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I Had a Fear of Death in New Square, Germany

As told by Allan Turner: It all started in New Square, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1945 when a woman began...

From North Wales to Monti Cassino - and More

At Monti Cassino he use to amongst other jobs go up at night with Mules loaded up with shells to the big...

Dunkirk Evacuation: 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

Somehow the driver managed to dodge the Germans and arrived on the perimeter of the Dunkirk beaches where...

Beegden, Holland: With 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

Beegden is situated on the top of a bluff looking down towards the river... One day it was my turn, as one...

Don Jennings Experiences of the War

Several months prior to D-day I was engaged in training to waterproof vehicles. I used to take the vehicles...

JOHN HUDSON - First Casualties in North Africa (see also main story, Ref: A3878760)

British and American Infantry advance under shellfire to give the final knock-out to the Germans in North...

Extract from "One Man's War": 58th (Sussex) Field Regt R.A.

The Regiment moved around at this time, supporting the New Zealanders, the Free French and the 7th Armoured...

Behind the Jap lines in Burma

A whole lot of the Japanese Officers, because they were in India and they were working with Indian troops,...

A Little Help from One's Friends 1941-42

From Lord Alanbrooke's diary it seems there was some doubt as the where to send us and Iraq was...

Letter home: From Mersa Matruh

Well the night came, Saturday and we moved up and Jerry was waiting for us with tanks and machine guns and...

Catering in Burma

I went out to Burma on the Dunbar Castle, and came back the first time on the Queen of Bermuda... I...

Start of the War and Call-Up

On Sundays I delivered papers in Suton, Spooner Row and Wymondham. Claud stayed on in Sri Lanka after the...

Protecting the Royal Family

It was a real shame but it was made all the worse because the next day all of the locals blamed our...

East End Blitz and D-Day in North Africa

At that time we had bombed the French fleet so the Germans would not get them and the so the French were...

Memories of being in the Army

One of my funniest memories of being in the army was when I was injured. I really enjoyed my days in the...

Keeping a Diary in Wartime: 4th Queen's Own Hussars in Italy and the 49th LAA in Egypt

Keeping a Diary in Wartime: 4th Queen's Own Hussars in Italy and the 49th LAA in Egypt. A typical list...

Desmond Peter Middleton - Who Dares Wins

Following a period at De La Salle College, Sheffield and St Peter's College, Freshfield, Liverpool, Des...

D-Day Dodger's War

In 1938 I was apprenticed as a joiner to J.W Waller of South Elmsall, West Yorkshire,a local builder.The...

My Army Memories1945-1948

Next move to Cromer on the coast most of the regiment were then posted to India as I was not yet 19...

A North East Tommy

Tom Moore's war as remembered by his son, Dave Moore Valentine's Day 1923 in Shildon, County Durham...

A D-Day Dodger's Story

We went to Durban then to Aden, Suez and Iran and Iraq: Basra, Bagdad, Damascus, Kirkuk, a tour of the...

RAPC Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury was the first depot, where a detachment of the R.A.P.C. was stationed. It was real November...

How I came to be in the British Army from a Reserved Occupation

As an employee of Hobourn Aero Components, I was in a 'reserved' occupation and, therefore, not...

Does Anyone Know These Men?

Private V. Lilley, No.3194627 POW No. 117262 7th K.O.S.B., Anti-Tank Platoon, Berwick Hospitalized at...

Early Days of the War.

So I ended up with the British Army as a 2nd Lieutenant. Things went rather well and I was picked with my...

Where Are We Going?

There was also the possibility that they could overpower the guard, as suggested by the young officer, but...