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Bon Bella

As the Germans invaded Victor, who was in the Belgium Army, was taken prisoner and force marched into...

Piecing Together One Man's Story

My father, Haynes Cecil Knox, of the 101st Airborne, 506 Regiment, 3rd Battalion, G-Company, 2nd Platoon,...

Driving Lesson: With the Royal Artillery in Belgium 1944

My father was a member of a 25lb. field artillery team, sent to France in 1944, a few weeks after D-Day....

My Career with the WAAF

So I became a cartographer and draughtswoman, a man's job at that time and joined the 9th Group HQ...

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Twins in Tanks

In 1942 we transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment and were moved to Catterick to train in Churchill...

RAF Reconnaissance Photographersicon for Story with photo

Henry Raeburn DOBSON was a Scottish society portrait painter, who, in preparation of D-Day, flew with...

Friend or Foe?

He was in Bomber Command, fellow called Jim Giffin... For at that time the Germans were dropping people in...

'How's Your Father?' an Episode on the Escaut Canal

I was a signaller in the Royal Artillery maintaining signal lines on the Escaut canal in Belgium, south of...

Luxury Hotel

In Nejmegen, we were in an empty hotel surrounded by woods... When I came back I found that a German bomber...

The Reason I Joined the Wrens

The war 1939 to 1040 was called the Phoney war as troops stayed behind Maginot Line and German border until...

Hidden by Refugees: Royal Artillery in Belgium 1940

Some Belgian refugeesmotioned him to hide in their column which he did....

1st Bombs on Brusselsicon for Story with photo

A loud noise woke us up, our house was shaking, little did we know the Germans had dropped 4 bombs on...

Merchtem 1944icon for Story with photo

The attached picture shows John Gaughan in Merchtem 1944; he returned to Merchtem for the 60th Anniversay...

Belgium 1939

I was born in Belgium. In 1939, in Moorsele, the British were driven back by the Germans after only a few...

Flowers from the Graveicon for Story with photo

Having researched the Common Wealth War Graves site, I have been able to find the two Troopers that were...

RASC Service, Juno Beach (D-Day) and Life in Wartime Birminghamicon for Story with photo

RASC Service, Juno Beach (D-Day) and Life in Wartime Birmingham...

RASC Service, Juno Beach (D-Day) and Life in Wartime Birminghamicon for Story with photo

RASC Service, Juno Beach (D-Day) and Life in Wartime Birmingham...

Breendonk,Belgium

The Canadian armed forces arrived as first in Antwerp so you can imagine that my grandma was a welcome...

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

My aunt, who was English, lived in Dinant throughout the war, and was part of the underground tranferring...

fleeing from the Nazis 10.5.1940

On 10th May 1940 i was wakened by the sound of the Luftwaffe over Antwerp where i lived.My father was a...

60th Anniversay visit to Merchtem Belgium

The attached photograph shows John Gaughan and his wife on the 60th Anniversay visit to Merchtem... The...

Flowers from the Grave I/D A 1973919icon for Story with photo

First submitted in November2003 see I/D A 1973919. Bob Evans is sitting on the right hand side 3rd row down...

323 Bty icon for Story with photo

I would dearly like to trace any of the gentlemen as pictured in the photograph ,taken in Holland I...

DO YOU KNOW MY FATHER? C.R.Brooksicon for Story with photo

C.R.Brooks. Does anyone at all recognise my father as pictured?...

Biddulph Man at Belsen Camp

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