Netherlands

Two Vivid Childhood Memories

We were all in the confined space of the cellar during yet another air raid; my father, mother, 2 brothers,...

A Tinkle on the Line.

By Kenneth West The winter of 1944-45 in Holland is still known as the "Hard Winter" and we of the...

Java-Japan, My father's war

Later a school friend helped him with a job at the Naval Headquarters in Bandoeng, he ended up as a...

Fort St. Andries

We stopped and the Sgt said I don`t like this but still gave the order to continue, when we got to the...

Bombs on Antwerp

I was an officer in a Port Construction and Repair unit of the Royal Engineers and Antwerp was my worst...

War Memories from Holland

The Germans nearby had plenty of food... The Canadians saw the Germans off in a week or so, and killed many...

Mercy Mission to Holland, 5th May 1945

As the war was drawing to a close and the Allied Army was driving North through Holland they adopted a...

Death In Oosterbeek

My father, Edmund F. Scrivener served with 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, Air Landing Brigade, at...

We Were Lucky Not to Be Bombed

From the base we supplied petrol, water and arms to the front lines. The next day I explained that there...

Ack Ack Gunner Oldfield

I lived with my parents, Thomas Herbert and Edith Annie Oldfield my brothers, Ray, Ken and Albert and...

Arnold's Star of David Tattoo

I have a Jewish friend by the name of Arnold who was called up after me and eventually posted to the Royal...

Front Line Chip Shop

There were piglets in the farm yard - I decided to shoot a pig I did but I also shot myself in...

SNAPSHOTS OF MY PAST - R D Stubbs

Whilst we were still on board I used to tie my tins together with a long length of string and immersed them...

Remembering the 40s - before and during the war

Land-mine descends on parachute, settles on a hedge in the village, fails to explode, Royal Navy Bomb...

James McQuarrie and The King's Own Scottish Borderers

We were now told that the Division was being evacuated and the Battalion had been given the honour of...

Transcript from the War Diary of Driver A. Surry 2115302

Just my armoured truck and 6 sappers attacked a copse infantry fashion and out came 40 Jerries with small...

Perlethorpe to Portsmouth part 2

Later, that morning we were to lay off Omaha beach to assist the Americans who were having trouble getting...

Eight Days in Arnhem

My father, PFC Len Moss of the 11th Parachute Batallion, 4th Parachute Brigade, flew in on the second day...

Eight Days in Arnhem - part 2

Moss and Kent head off together, slithering down a steep slope and coming to rest by an abandoned German MG...

Eight Days in Arnhem - part 4

Moss hauls Vulliger out of the trench and help him towards the hotel in search of medical aid. Moss peers...

Douglas Smithson - Glider Pilot, Part 9

1945 With the German Officer was a Sergeant Major and about 50 soldiers, others having returned to their...

Eight Days in Arnhem - part 5

A German MACHINE GUNNER attempts to run up the same path used a short while earlier by Moss. The German...

Eight Days in Arnhem - part 3

As he digs Moss uncovers his water bottle and as soon as he realises what it is, he grabs at it greedily....

XI. Crossing the Albert Canal, Belgium and Onward to Tripsrath, Germany

From Bourg Leopold the plan was an attempt to cut the Germans off in Holland, outflanking the Siegfried...

'Fire Orders' Chapter 15b

Hello, Fox One... Peter Three to Fox One and Fox Three, good luck, out....

From rags to riches part 1

When I was born on the 1st October 1924, my Mum and Dad had three children already, an older sister and two...