There was a real feeling of Internationalism among the armed forces during World War II, I recall the time...
The Germans reacted as they always did.Over three thousand troops were deployed in Operation Kalavryta ,...
His father was George Heslington Bage and his mother was Sarah. Tommy was the first one of twin boys, his...
The road was strewn with burnt out Italian vehicles, there were a few Italian corpses in the ditches and as...
On we went then dug in again, next morning a young German came down the dirt road and gave himself up to...
When the Germans were invading Greece, we were sent there to a small airfield just outside Athens. We...
I saw a lot of cruelty by German troops to the people of Greece while marching to and while waiting at the...
On one occasion when we were practising wet landings prior to the proposed invasion of Leros, Samos and Kos...
1904 On the 23 April 1904 Francis Rodney Eglen was born to James William and Maud Mary Eglen in Hull...
Just six days later the Greek Army pushed the invaders back over the border, driving on to capture Koritsa...
The personnel at the reception camp were a mixed lot; apart from the Greeks there was an Austrian who had...
Dad was among the crowds who witnessed the bodies of Mussolini, Clara Petacchi and entourage strung up on...
Towards the end of 1940, Emmy received intelligence that the Germans were erecting telephone poles in...
This was going to be a peaceful journey as we were in what was quite seriously called 'Free...
It is over sixty years ago now and it is difficult for me to remember the exact procedure,however with...
I eventually landed by ship in Oran, North Africa, for strenuous training prior to the invasion of Italy....
In due course, a corporal and three of us sappers were installed in the Greek villa, guarding it in the way...
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