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Some prisoners were recaptured by the Germans and sent to Germany, but many joined the rapidly forming...
So, on this fateful Friday, we ‘Three Musketeers’ said a fond farewell to the Council Offices...
The Italian authorities have supplied me with three ordnance maps of the Biella, Aosta and Ivrea regions...
The zest with which the Squadron performed its patrol duties can best be illustrated by quoting an entry...
Big Eric, we had two Sgt. Williams in the Squadron, could not believe that no reinforcements were coming up...
The Cassino War Cemetery is situated close by the base of the height of Monte Cassino just a mile south of...
On 16 April my very good friend Leslie Gilbert and I attended a Passover service at the Marittima ballroom...
To France and Belgium, then back to Dunkirk War broke out in September that year, and after a period of...
Attempting to advance on Ferrara and the River Po, our division came up against a tough German paratrooper...
It was at Chelsea that I met for the first time Dennis Castle, who was to become a lifelong friend, amongst...
The Anzio Landings At the end of November 1943, it was announced that 1st Division was moving to Italy. The...
I worked for Cook's of St Paul's, in London, write that down�Ehe commanded, “and I...
So up the Derne road we go, leaving Tobruk behind us, Jerry frying instead of us. The RAF had knocked about...
The Squadron aircraft were Spitfire Vs and I was expected to fly an aircraft up to the new base. So the...
Ted was not sanitary orderly material and when Harry picked him you might say he picked a 'right...
The road on either side was littered of course with abandoned vehicles and things upside down and so on and...
Of course our Gunnery Officer reckoned that the four salvos fired with our turret we hit one of them, we...
Behind the tanks were a mixture of Italian and German infantrymen, an Italian pushed me over and kicked...
Such searches were not conducted by soldiers, but by the Italian police who were, so we were told, the...
One of the saddest experiences I had was my friend, who was also a Petty Officer, we were lying off a...
While we pitched our tents round the outside of the wall surrounding the churchyard, the British force,...
The 1st Battalion was grouped in an assembly area at Madriole, around some farm buildings adjoining the...
I was 5513070 Pte Victor Donald Delves serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. The...
But we still had work to do rounding up prisoners taking over German HQ's and airfields this kept us...
The Primosole Bridge was captured from the Germans after continued assaults from the Durham Light Infantry...
One POW was getting out at night and was seeing the wife of a German soldier who was on the Russian front....
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