Postwar Years

A Long Friendship Part 3

Vic and I went to Lotte's and Richard's Golden Wedding in Bremen and not to be out done by Lotte, I...

A Lancashire Welcome

We rented a house, it was number 10, Coniston Road, Little Harwood, Blackburn...it was right across from...

homeward bound

Her Mum had not visited at all during this evacuation but her eldest sister had... As they made their way...

Fred Schofield's Wartime Memories

I worked for an engineering firm and we made parts for sten and bren guns although the aluminium was very...

Aftermath of the War

Because there was a wee girl sitting on her bed and she was sobbing her heart out. But they went back to...

Teaching the Band Boys

A fellow-sergeant at the depot in Guildford, Surrey, in 1947 was a sergeant in the Army Education Corps......

Life in the Land Army

I was at Sutton Hoo from ’46 — 48, as Land Army girls had to sign on for 2 years... My...

British Soldiers Helping Escapees in 1946

The doctors amputated the leg of the German soldier and transplanted it onto the Estonian/Lithuanian's....

Agira Canadian WW2 Cemetery.

The Canadian War Cemetery lies in the commune of Agira, province of Enna,5 kilometeres from the town of...

Their war is my war

I remember her telling me about running down the streets from the strafing, enemy pilots using up spare...

Stick it in your Army.....Album!

I'm sure that I was not alone in starting an Army Album at the end of the war... There were of course...

Mick's War

In the Spring of 1967 I moved into bedsit accommodation at No.6 St. Anne's Gardens, London NW3... Mick...

Humanity: Memories of an RAF Rear Gunner

Brought up in the era of “Hotspur” and “Victor” comics, my brother Neil and I were...

territorials revenge 1947

As it happened we were with the Royal Artillery AA Unit as Vehicle Mechs.All dressed up and ready to go on...

End of a romance

In 1945 my boy friend returned from the Middle East... We spent a few days visiting friends and relations...

The Sergeant

I am sergeant Wilson, your platoon sergeant! You also have Captain Mainwaring and Corporals Jones and...

Story - Jack Pettitt

In 1952 I was on board The HMS Plym heading for Australia, via Freetown ,Cape Town, then on to Perth and...

Bills Story: Postwar Merchant Navy

I joined the ship in Belfast with many others as the ship was being converted from a troopship back into a...

The First Potato Peeler in the British Army

Mr Griffin served with the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment in B Company Transport from...

Uncle Jim - an afterword

The niece of Pilot Tommy Jones was contacted by M. Philippe Waegeman of Nantes, who had found a card she...

Hot Gospellers

Yells of pain indicated that the parcel contained 'Red Hot Cinders' We decided to get our revenge...

Journey Back in Time

We'd been told that John had been buried near a Mr. Hannegraffe's house, killed by a sniper,...

Mine & My Fathers time in and after WW2

As L A C 1454893 Frank Owen Sanders he qualified as rear gunner at Dalcross flying DEFIANT aircraft and...

Grace Stocks' Wartime Life (Part 5)

To commemorate their bravery, they were given the Freedom of Cambridge for the rest of their lives in a...

Language Usage

I was the Key Sergeant in a team consisting of two or three captains, three sergeants and two ATS...

Harry Pollitt and D-Day

Harry went over in a glider that time on D-Day, and he has taken us over to France and shown us where...