Anzio Landings 1944

A "Bolshie" Royal Naval Reservist (2)

On one occasion when we were practising wet landings prior to the proposed invasion of Leros, Samos and Kos...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 1

58 years ago Anzio was a small fishing port and holiday resort for the Romans, its claim to fame being the...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 3

That same day a cruiser, HMS Janus, was bombed and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of her Commander and...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 2

6th US.Corps, that the immediate intention of our 1st Division was to land at Anzio on Peter Beaches red,...

H.M.S. LAFOREY

And in Naples harbour on the morning of March 30th, Lt Boyer and I were talking idly about our hopes for...

Anzio - beach head

After 2/4 days we shipped out in USA ships to Pompeii into another camp, then after couple of days by the...

Recollections of a Gunner on the Anzio Beachhead

Sounds, sharp in lower ambient, escort the night's advance; The thud of shells from rumbling guns,...

Oxs and Bucks at Anzio

World War 2 experiences submitted on behalf of William Ernest Heard, who was a Sergeant in the 7th...

The Outbreak of War: From the Point of View of a Scots Guard

I was in Hyde Park on the Saturday afternoon and watched the first German aircraft fly over to bomb the...

Desert Chicken at Anzio

When I had over 60 missions it came time for our squadron to furnish a pilot for the courier service from...

Perpetual volunteer

I found myself working with the Navy's beachhead operation on Anzio beach for a few days until we were...

A Happy Craft LCG19

We left Bari for Messina and then on to Naples to prepare for the landings on Elba. l remember we had two...

Memories 3b

Load the Regiment's guns and trucks, including “Patricia”, my pride and joy, on to the...

The Landings at Anzio - A View from the Sea.

I was serving on board the destroyer HMS Inglefield on 22nd January 1944, and whilst we did not see what...

A Gordon's Story

My unit the 6th Btn Gordon Highlanders who were attached to the American 5th Army commanded by Gen Mark...

The War of Two Sailors part three

One which landed close to LST 63 caused minor damage but Harold and other members of the crew were able to...

Prisoner of War: Captured at Anzio

So apparently they wanted to pull away some of the German troops from Montecassino so they put in an...

A not so “Tall” short story, “England Expects”

I was a Petty Officer at the time, and therefore in the Chief and Petty Officer's mess... The Chief...

Addendum to 2nd German Counter Attack.

London N.6 was acting as O.P. OFFICER in support of the Gordon Highlanders. Captain Jupp's wireless...

A North East Tommy

Tom Moore's war as remembered by his son, Dave Moore Valentine's Day 1923 in Shildon, County Durham...

'They Fell off the Back of a Lorry'

This meant a constant stream of these lorries coming out of the sea, up the beach and through the town of...

Ben Cumming's War - Appendix: Lyrics to "The D-Day Dodgers"

Eighth Army skyvers and the Yanks, Sixth Armoured Divi with their tanks For we are the D-Day Dodgers, the...

Anzio January 1944

On January 22nd 1944 the 'St David' was in Anzio Bay, Italy, as troops and vehicles landed on the...

My Experience of War

I was posted with the artillery regiment 156 field, we were posted to the Isle of Wight then moved onto...

The Long March of the Irish Guards

The 8th Army was still at El Alamein, and we came in the other side. We were at Anzio quite a while....

Heanor Family's Proud Record - The Sharpe Brothers

Cyril: Sherwood Forrester, second battalion, served in North Africa then on to Italy. He went on Anzio...