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Sixty years on, The First Army remembered

The task of First Army, together with the Americans who were landing in Morocco and allied naval and air...

In the Care of Angels

No. 2622507 L/Cpl William Entwistle served in WW2 in the Grenadier Guards, and sustained a shrapnel wound...

Great escape (of the mind)

He spoke of trying to shelter in stony orchards where the German shells turned the rocks into lethal...

Diary Entries 11th April 1945

A horrified Busty yelled: "Get down you stupid bastard!" and to my immediate relief Hewie...

Desert Rats, Scorpians and Ditches!!

Dad has told many stories about his time as a Guardsman on guard duty at Buckingham Palace in 1938. My...

Memories of a Linesman

Also our more military gear had been issued: Battle Bowlers, Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifles WW1 pattern....

War Diary of a Driver- Part 3

The past week has seen us in very hard fighting, the worse since Normandy days from the Rhine where we...

WW2 through My Mothers Eyes

At one point my Auntie went to work in an ammunition factory nearby whilst my Mum looked after the children...

Percy's War

Within a week I was in France with the B.E.F. We arrived at Amiens and were posted to various railway...

One Man's War

For a time in the Phoney War events were static and the brigade was stationed near Metz and the Maginot...

One Man's War

For a time in the Phoney War events were static and the brigade was stationed near Metz and the Maginot...

Mobilizing for War Aged Fifteen

The Sixth became the 31st Searchlight Battalion Royal Engineers. The unit moved from Farringdon Street,...

Henry Lund's War Chapter 7 'Release the the Journey Home'

On the 8th May we were flown by Dakota aircraft to Brussels where we were cleaned up and given cash......

Memories of a Linesman

Also our more military gear had been issued: Battle Bowlers, Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifles WW1 pattern....

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 6: 133 Coy RASC South Littleton, Evesham, Gloucestershire, February - April 1941

Reg had landed on his feet again - or rather on his back, on a table, precisely, with nowt on, surrounded...

Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945 (9)

Kevin Teevan Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, Attached to the 6th Field Ambulance, Western Africa Medical...

Memories 3d

The WOSB organised a series of painfully slow transits to Naples, then it was off to England on the...

The Battle of Cassino 1943-44

I was attached to the 56th Division, the ‘Black Cats’, as Interrogation Officer, halfway...

Arthur Sawyer's War - as told by his son John

My name is John Sawyer and this is my Dad's story - 4919457 Pte. During training he became friends with...

Blown Up in Nth Africa (56 Recce)

I was serving as a Driver/Mech and an Anti Tank Gunner and was sitting in the rear of the vehicle which is...

Battle of the Reichswald Forest - A Teenager's Battle

Fortunately the transport provided was a Royal Canadian Airforce Dakota called "Gloomy Sunday" and...

Technical Training for a New Occupation [R.Thresher : Part 3]

At Derby we settled down to learn all the workings of the different army wireless receivers and...

For a Better World

The Division moved hurriedly to Iraq, as at that time, the Germans were well on their way to the oil wells...

Coming Home ?

The commanding officer gave Charles permission to visit Koblenz to find his parents and in a heart-warming...

Some Machine Guns and a Military Medal

We fought the Italian army in the desert and beat them, but this time Hitler had sent the German army to...

With the Suffolk Royal Engineers

In addition to routine office duties, the CQMS allocated to me the amending of King's Regulations,...