transferred to the Admiralty Research Laboratory at...

Harry's story LCF 30

King George VI paid a visit to the landing force assembled in Portsmouth Harbour. The night tide off the...

A Transport of Delight

The next time 56th Division came out of the line for a rest, I got Bambina out of her hiding place and,...