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Thank You

One of the big reasons for the success of this site has been the contribution of several...

Is somebody mad here?

There is a Region Amplex made by the countries of Latin Culture,Europe and South America that the Vatican...

Guide to World War 2 Records: Remembrance

Crowthorne: Information on the war memorial in the Civil Parish Council minutes 1947. Great Coxwell: Book...

The RNLI Henry Blogg Museumicon for Story with photo

Dedicated to the life of Coxswain Henry Blogg, the RNLI Museum stands as a tribute to the partnership he...

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Captain Brian V. Jones, Corps of Signals, from Ulverston, Cumbriaicon for Story with photo

Brian attended the official Cumbria County ‘Victory Parade’ at Whitehaven on Sunday 26 June...

Eddie Charlton VC

The purpose of this entry is to record the bravery of my second cousin, Eddie Charlton, towards the end of...

Unknown Soldier

My namesake was a 19 year old Canadian soldier who was killed on the 15/08/1944 outside Caen 6 month after...

INQUISITION I AND INQUISITION II

The conffirmed support gave by the Roman Church Elite to General Franco and his crimes in Spain and to the...

Manchester D-Day Event

10.00 Operation Overlord and the Invasion of France, June 1944 Matthew Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Military...

In Suspense (Part Two)icon for Story with photo

In Suspense (Part Two)...

fife in WW2

I also would be most grateful to hear or receive any stories which any readers in the Levenmouth or General...

The Silver Cross

The vast boggy expanse of Dungonnel Dam was used for manouvers during the war. A young Belgian solider met...

Mayor demands 10,000 pounds

The Mayor of Middlesbrough Sir William Crosthwaite wants 10,000 pounds and he wants it at once. To his...

Grants for veterans

Ten million pounds is being made available from the National Lottery to enable UK residents who saw active...

Normandy 2004

General Notice of interest to ALL veterans who served in Normandy between 5th June and 24th August 1944....

Digital Research project

Many thanks, James Bennett and Niki Strange....

2005 Anniversary of WW2 - 60 years VE and VJ Days

There were none for VE day, the British Legion of Worksop did have a buffet with drinks supplied by our...

60th Anniversary

There were about 40 veterans present from the UK as well as Dutch veterans ... To the Dutch people I would...

The War "as I remember it"

His first book and the one of which was most proud was titled The War "as I remember it" and...

General Military Desk: A2652400 - The partcipation of Jews in WW2

My name is Martin Sugarman and as Archivist of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women - founded...

The Queen Elizabeth

Gordon Richmond Transcribed from a Video Recording....

Mystery Document Found In Bookicon for Story with photo

This image is of a document found inside an old book whilst clearing out a house. The history of it is...

Memoirs of John Simpson Robinson

My grandfather served in the RAF and during WW2 was in the Himalayas, Burma and Singapore... These memoirs...

not really a story just a little intersesting peice of infomation

Bernard Montgomery is/was related to me... My dad has a auntie montgomery and it leads from there....

60th Anniversary Operation Market Garden

One of them is the coverage of the 60th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden in September 2004... Stories...

Berlin 1945

John Allen has submitted a vivid account of his time in Berlin at the end of the war, including details of...

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