Italy

The Day that War Broke Out - Facts & Figures Pt2

For the whole time from this date until leaving the area on April 4th the Regiment was under Command 2nd...

Experiences of a Volunteer Pilot (260 Squadron)

Eventually, training continued but now flying Kittihawks which was the aircraft I would be expected to fly...

Escape Part One

To explain the next events it is necessary to mention two of the people who figure in the episode, one the...

"Always Read The Small Print" Chapter Four

I saw two Germans speaking to Antonio at the gate, holding up a few tins pointing to the fruit and tomato...

My Dad's War Memories Part 1

The liner itself was a massive affair of Dutch origin named "Marnix Van St. Aldegonde" and staffed...

Joining the 4th Queen's Own Hussars

21st to 25th March A and C Sqns trained with Infantry with B Sqn as Armd protection 29th March A Sqn...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 4

Von Mackensen, the German Army Commander planned to throw the whole of his 14th Army with the new MarkVI...

A Desert Rat - Plus

Passing the Azores en route to South Africa in a convoy of over forty vessels, we stopped briefly at Sierra...

Cableway Braking System Used in the Italian Campaign

Eventually it came about that somewhere or other Kenny Wray, a very fine Officer in charge of the Engineers...

Operation Shingle: Chapter 5

Whilst thinking of tunnels: sappers were constructing a tunnel for the Gunners through the embankment...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 16

At that time I was looking out of my window when I saw the RC Padre running into his quarter and then...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 9

The officer occupants of these rooms were known as Wing I, I had the opportunity of moving into one of...

Reminiscences of Italy

At the River Grigliano which had been bombed by the Germans the Royal engineers had built a bailey bridge...

Ben Cumming's War - Chapter 3: Sicily and Italy

The American 7th Army Corps under General "Blood and Guts" Patton had landed at Gela on the east...

At war,with 168 brigade Part 3

Next year, we were to visit Nola, Foggia Bari, Toronto, take leave in Alexandria across the Mediterranean,...

"Always Read The Small Print" Chapter Three

On completion of the destruction of all our weapons, transport,food stocks, and anything of use to an...

Memories of a Sapper, Royal Engineers Part Three - From Bone, Algeria as reinforcement for the 56th Black Cat, London Division a

Memories of a Sapper, Royal Engineers Part Three — From Bone, Algeria as reinforcement for the 56th...

Italy 1943

The fighting was furious with continued shelling, mortaring and firing, this lasted two days then we heard...

Waffler's Tales

During August 1940 the German air raids intensified and I arrived at No 6 B.D.S. with a 3 ton Dennis lorry...

Italy '43-44 Part 2

Really lots more beautiful than all Rome's Churches put together, such were my feelings as I knelt...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 14

Good beds, chairs to lounge in on deck, an issue of 50 De Reske cigarettes and meals such as liver and...

4. A World War Two Memoir

The 8th Army had already landed at the Toe, and we were going to land at Salerno just below Naples....

Life as an RAF Codebreaker

I was told that with an officer, some wireless operators, cook and drivers, we were to be an advance party...

A Free Poland?

They sent us a copy of his War Record which informed me that he had been conscripted into the German Army...

Part 14 PO Valley to the final days.

The thing that puzzled the lad at the time was when the Polish elements were taken prisoner; the German...

Personal Recollections of WW2 by Ronald Marson - chapter 2

The 5th Division landed in and around Syracusa on the east coast with its objective the short northerly...