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Saving Comrades, Losing Comrades: Service with the Royal Engineers

I found this bloke wounded and I put him on my back and we walked along and we came across an Italian...

From RAF to 14th Army dictated by Charles (Bill) Pickering

From RAF to 14th Army dictated by Charles Pickering. Later,I was part of the 14th Army which was to launch...

Setting the Record Straight [A.Bazar]

Sadoine was involved in several operations and was one of the first two Phantom patrols with the 1st SAS to...

The Charge of the 8th FieldRoyal Artillery

The 8th Field Royal Artillery attached to the 25th Indian Division , recognition insignia "Ace of...

A Rookie's Tale

The Parade was handed over to him; first he blasted the new Officers and marched them up and down as if he...

My Dad: Jack Longworth

Like many men who served in World War II my Dad Jack Longworth was always loathe to talk about his wartime...

D-Day Landings 4th June 1944: With the Beach Group

The job of the Beach Group was to organise and cope with the landing of an assault force....

Recruits in the Scots Guards:Spring 1944

The powers that be in their wisdom decided to choose the REAL Scotsmen for the Scots Guards, that is, the...

War Service 'An Unusual Experience' Conclusion

Whilst the Siamese had joined the Japanese in declaring war on Britain they had not declared war on the...

My War Experience after Call Up dictated by Joe Thomas

I don't know why I – a Londoner - was sent to join a Scots regiment, no explanations were given!...

Training For War: In the Royal Artillery

Everybody was on edge half expecting the German's to come dropping out of the sky, the tents were in...

Fred Hirst's Part 2 Serving with the Sherwood Foresters in Tunisia 1943 and Capture by the Germans

Fred Hirst's Part 2 Serving with the Sherwood Foresters in Tunisia 1943 and Capture by the Germans. As...

1st % 5th Canadian Divs at Ortona.

We all took a beating at Coriano and the 25th Tanks with 5th Cdn Div plus the 46th — 56th and 4th...

From Iceland to Normandy

Next morning we were taken on transport with the infantry down to Tilbury Docks, boarded the landing craft...

Escape from a Polish Prisoner of War Camp.

He finally reached Warsaw after tramping over 300 miles in 13 days, including a hairaising scramble under a...

My Granddad, a Proud War Survivor

In May 1944 Grandad went to Brighton and was stationed at Preston Park which was turned into a tank park....

On to Italy

Soon we were given our tasks and I found myself on the Rearguard party, to load all of the regimental...

Madagascar

After my first session that's how I saw it, beautiful graceful palm trees waving in the cool breeze off...

A Bit Blown-up: A Soldier's Haircut

After completing his grades at secondary school in 1941, he enlisted for army service in Blairgowrie,...

RAPC Ilfracombe

Three of the most prominent, The Ilfracombe, The Imperial and The Dulkusha were used as Pay Offices, and...

Jack Parkinson's War

In 1943 I was in a small village called Castel del Rio north of Rome. One night in Castel del Rio I...

Lucky Escape from Dunkirk: 27th Field Regiment R.A.

We were then ordered to destroy any equipment that might be useful to the Germans, guns, wireless sets, and...

Experience of a POW chapter ten

Amongst the fresh influx of prisoners were a number of aircrews from both America and Britain... The...

The Journey Home for Leave [R.Thresher : Part 7]

Unable to return to Belgium they were doing great work transporting troops and some civillians between the...

Welcome to Italy

Soon we were given our tasks and I found myself on the Rearguard party, to load all of the regimental...

Wartime Memories

After two years in England it was found that I had a hearing problem and so I left the Royal Warwicks and...