Germany

"Don't Go down the mines, Daddy..."

My Uncle Joe was one of the many who didn't get taken off the beaches at Dunkirk. Uncle Joe was one of...

Sergeant White

White was about to through another grenade after him, but before he could the German turned and fired. My...

"MY WAR AS A DISPATCH RIDER IN MAINLAND EUROPE"

I have three medals the King George VI War Medal 1939-45, the France and Germany Star and the 1939-1945...

The Other Side

In 1942 I was evacuated from school to an island in the Baltic Sea, off the northern coast of Germany... It...

Memories of being a POW

In 1943 Edward was on the Greek island of Losbos when, because of an ammunition shortge Edward and his...

Missing over Germany

These daylight attacks on the Rhine and Munster, by a medium force of 178 and 160 aircraft respectfully,...

Lewis Edwards - Background

Name Age Place of Birth Status Current District Emma G. Edwards 24 Limehouse, London Wife Bromley, London...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 47

The bombing of Dresden could be heard as very heavy thunder on the other side of those Erzgebirge Mountains...

Stolen Aircraft Prints

My friend and colleague, Charlie Saunter had been interested, and was involved in a small way with some...

Wartime in Berlin

Friends of mine, Alice and Reene, working in Berlin were advised by the British Embassy to leave Germany......

Lifting the Lid on German Terror Weapons

On one occasion, I met Dr Kurt Arnold the top German tank designer... Through the interpreter Dr Arnold...

Harry Tenny R.A.F.

Many swapped yarns about their exploits but the main thread of the conversation was, "Stick to the...

We Must Not Forget.

After two years working as a butcher in my home of Newcastle under Lyme, I signed up for the Army... I left...

Royal Signals River Crossing Almost 'Scrambled'

I also remember serving alongside a fellow Royal Signal named Leo Charles Augusta Parsons. Apparently after...

J A Martin DFC - Stress, Smoking and Stettin Mine Laying

After seven hours flying on a bombing mission, being shot at from the ground or the air, what did you want...

Berlin. Late 1944-1945. Surviving the Russian Atrocities

The horror of the Russian occupation of their homes by troops deliberately brought in from the depths of...

Service with the BAOR

I told the cook to give him supper and then i said 'Hans, bring me a groot teller' he brought a...

This is the story of Thomas Wilson

We then crossed the Leine and Aller Rivers, and on April 15th, after a journey through some most difficult...

25,000 ft Down - and Alive: Bomber Crew Loss on Night of the Strong Winds

It is known that all the rest of the crew were buried in Berlin war cemetary. Sergent W H Burnell, the only...

J A Martin DFC - How a Crew Lost their Rank - LMF?

Johnny and his crew went out to the aircraft, but the crew said to Johnny, “We would like a rest...

ATS Girl 1943-6

I had dreamt of going to Egypt but arrived in Brussels, to the HQ 21st Army Group... I spent a month at...

Lewis Edwards - Forced March

Belgard Gross Pobloth 16 Gross Pobloth Dargeslaff 31 Dargeslaff Zurkwitz 24 Zurkwitz Revenow 22 Revenow...

Episodes from an Uncertain Memory 6 'Home'

When I arrived at Lynemouth, My wife Elizabeth, had gone to Ashington to queue outside the butchers to get...

Memories

I am “Nobbv” Barwick and I was a tank wireless operator, in the Middlesex Yeomanry and served...

Behind Enemy Lines

He was advised that he would be require to go into mainland Germany and 'Assasinate' an Army...

Let there be light

Searchlights swept magic wands from side to side, parachute flares, brilliant white, floated slowly down,...