Brought up in the era of “Hotspur” and “Victor” comics, my brother Neil and I were...
My father Thomas Hook from St. Boswells was in D Coy 5th KOSB and went to the low countries on 21st Oct...
After specialist training he was created Sergeant in 21st Army Group, 3601470 Sgt Graham J.H. R.E.M.E. Att,...
This involved towing a Horsa glider from Dorset to the drop zone near Arnhem... As we flew towards Arnhem...
First of all we went in with gliders then paratroops and later when the paratroops were cut off we started...
Organized Dutch resistance against the German invader started within weeks after the occupation of the...
In late 1941,recruiting began for Britain's newly forming Airborne Divisions,my Dad saw this as his...
My youngest sister and her buddies across the street used to go the area where hothouses were in a...
My friend Harry joined the army as a regular and became a paratrooper... An officer survived but was badly...
Shortly after the liberation by the American 104th Infantry Division assisted by the American 555AAA and...
Dad and his Canadian squadrons were in winter quarters at the Dutch airfield at Eindhovensitting out the...
My Wartime Experiences on the Merchant Navy ship "Samselbu" by Capt Michael Furlong. There were V1...
A very social Catholic British soldier asked the mother of the farm, which was used as office,...
On the night of the the 16th June 1944 my late uncle F/O L Pulfrey left the Lincolnshire Air Field on Board...
Yes he was to become a forward signal man and would be jumping into combat with the british army's...
One unexpected event occurred during my duties at this time - an order to leave my unit in the front line...
My officer Captin Bobby Major and I went down to investigate and found a british 3 tonner lying on its side...
Spotting Royal Air Force during WW2: Bombing of Gilze-Rijen Airfield, near Breda. Bombing Gilze-Rijen...
We'd been told that John had been buried near a Mr. Hannegraffe's house, killed by a sniper,...
There were lovely winter pansies growing in front of ours here in Druten ,placed there I believe on the day...
I grew up in the village, Tilney St Lawrence, and can remember going to school one day in about 1938 or...
I had an aunt in Crewe who took in a little Dutch boy... Auntie made sandwiches for tea one day, the boy...
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