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A Bit Ear Experience

On Tuesday 8th May 1945, I was ordered to take command of the evening guard at the South African Armoured...

Civilian life as a 11 year old onwards until working with the Naafi pt3

The orders were get out at Peterborough where I was met by a Naafi gent who took along with me one more...

A modest man

So wishing to help Laurence and his friends started to help dig up the floor and lo and behold they...

Well Prepared

New assault type Gas-masks, special wound dressings, foot powder, water sterilization tablets, small 3...

1930s Territorial Army

I also gave my name as “William James” Spry which I thought was correct, whereas it is actually...

Haynes of Seaford

HONOUR FOR SEAFORDIAN The American Bronze Star has been awarded to Pte Fred Haynes of the 5th Buffs,one of...

DON'T FORGET THE MILITIA

We travelled by special train with other people from Bedford to Gobowen Junction then we were transferred...

Middle East - Herbert (Tommy) Handley

With the war in Japan now finished we were on our way to Toulon on southern France to catch a ship to...

Return To Burma, March 1945

48th and 63rd brigades set off for Burma and captured an airstrip at Thakbutkon outside Meiktila which...

Normans war part 1

BOMB DISPOSAL, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT

When we reached the kitchen I was confronted by a rather large bomb, fixed firmly at an angle of 45 degrees...

Through West Africa to Burma

We sailed on the HMS Esperance Bay and were taken ashore as Accra via ‘mammy-chairs’ and...

The Last Four Days Before Capture

At first light we were about six hundred yards from the main road to Alamain where a convoy of Germans was...

Story of the Virgin Soldier (France)

Yes the Irish soldiers were especially loved by the French locals, they would often say to us that the...

Three years out of a lifetime

The only time that Jack remembers being really frightened was in Korea when they were going to make a...

Seven Years of War: Basic Training Completed

Then we could have been going to Norway but alas, Norway also fell to the Germans. I would have to lose my...

Frank Baldwin's Story - Best Fighter is a hungry fighter

We relieved 7th Indian Division at the end of February/early March, then we pressed on to gain the Mongdaw...

Prisoner in the Salt Mines

After some incident when a German accidentally was shot we were all made to work in the salt mine. We used...

'Guarding the Ammo'.

The whole Division was up against a ‘Crack’ Japanese Division, who intended to invade India....

Our Journey home 1941

We travelled to Paris and then on the Simplon Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul. We stayed a few days...

Preparing for D-Day

This story is put on the site by Pat Yates on behalf of Mrs. Marjorie Macdonald, the widow of Charles...

Re-Training at Rieti Depot

Some decisions are made hastily as a few weeks later - we were joined by some of the men who had...

Leaving ��ѿ��ý

Some of the people in my squad were Sgt Dusty Miller,Cprl Watkins, Prvt Bill Layton and the youngest in our...

Trekking To Escape Japanese

My cousin put us on a boat at Mandaly to sail down the Irrawaddy River to get to the south of Burma....

Norman's war part one

Then we marched from Ottawa to Montreal, then we got on a train to Aldershot, Nova Scotia, and eventually...

I Lit Up the Skies

There were approximately 12 girls to each searchlight site - including a cook, an orderly and maybe a...