Italy

Raid on Guidonia Aerodrome

We immeadiately suspected flak so Jack put the kite through some evasive action....

What did you eat in the War, Daddy?

Our rations then changed dramatically for the better and we were to learn the delights of Spam, tasty Meat...

Landing in Italy - Bay of Salerno

Jerry was trying to shell us, but the good old Navy was there; it was lovely to see them shelling Jerry...

Italy : A Soldier's Experience.

In the north of Italy near a place called Forli the germans had a huge railway gun... Near that place in a...

As it Was

Whilst there, Dunkirk happened and I was made up from from an A2 person, A1 person, and drafted to...

The War of Two Sailors part two

January 1943 Harold was then sent from Portsmouth to join a transport liner “Empress of Japan”...

A Letter from Monte Cassino

Whilst in Italy he was involved in the Battle of Monte Cassino, the mountain with the monastery of St...

A Funny Incident at the Front

It was our first tour of duty on the winter front stretching about 11 miles southwestwards from Ortona on...

Explosion at Krefeld

Went from Portsmouth and landed on the Mulberry harbours in Arromanches, and went on to Caen. Myself and...

Incident on the Crecchio Front

It was our first tour of duty on the winter front stretching about 11 miles southwestwards from Ortona on...

On the run in Italy

To Switzerland, which meant swimming lake Como or make for Genoa hoping for a British landing there —...

Incident on the Crecchio Front

It was our first tour of duty on the winter front stretching about 11 miles southwestwards from Ortona on...

Into Action: Royal Artillery in North Africa

We eventually transferred to Landing Craft for our entry to North Africa and we landed in Algiers. Someone...

The Journey to Italy, Palestine and Egypt: Service with the Royal Scots

After approximately nine days sailing we reached Naples in Italy where we disembarked and joined a holding...

An Episode of a Tense Moment

I was a despatch rider in the Queens Own Royal West Kents 1st Battalion and toward the end of the war I...

Mrs Bartlett: David Bartlett

My husband David Bartlett joined the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers when he was nearly 18 on 16th May 1931...

Two Weeks in Dock in Naples and Not a Wound to Show for it!

Two Weeks in Dock in Naples and Not a Wound to Show for it. When we arrived at Naples the city was...

A Trilogy of Verse - Italy

Salerno, Anzio and then Rock fortress v the flesh of men, Cassino, famous monastery A mount renowned in...

Out of the Bag in Drag

In September 1943 the Germans took over the Italian POW Camp I was in near Modena and shipped us off to...

A Journey Through Italy: Life as a Gunner part 4

After our involvement in the defeat of the Germans in North Africa my regiment landed in Italy as the...

My POW Experience

I was in the first 5th Essex Territorial Army before the war and we went all over the British Isles before...

Landing at Salerno - Villa Theresa

'A' Mess was based in the beautiful Villa Theresa, overlooking the bay of Naples... My father and...

Rescued in German-held Italy

Lieutenant David Eyton-Jones was part of a detachment of the British special Air Service, operating with...

British Soldiers Helping Escapees in 1946

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

New Years Day 1944, Snowed in at Carovilli

In Carovilli I found myself in the household of the village priest, Signor Fiocca, and we spent many...

Cont.3 Friends One Suvivor

Later we were taking some surplus other vehicules from Piacenza to Monza race-track in Milan which had...