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Black Watch

We went to Preston Park, Brighton, and joined the Canadian 154 Brigade, 51st Highland Division... I went up...

Only Four Cards in Four POW Years

Then one day, about three months later, a small brown card arrived in the post, with a short printed...

Bomb Disposal work in the North East

They made him up to Sergeant, and he worked all round Newcastle digging these bombs up and making them...

My Wartime Service and Experiences. Part 2

Our train proceeded over the causeway, the doors of the railway truck were left open and we were able to...

And I saw "Gone with the Wind" in Baghdad

The 8th Army then made its way into Italy and by 1945 dad was around Venice and Padua. Dad was not...

Journey in War-Time

It seemed very strange that they were shouting up at us in Australia if we had any cigarettes to spare, we...

Opperation Exodus

In fact it turned out to be our last 'op'. In Eupore, whilst hanging about in the crew room, the...

Surrounded by 50 German Soldiers in Dunkirk

The first night we were there I was handed over a German spandau machine gun, which was in a position...

On Patrol at El Alamein

Either the other sapper or I went out with a patrol of infantry every other night during the above period,...

My Experiences in the War from D-Day: 2nd Devons

When the war started my younger brother was evacuated to Bridgwater but when the bombs started to fall on...

Tea and Rock Cake at Canteen

Not being able to get off the camp, due to there being no transport, except one little bus on Saturday...

My Journey Through WW2

Were upon, after a brief spell on the deadly Churchill flame throwers, I was posted to the Royal Scots...

Gunner Burnard and the Brigadier

I looked up the details of Geoff's burial site on the CWGC website and discovered for the first time...

A Dad in the Pioneer Corps - A Tale of 2 Sons

These recollections were told to me by Mr Fox's sons, Barry and Raymond, at Old Harlow library during a...

Borland's World War II Part 3

When he got to Rothesay my sister was in bed with chicken pox. Apparently a German bomber was being chased...

British Soldier Shot in Burma and Rescued by GI's.

Reg's regiment were booked to join the 8th Army in the desert but by the time they arrived Monty had...

"Too Many Brave Deeds - Not Enough Medals"

There was a story that early in the War the regiment had been in Scotland working on the early development...

So This is War: France, June 1940

The great bulk of the BEF - the British Expeditionary Force - had been captured by the Germans or had...

A Christian's Army Experience

When I was due to leave Palestine to be repatriated to the U.K., Mr. Kogut, a Jewish christian whose wife...

159 Parachute Light Regiment R.A/44th Indian Airborne Division

Early in 1945 the 44th Indian Airborne Division was formed to consist of two parachute brigades, one...

Jimmy's D Day

When he was in the water near the beach his friend was shot and dying. He wanted a cigarette but the...

Getting out: Dunkirk 1940

When we arrived at Dunkirk, the germans were shelling the beaches. It was hard going, walking through the...

The Hospital Ship Parris

On one of these occasions the CO was informed that a train carrying wounded had been abandoned by its...

From LDV to RE

He was A. J. May and commanded the vessal Massey Shaw a fire boat located on the Thames which helped in...

Tweedy and Napoli

Guardsman Tweedy, if my memory serves me right, had just recently joined my platoon on the outskirts of the...

Drive to Tobruk: June 1941

We drove through a line of machine gun fire and drove ‘hell for leather’ for about 4 miles...