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Atlanitic Convoys

After a while Mr Roosevelt, the American President offered 50 old American Destroyers which were sent to...

A Dumfrieshire man's wartime wanderings

Lady Nancy Astor MP announced in the House of Commons that those who weren't involved in the fight in...

John and Jean Harris. Part one: Jeans story.

We used to call at the chemist and get horlick tablets or malted milk powder which we used to dip our...

A Messenger Boy

Names of People in Story: Gordon Hill, Frank Hill, Otto Mountcastle, Joe Curtis, Anderson Brothers, Fred...

My Mum And Dad At War Time

My mum and dad met while serving in the Army. My mum, Hilda Rose was born in Cawsands and her dad was...

Country Food during the German Occupation of Guernsey

Edited Transcript of Margaret Le Cras interviewing Mrs Evelyn Bryce. Yes it was stealing, but there...

Listening for Lancaster Bombs

He was a tank driver in the 8th Army Royal Armoured Corps. We used to listen to Lord Haw Haw on the...

Marmar and Alec's Story

My Nan's name was Violet Farley, my Granddad was Alec Smith. At the end of the few days, Alec proposed...

Uncle Ted, the Spitfire Pilot

My Auntie Dorrie was a Land Girl in Burnley during the Second World War and she then became a wren....

Anne Shelton in Wartime

My mother and I had a favourite wartime singer - Anne Shelton. In Bournemouth, we went in the park one day...

Weddings, Rubble and Beer

There wasn't any phones available to use, so we sent a telegram asking permission - a slight worry...

Auntie Dorrie the Land Girl

My Auntie Dorrie was a Land Girl in Burnley during the Second World War and she then became a wren....

Irish Veteran remembers fallen comrades

The best friend I ever had was a man working in the dockyard in Devonport... There was a friend of ours...

14) Extra Work

I was moaning about this to my Dad, and he said “Oh you want to get a toothbrush, and do it with...

Meeting my wife,and other memories

I then was put in a flotilla and set sail for the Malacca Strait for the invasion of Malaya, but the...

Longstone Local History Group - Ann Mallinson's war memories

Longstone was a village which sheltered evacuees and was comparatively unaffected by air attack, although...

My Brother Raymond and HMS Exeter

A little while after the war Dick Best, a fellow of my brother's on HMS Exeter and in the camp came to...

Bill's army days

Bill was in germany until he was demobbed in July 1946 and our son John started school that September......

KINDNESS OF PEOPLE DURING THE WAR

We went to the canteen run by civilians and the girl who served us a cup of coffee or whatever, asked where...

VJ Day in Colombo - The women marching

My Auntie Dorrie was a Land Girl in Burnley during the Second World War and she then became a wren....

Parading with the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force

My Auntie Dorrie was a Land Girl in Burnley during the Second World War and she then became a wren....

Friends together

Worse than hell at times So many don't realise Spending a well-earned penny A real rough diamond...

VJ Day in Colombo - The men marching

My Auntie Dorrie was a Land Girl in Burnley during the Second World War and she then became a wren....

Scot loses beret on VE Day!

George and Denis were Londoners and took me, a Godon Highlander, under their wing. When we arrived in the...

Robert Kirton

My grandfother Robert was born in Alva Scotland in 1915... My grandfather went on in his career to help...

Edie's Memories

About 1944, I remember one night my friend Bella, who had a twin sister, Sarah, came to ask me if I wanted...