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A Few Feet Between Life and Death

A great deal was lost at Dunkirk and most new equipment was being sent to the famous 8th Army fighting...

Dunkirk: Memories of a Gunner with 73rd HAA Regiment R.A.

When the Germans advanced into France he was instructed to destroy the guns so that they did not fall into...

How I Joined The Army

I was standing on the platform with my friend Tommy Rosser seeing family off on a train. So Tommy being a...

My Uncle Albert

I would like to pay tribute to a very brave soldier/my mothers brother Albert Davidson who was killed when...

On the run in Italy

To Switzerland, which meant swimming lake Como or make for Genoa hoping for a British landing there —...

Field Hospital Escape

Sidney my grandfather was in the hospital being treated for an ailment or wound when the alarm was raised...

Incident on the Crecchio Front

It was our first tour of duty on the winter front stretching about 11 miles southwestwards from Ortona on...

Egypt 1942

We finally arrived at Cassasin which was on a flat plain between the Suez Canal and Cairo. When we arrived...

Where I was on VE Day 8th May 1945

I was a Warrant Officer Class 2, one of a small number of British officers and Non-Commissioned Officers...

My Escape: From Dunkirk 1940

The commanding officer on board the boat shouted out that the boat couldn't take any more men, it was...

Gib during the War: My Dad's War by Phil Almond

From Gib., my father was involved in the second wave of the Normandy landings travelling through France,...

The Dunkirk Survivors in Alfreton

I remember the British Expedition forces coming in to Alfreton in 1939/40 by rail to the station and were...

The Reockaties

It was 1942 and the Coast Artillery School had been removed from South East England and relocated in...

Banana Ridge

While the boat was coming into port at Algiers we were dive bombed by the German aircraft subsequently the...

Never was So Much Owed to So Many Who Received So Little

I was just out of my teens when I received my conscription papers forceing me into the Army, if I deserted...

War in Burma: Letters Home from a Brave Father

My father served in Burma during the 2nd World War - he was in the Artillary, his name Bdr.W.J.Eldridge...

Mopping Up

He took the Japanese flag from the small pocket inside the helmet, and, tucking it into his breast pocket...

A True Love Story

Call-up papers came, and George went from a small Suffolk village to Devon to train for the Army......

Lifting the Lid on German Terror Weapons

On one occasion, I met Dr Kurt Arnold the top German tank designer... Through the interpreter Dr Arnold...

Harry Blood's War Part 2 - Voyage to North Africa Part 2, June 1941

Apparently we are in the Gulf of Suez now with land seen sometimes on both sides... In the evening we...

CONVOY DIARIES TO NORTH AFRICA NOV 1942

ESCORTS DROPPED DEPTH CHARGES,STILL QUEUING FOR EVERYTHING,ORGANISATION STILL LOUSY,BIGGEST WORRY IS...

Father Disappeared.

It was around the time of Dunkirk and a policeman knocked on our door... The policeman said, 'Hello...

Dad's War: In France and North Africa

My father, Arthur Thomas Brock, born in Swansea 29/09/1920 died 18/10/1991 in Cardiff, South Wales, was...

Fusilier R J Parker 14392179

The sea was very rough, so we had to stand anchored of the Isle of Wight until further orders... This was...

My Journey Through WW2 - Tony Peach

I remember that trying to land in Malaya was really difficult as the water was so shallow, and that the...

In the Firing Line: Reg Gill's Story of the Malta Hospitals

The hospital was in a direct line between Sicily and the Grand harbour with its world famous massive...