France

The Sinking of the Lancastria—1940

The Sinking of the Lancastria Stan Scislowski On Monday, June 17, 1940, the Cunard Liner, Lancastria,...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 22b: September '44 - January '45. The River Maas (Meuse) and the Ardennes. Our 1st Class Mecha

The German aim was for Dietrich's 6th Panzer Army to cross the Maas near Liege and make for Antwerp and...

V. Into action on D-Day

The landing craft were beaching to the right of the blockhouse and were clearly having trouble with the sea...

War Memories

She'd been 'naughty' in Brussels and she was well 'advanced' as we moved into Germany...

My Dunkirk Evacuation Experiences: 91st Field Regt R.A.

In the early hours of 22nd May the Germans forced a way over the river between 13th and 150th Infantry...

My Life My War - Chapter 7a

All boats were hoisted inboard, all booms and ladders were recovered and secured, cable parties took their...

Cricket to Pluto - Stanley Tarrant

We left the station outside Kenley Aerodrome and arrived at Liverpool dock yard not knowing where we were...

Tich Rayners War Experiences

We finally met up with John Howard at the bridge and at about 0300 hrs the Germans started their counter...

From a Letter Written by Sergeant Monty Banks after D-Day

Seeing England everywhere The deeper we travelled into France, the more I saw England. One of the fellows...

The War C.V. of Ossie Henderson

Ossie's friend Cyril Wroe met him because he had been in the dramatic society before the war They had...

Recollections of 6thJune 1944: Before and after.: 79th Armoured Division in Normandy

That's how we landed on Gold beach when most of our Acre's were already off the beach and on their...

Dons Dunkirk: 32nd Field Regiment R.A.

A destroyer was loading men at the end of the Mole, Randolph and I managed to climb down a rope ladder...

Recollections of 6thJune 1944: Before and after.

That's how we landed on Gold beach when most of our Acre's were already off the beach and on their...

I Want To Fly.

As a child I used to watch target-towing aircraft fly down the channel past the gunnery range at Doniford,...

Escape from Germany 1945 by Arthur Berry

He said that there was no food available on the airfield but a “chow” wagon would be along in a...

Memoirs of Army Life From Canterbury to Cologne.Part 2.

I was driving my jeep accompanied by an officer, and we hadn't got 200 yards into the town before the...

Donald Fewkes' memory of Dunkirk

There were no officers or N.C.O's in charge of us, fortunately there were a large number of vessels...

Thomas Trimble RAF P.O.W. Wartime Log Chapter 2 France

In a very short time I was lined up in a passage with a lot of other P.O.W.s mostly yanks, however they...

My War

We went all the way down the French coast, past Calais — the Germans were still in Calais —...

Report on the Landing in France of the First Echelon of 21 BD sector on D-day, 6 June 1944

The first attempt at landing was made at 1130 hrs on 6th June ’44, the convoy moved towards the...

Recollections of Service with the RAF

The pilot I paired with and flew with for the next two years was Flying Officer Brian Walker, who had a big...

X.Crossing the Seine and Onwards to the Liberation of Lille

The German infantry must have been thankful for his enthusiasm... Later I learnt that they told him that...

Memoirs of a Gunner - Chapter 6b - Harry Wood

The next morning Lucy was back with one of the officers, it appeared her family wanted representatives of...

Dunkirk Remembered

I did not see my friend Cecil Lee until about early June and I asked him when did he leave Dunkirk. Earlier...

Prisoner of War/ Gordon Highlanders Part 1

At a window of the farmhouse a French woman was throwing out food to our fellows as they passed along, but...

The Cross Channel Guns of Boulogne

On the cliffs overlooking the town of Boulogne a battery of German naval guns had made life unpleasant for...