Italy

More Food for Thought !

The farmer said we has stolen his pig and that we were as bad as the "Tedeschi" Jack at first...

J A Martin DFC - Beautiful Mont Blanc en route to Turin

We had to climb over the Alps again and do a low level bombing on the Fait works at Turin, and then...

Recollections

After we had broken through Cassino and were on our way to Rome we went through a small town called Alatri,...

Ice cold…. But NOT in Alex !

We rarely had a chance to see a thermometer but when the petrol froze overnight in our vehicle...

Italy and Back Again

Location of the story; London; Kent;Italy. After doing my initial training in Kent, we set off for Italy...

Monte Cassino: 60 Years on

We soldiers of Poland For your freedom and ours We give Our souls to God Our bodies to soil of Italy Our...

The Story of a Young Grimsby Conscript

I was still driving the stretcher jeeps and was based in a little town in the mountains called Castel del...

From North Wales to Monti Cassino - and More

At Monti Cassino he use to amongst other jobs go up at night with Mules loaded up with shells to the big...

Keeping a Diary in Wartime: 4th Queen's Own Hussars in Italy and the 49th LAA in Egypt

Keeping a Diary in Wartime: 4th Queen's Own Hussars in Italy and the 49th LAA in Egypt. A typical list...

D-Day Dodger's War

In 1938 I was apprenticed as a joiner to J.W Waller of South Elmsall, West Yorkshire,a local builder.The...

My Army Memories1945-1948

Next move to Cromer on the coast most of the regiment were then posted to India as I was not yet 19...

A North East Tommy

Tom Moore's war as remembered by his son, Dave Moore Valentine's Day 1923 in Shildon, County Durham...

The Iron Phantom of the Desert Pt 16

There were sweets, soap, a packet of soup powder, cigarettes, toilet paper and what I thought were oxo...

2 Brothers

When Italy he was placed at Monte Casino, but did not fight there so simply waited behind British lines....

'They Fell off the Back of a Lorry'

This meant a constant stream of these lorries coming out of the sea, up the beach and through the town of...

A Bedford Resident's Memories of the Deutche Berate in Udine

After the occupation of Udine by the Germans, my two brothers, myself and my fiance took refuge in the...

War in Europe, Serving with the Queens Own Royal West Kents

We spent 4 days in Cape Town and were told that we weren't aloud to go into District 6 of the city...

The Italian Connection: Vesuvius and the RASC

Full title after training at Alfreton, Derbyshire, Lance Corporal, B. Platoon, 7th Infantry Brigade...

Life without my Husband

I lived in Bridgewater while my husband Ernest Lloyd was stationed there with the Army in 1941... After the...

Joining Up was Like an Adventure

I had two years in England and was last stationed in Norwich, with a fighter squadron where I mostly had...

Vera's War

During the bombing while the rest of family took refuge in the air-raid shelter, my Dad insisted on singing...

Home to Ramsgate: John Side 7

John Side — Home to Ramsgate During the Italian campaign things slowed a bit... Eventually Calais...

Border Too Far for POW Escapee

He was found at the back of the farmhouse by the family of Nicola Garbasso and his wife Laura and their...

Six years with the Royal Army Service Corps

When D-Day finally arrived Ernie was to drive a Rhino fuel vehicle ashore on Gold Beach... Following D-Day,...

A Realised My Childhood Ambitions

Between the ages of 11 and 14 I swam in all the school swimming galas and met a number of notable swimmers:...

Turkey for Dinner

I remember that every Christmas we were promised a turkey dinner, but no turkey dinner ever arrived!...