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I had been corresponding with a French pen pal since i was at school to improve my French and Jean Fouquet...
At one stage guns from tanks opened fire, his car was wrecked, but they all got to the river without loss....
June 1944 There, in the fields of Normandy that June, the poppies grew, A generation onwards from the one...
During the first World War, my Uncle, Tom Essex, was given a Book of Prayers inscribed "From Mum to...
On D-Day he was sent to France with a ten-tonne lorry containing heavy radio equipment to transmit messages...
My Father-in-Law William Andrew Muckle was a member of The Royal Corps of Signals from 1939-1947 and was...
As the Nazi armies approached Paris in June of 1940, and many residents were attempting to flee the city, a...
My uncle, from the Isle of Skye, told me this story about his experience at Dunkirk. In the dunes he prayed...
The next day we lead the flotilla as we headed for our landing site, 'Gold Beach'. We had been told...
FamilyStoryTextSiteUserHerbert GrindrodManchesterArmyroyal army service corpMissing in Action in the RASC -...
Round about 10 or 12 days after, German aircraft came over looking for the FDT ships and two days later,...
It was at this point Jim saw a glint from a spotters field glasses high in a church tower overlooking the...
Mr Thomas J Rees was awarded the Bronze Star by the American President for braveery during the course of...
He departed from Lee-on-Solent late on 5 June 1944, sailed through the night and landed at 07:30 on 6 June...
My late father Stanley Holden who joined the R.N as a boy recruit was a leading seaman on the Destroyer...
My late father , a section sergeant arrived at the beach with 44 men and no Officer. When this number was...
I landed on Juno beach with the Canadians on the morning of 6th June 1944. As dictated by Sergeant 2347335...
I lived with my parents, Thomas Herbert and Edith Annie Oldfield my brothers, Ray, Ken and Albert and...
I was among the first British troops to land on D-Day on Sword Beach, for which I received £20 for...
My uncle on my fathers side, Harold Fletcher, served aboard a Royal Navy destroyer during the evacuation at...
My parents lived in the Medway Towns and my Mother's Uncle managed to offices of J. P. Knight the...
My father, Harry Norton, a Gibraltarian, was Assistant Colonial Secretary and the Private and Political...
On June 5th 1944 as wireless operator in Halifax LL 344 piloted by Flight/O Clapperton we took off at 2300...
The boat appeared to be turning away so he held up a bottle of wine to attract their attention....
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