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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...

His Story The War Years of Frank L Scott

These have included frequent employment in a medium artillery role, action in an anti-tank screen, and the...

Douglas Smithson-Glider Pilot Part 14

The rations from the Russians were no better than we had had from the Germans whilst prisoners. He chose to...

Miscellaneous Memories: Royal Armoured Corp

Having arrived back from hospital we had to take the old Shamans to the Stadium in Brussels as we were...

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A Motor Mechanic’s Memories of the Second World War by Jack Williams

One night on the way home from work, I stopped the Austin 7 outside the drill hall in Nottingham, and I...

D-Day to VE Day - A Drivers Tale

We had to travel through Namur and Gembloux on our way to the D.I.D. It is very beautiful down here in the...

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...

From 10th May 1940 to end of May 1940 at Dunkirk

One day our transport with drivers were taken and a few days later they were returned and had been carrying...

A Bill Brown Experience: Chapter 6 D Rothery: Evacuated from Dunkirk

Two Coldstream Guardsmen returning from a night patrol had lost their direction and had wandered into our...

Joe Pack, Bomber Pilot: My Escape through Belgium and Franceicon for Story with photo

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

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW

It was about 2am in the morning of Saturday, 1st June 1940 and we were in the Casino at a place called...

The Wartime Stories Of Tom Hilton, My Grandad.icon for Story with photo

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

Post-Dunkirk Memoirs of Sgt (later W.O) 7346129 Norman Smith RAMC

After his death his sons added to it with their mother's story and the years that Norman and Irene...

As I Travel Along Life's Sometimes Stony Path - Part 5icon for Story with photo

In that same month Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, with Harry S. Truman inheriting the Presidency of the...

Let Battle Commence: Part 1

Some of the lads were sent around the village looking for telephones which they then had to break as the...

Memoirs of a Gunner -Chapter 6c - Harry Woodicon for Story with photo

A shocked Lieutenant Kitchen came out of the hut holding a German Schmeisser automatic, as I dropped to my...

Norman's War

We spent many a long night in the shelter, as the bombers would follow the River Severn to the Midlands but...

Just Another Story - Chapter 3: Abandon Aircraft!!!

Now we had a talking point, but he was not particularly interested in teaching me German, but wished to...

Desmond Paul Henry: How World War Two Changed One Man's Life for the Bettericon for Story with photo

1969 Request for Henry machine drawing by Leasco Systems and Research Company to be included in the summer...

My War

We left immediately to go to a town called Carvin half way between Lilles and Lens a coal mining town. The...

My War Experiences Part 2 by Stan Rowley

We could only see a Military Police Sergeant with his snowdrop. There was something wrong and Captain said...

Living in Belgium during WW2 Occupation

The other regular occurrence was, on all public transport, especially trains and trams, the Germans,...

A Yorkshire Recce Driver's End of War Memories

In fact, whilst I was based at Wuppertal after the war, I was on guard duty at the prison where Von...

A R.A.F. Barber in Normandy After the Landings by Bill Stafford

Bill Stafford's Memoirs 2 – A R.A.F. barber in Normandy after the landings....

Personal Recollections of WW2 by Ronald Marson - chapter 2

The 5th Division landed in and around Syracusa on the east coast with its objective the short northerly...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 22b: September '44 - January '45. The River Maas (Meuse) and the Ardennes. Our 1st Class Mecha

The German aim was for Dietrich's 6th Panzer Army to cross the Maas near Liege and make for Antwerp and...

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