North Africa

THE JERRICAN

The original watercans issued to the Eighth Army were crude and inefficient. The final compound of water,...

Memories 3a

It's something to say casually when Africa is mentioned “Oh yes, I have a boy in the Artillery...

624 Squadron

Members of 624 Squadron recently visited Pic Du Douley in France to honour, with the French who have been...

HMS Canopus, Shore Establishment

I was serving on a Minesweeper around the Greek island Areas and the Eastern Levant, as well as the...

ALAMEIN

My dad was a member of 45 RTR, part of 24th Armoured Brigade, 10th Armoured Div, at the start of the battle...

Jimmy's War

0 9531205 On 8th June 1943 the Daily Telegraph reported on the "gallantry of the 155th Battery of the...

Posted To North Africa

'My uncle Bert Manewell of Rotherham was a welder at Jenkin's Foundry from the age of 14 until 21...

Friday 13th Unlucky for Some

At that time Billy Bryant,one of the players for Manchester football team said as long as I was stationed...

Who Is It. A Poem by Norris Trout

WHO IS IT by Norris Trout. On a Red Sea shore, on a track of sand An ack ack gun site takes...

A Baker's Story

He wanted to be a driver, but there was a shortage of bakers, and my Dad had been working for his father...

On a Charge!

Just before the attack on Tobruk my father was on sentry duty all night and when he returned in the morning...

When My Dad Came Home

I was born 1/9/38The war started3/9/39.So i was only a baby when my dad joined up.He didnt need to.Because...

A Scorpion called Alexander

Alexander was a small brown Scorpion....

Misadventures in North Africa

My grandfather fought in North Africa but the main part of his job was to repair vehicles salvage parts...

Journey into the unknown - Part 07 : Traffic Accident with 172 Field Regiment in Algeria

Immediately the accident happened,I banged upon the back of our truck immediately behind our driver, but to...

A Desert war

"One night we were woken at 1pm in the night to do a suprise attack on the Germans... The Germans had...

Shot down Me 109F - N.Africa

"If" you served with me when we were young

If you had a Sergeant from World War One And marched with his son You served with me. If what you sang...

PHILLIPVILLE, ALGERIA, NORTH AFRICA

After the raid our officer, Lt David Smail, was called out to an unexploded bomb in a garage in the centre...

Close Shave in the Middle East

My late uncle Bill Tyrrell was an officer serving in WW2 in the RA in India at the outbrak of war and...

Journey into the unknown - Part 09 - 172nd Field Regiment RA in Algeria

The reason for our Battery having been detained in Bone for those 3 weeks did not become known to me until...

Company Barber, 1st Army, North Africa

He had lived all his life in Dorset where he had a business as a Gentlemen's Hairdresser. He had dark...

How the War Affected My Taid's Family: Wounded in Africa

When my Taid was in the 8TH army, the Germans hit him in a truck so he had to go to the...

The Iron Phantom of the Desert Pt 9

For instance, I can remember one incident in particular when a corporal from B Squadron of the 4th RTR...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 11

As a result, both the 5th Hampshires and our 155 Battery were caused much tension and danger throughout the...

The Loss of a Father

There was a knock on the door, and when I answered it there was a telegram boy, probably about 14 years...