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Arthur Rose

One day I was detailed to drive a car commanded by a Lieutenant to Beccles Aerodrome to collect Major...

Joe Pack, Bomber Pilot: My Escape through Belgium and France

Although most of the Canadian aircrew was commissioned, George was quite sure he could not get a commission...

My Journey to become a Polish Paratrooper

We went on more manoeuvres and exercises at Salisbury and were placed under the command of 1st British...

The Wartime Stories Of Tom Hilton, My Grandad.

My Dad used his own army ration plus some more small pieces begged from his pals, to make a gift of...

Itinerary of one 14701281 Frank Wilkinson

Memorable points of the Med’ — - many days oily calm, - clarity of sea, all shades of green and...

My Time In Partyfunshore 1944

There was plenty going on all around us, some shells were exploding on beach and among the landing craft,...

A Teenager at War — Part 2

Reginald Arthur Wilcock Lance Corporal 14550916 20 Son of Arthur & Lillian Wilcock of Nelson,...

Diary of K R Brant RAF Belgium Squadron 349 and POW Part two

Food consisted of 2 slices bread and a little jam and coffee for breakfast, one soup plate of soup for...

D-Day to VE Day - A Drivers Tale

Part 4: Then came the attack for the Rhine and we took ammo of all sorts up to the 15th Scottish Division...

“I Was ‘Reported Missing’ Because Nobody Knew Where I Was”

Most of France, Belgium and Holland were all clear, but at Dunkirk and one or two other places there were...

Just Another Story - Chapter 4: On the Move Again

The Russian captives would be given food only if they carried out a day's work and this explained why...

Wartime Brixton and Naval service

As this was the site of one of earliest V1 bombs it was visited by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frank...

“ONE MORE RIVER — A MEMORY OF ARNHEM”

Suddenly my buddy, Corporal Stan Lunt and I, on stolen time, decided to investigate a rumour of a German SP...

Gamblers Crossing or Bridge Too Fast

The main purpose in life in Chesterfield was learning to drive an Army lorry, but we still had PT,...

Blackcurrant Jam

He could only remember the fear and the horror and the stench of the trenches — the daily horrors...

My Time with 271 Squadron Chapter 3

Many Dakotas were shot out of the sky and Len Wilson in his FZ626 as he pulled away from the DZ over...

A Teenager at War — Part 3

When the time came to leave this place, I was dejected to find out that I would be leaving on my own...

The Army medical, and , the Curly Enigma

The words of Mike Sambrook are a fitting introduction to his recollection of the regimental padre Curly,...

Diary of K R Brant, RAF 349 Belgium Sqadron POW

Saturday October 14th In the afternoon a guide came to the cemetery to take me away to some woods near...

Life in the Services 1939-46, Chapter 5

There were about 12 L.C.T. of the British Navy, each with an R.N.V.R. or R.N.R. Lieutenant in charge....

'Fire Orders' Chapter 15a

As we reached the road bridge over the River Waal we had orders to strike north up the main road to Arnhem,...

My War by Bob France

I was then told to guard the reservoir at Tufnell Park, in North London, Many years later when I was on...

Too Late To Say Sorry

We avoided open country and kept mainly to the hedgerows, following the road to Oosterbeck; lying low as...

Operation Oyster, Part 1

The squadron had very recently been re — equipped with Lockheed Ventura A/c which was a medium...

Episodes from an Uncertain Memory 5 'P.O.W.'

They knocked hell out of Offlag 79, fortunately before I arrived, but a considerable amount of damage was...

Manna and Lancasters-Holland

On one clear sunny afternoon a formation of about 50 "Flying Fortresses" was flying land inward...