Stories categorised in 'Belgium'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
Happy to be back in uniform When dad left the army and moved with mum to one of the Medway towns in...
Pom-poms and Morse code After training I was sent to North Shields to erect guns on either side of the...
Joan then became W/297413 Drury A.M.. Mary returned to Bridgnorth and then 6 weeks later went to HQ at 44...
'40 Hommes ou 8 Chevaux' From there we were loaded on to cattle trucks labelled '40 Hommes ou 8...
This is Margaret Ellis's story of serving in France as an army nurse during World War Two....
The passage describes the transfer of the German Surrender Team from Montgomery's HQ at Lunerberg...
A silly unusual story, about a Belgium Cavalry Sgt, a Monsieur Coppenhalle; a little colliery village Rene...
He remembers having to go to London to collect one lad who`s wife and newborn child lived in an area called...
During this debacle he had been reported 'missing believed killed'. At this time, my mother was...
The task in France was to get across the Rhine into Belgium. For her service Mary got 4 medals —...
On the 4th Sept., we moved at speed through Meurchin, Carvin, and Seclan and Templemars and we were quickly...
There are some things you remember in a war for no apparent reason - one of my memories was of one shot...
Her Ack Ack Battery was eventually stationed in Kent as part of the defence of London, which was then being...
I joined the RAF in 1942 and my close friend Bob Evans volunteered at the same time but chose to join the...
The Americans had heard rumours that there were some enemy units which wore US uniforms and had US arms and...
About three months before D-Day, John and a few of his friends were having a quiet drink in a pub called...
We then turned the water on, letting it run into the trough across the hot sheets. It took a while to warm...
My father was a medical orderly and after a year in Belgium under fire was finally in action on the Beaches...
As children my brother and I were brought up on the story of our Uncle Charlie's bravery. He was a...
I am aware that my father became close to a lady in BelgiumI believe. If I am unsuccessful in my serach...
I had my kit bag all packed up and was making my way back up when I was confronted by an Irish...
Stationed together with approximately 200 WAAFs and 200 men....
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