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How I enjoyed the war

At the Navy Office they said, "Oh great!" and I was called up almost immediately. We got a Royal...

Pin-Pointing The Enemy

Days before the Normandy Landings, Jack's ship ran the gauntlet along the coast of France while senior...

A Gosport Girls Story

In 1940 my uncle Chief Petty Officer Ernest Stent was back and forth on food convoys and I remember the...

Frank William Bickleys Story

It was April 9th 1943 when I joined the S.S. Manchester Citizen which at the time was loading a cargo of...

The Canadian Navy Remember VE DaY and Derry

Roland Marshall I especially remember VE day - we were at Lisahally having come in on the Atlantic run the...

Joining the WRNS, May 1943

Four of us WRNS were invited to join a frigate on its trial runs for a day at sea, which was good...

Better Born Lucky Than Rich - Boat Crash

July we were near Glasgow on the boat Windsor Castle, 700 of us RAF, and 400 Army, on board waiting for...

Hazards of a Mess-Deck Industry

The 鈥淏ristol squad鈥� aboard the Asdic Trawler HMS 鈥淧earl鈥� formed a syndicate making...

MY YEARS SERVICE IN WWII

After preliminary training, and a gunnery course, I joined the crew of the Royal Mail Troop Ship...

Experiences of War

I was on the Devonshire for most of the war and we took the Prince and King back to Norway from England...

Mother

Some weeks later a black-bordered telegram from the Admiralty arrived: '-regret to inform you that...

The Newfoundland War Brides

Sailing into Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, everyone ran out on deck to catch a glimpse of the Canadian...

Sitting Ducks at the Gates of Hell

I signed on the Merchant Ship, the s/s ADOLF-S-OCHS Articals which was a liberty ship called after the...

Memories of D-Day

A Seaman's Life

As we sailed out into the Atlantic, a cruiser with a sea plane on lowered it on to the water but the...

War Years 1939 - 1946

No one knew where and after 6 weeks spent on the high seas haunted with the thought of being sent to the...

My memories of WWII - Ronald Wright

I was a coder and was based on the Isle of Wight for a year on HMS Vectis which was the Roman...

A Glimpse Of Life As A WREN

Here the Wrens lived in requisitioned properties but in my other locations we lived in Nissen huts on the...

'Quaint Speaking Englishmen'

However, later, when we got to New Orleans we got a newspaper report saying that 鈥淗attiesburg had...

Leslie Harris's war

In 1939/1940 along came Dunkirk and my dad netted a mine in Folkestone harbour. The men that had left the...

"The Southanpton Salvour (Salvage Ship) on its way through War 1944 - 1946"

We were employed in the Royal Navy as gunners in the Defence Equipped Merchant Service. We were sat in the...

'The wallowing beauties'

Early in 1943 General Eisenhower came over from America and together with Montgomery discussed plans for...

One in Six Trip: U 424 - 11 February (Type VIIC)

The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Captain Walker and Mike Kemble. Rows and rows of...

Wartime experiences of Leslie Boucher Part 2

Such was the Merchant Navy crew humour about wartime ships food. After the war I joined the British...

Sword Beach 6th June 1944: Ray Buck MN

HMS Beagle to the rescue (page 1)

Whilst serving as a 21 year old Leading Seaman DJX312195 on a destroyer, HMS Beagle from June 1943 to June...