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One family, Five Sons, All Serving in H.M.Forces

Mum, known as Fanny, or Faigele was 55 Annie , the oldest daughter, was 31 Lou, the oldest son, was 30...

Evacuation from Juan le Pins

We struggled on and made our way to the beaches, at Juan le Pins, near Dunkirk, during 1941. We never went...

Mind Work

I volunteered not once, but twice to come to this forsaken land And how I could murder a scotch, no ice As...

Crossing the Atlas Mountains (56 Recce)

We crossed the Atlas Mountains in front of Blade Force.I was with HQ Squadron, we had 2lb Anti-Tank guns...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 29

They had been taught such a lesson by the gunners of 155 Battery on the previous day, that they now decided...

Private L.F.Brooking's War - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Our dad, Leslie Francis Brooking, known as "Nobby", served in the Civil Defence in 1939 until June...

Memories of WW2

I was made a young Lieutenant with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment part of the 11th armour division and we landed...

Escape from France at Dunkerque.

His Unit , equiped with their Bofors 40 mm Light Anti-Aircraft Guns , were sent to France as part of the...

Putting The Record Straight

The 2/6 Battalion consisted of Officers, NCO's and other ranks that had seen service in the First World...

My POW Experience

I was in the first 5th Essex Territorial Army before the war and we went all over the British Isles before...

"BIRD OF SALVATION": Dunkirk 1940

My dad, "JACK" known to his friends, or "JONEY" to his comrades, served with the 127 Field...

AN IN-SPIRED VE DAY

After working just over a year in REME Workshops repairing telecomm equipment I reached the age of 18 -...

Blitz, Liverpool 7th/8th May 1941

The nurses were: Sister Morris, nurses Webb, Morgan and Roberts. The men who rescued me: Rifleman Henry...

Signing Up

Things were unsettled in Europe at this time, of course, following Neville Chamberlain's talks with...

Marsh's Letter ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ - 'Worse Than Hell at Times'

So many don't realise Spending a well-earned penny Friends together A real rough diamond Labelled Love...

Journey into the unknown - Part 09

On the 5th of February the Battery set off from Bone for its final destination, travelling by land convoy...

A Plumber in the Royal Engineers

At the outbreak of war Charles was completing his apprenticeship as a plumber in Bishop Auckland. Prior to...

Air Ambulance in Normandy

We made our way to the village of Ranville and set up a forward medical station. For a long time we were...

Postcard Not Sent: From a POW in Poland

I am a son of Edward Duncan Walker, East Lancs Regiment,, one of those POWs, who was captured at Dunkirk...

Service with the BAOR

I told the cook to give him supper and then i said 'Hans, bring me a groot teller' he brought a...

Waiting for War

Later I attended Air Training Corps sessions, joined the local Civil Defence Corps as a night time...

Fred Schofield's Wartime Memories

I worked for an engineering firm and we made parts for sten and bren guns although the aluminium was very...

Landing at Salerno - Villa Theresa

'A' Mess was based in the beautiful Villa Theresa, overlooking the bay of Naples... My father and...

With the 160 Field Regiment in India

Reaching Madras station we were not allowed out of our train as the Indians were on the war-path... From...

Dad's Escapades with a Piat Gun

They had captured a farmhouse, and taken a group of German prisoners....

My memories: In the 7th Armoured Division

My name is Noel Barwick and I was known as nobby, I was a tank wireless operator in the Middlesex Yeomanry...