France

Memoirs of Lieutenant IGN Lindsay 1939-1940

It seems he was either 1 of the 2 silhouettes shown on the well-known bit of footage of a boat approaching...

IX. A Near Escape and a Successful Shoot

Montilly was a village behind Tilly-sur-Seulles and the object of the offensive was to surround the Germans...

Letter Home Following D-Day Landings

Our first month in Normandy was quite peaceful from actual enemy action, just the noise of our guns which...

Diary of landing on D-Day (or just after)

It is reported that a Jerry plane dropped a bomb but was chased away. We wondered whether or not Jerry...

A Medical Corps Unit lands in Normandy, June 1944

We followed over and landed on the Eighth of June, at 11.00h I think it was Sword Beach. This was Sword...

Story of a Taffy at the D Day Landings

It was evening and we still had not got in so we put our heads down, the Sergeant told us we would...

Experience of a POW chapter seven

Fortunately for us there was a disturbance at the rear of the column created by a French woman offering...

A Flyer's Story

When being trained by Flying Officer Kelsey at Hatfield, he often used to ask pupils to practice a forced...

D-Day Part 1

My Brother was lucky because when War broke out he was already studying fulltime at an Aeronautical College...

No 4 Army Co-Operation Squadron goes to France for a Holiday in 1938

First posting No 4 Army Co-Operation Squadron RAF Odiham. After another Whitley demolished our tented...

Dunkirk Diary

Fri-16-Feb-1940 Left home for London with Marj to visit Kath, Marg. and Jack. Sat-17-Feb-1940 Kath, Marj...

What the War Gave and Took Away

My father volunteered for the Royal Air Force and that left me and Mom alone, and, as she suffered acute...

After Dunkirk. Early Army Service: Sent to France with 5th Battalion of The Highland Light Infantry

Early Army Service: Sent to France with 5th Battalion of The Highland Light Infantry. Being educated in...

Norman Ellis's D-Day experiences in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

The ruse was a success: on 17th June 1943 Trooper 14218254 Norman Ellis married Florence Margaret...

Thoroughly Adaptable Milly - Part Two

They were still in Courtrai for Christmas 1944: Milly remembered collecting sugar from the orderlies to...

Dunkirk Memories

I didn't know that within about an hour or so some large boats, fairly large boats, started to appear...

From Normandy to Norwood, with Love

On Thursday 8 February 1945, Ronald and Marie married at St Chad's Church, South Norwood, London. In...

Coming Home (2)

In a battle-dress which has never seen a battle, with Hitler and Mussolini dead, I am going home to Minna....

Memories of a Boy stationed in the First Militia Company [J.Cooper]

On May 10 the Germans attacked and we were told to pack up and leave because the RAF had been wiped out...

A Journey Through War: Royal Marine Commandos

PREPARING FOR D-DAY The Mobile Base Defence Organisation provided gunners for three Batteries of 2.pounder...

From Portsmouth to France and Back Again... Twice!

The rest of the family - Pepere, Memere, Serge, Violette, William and Ivy, with Guy following later -...

Two Jewish Heroines of the SOE Part 3

Violette became particularly friendly with Solange, whilst Lilian was befriended by Renee Corjon. Then on...

The Mechanics of Warfare

We bashed up the vehicles and left them there so that the Germans couldn't use them. After the war I...

Memories of a Dunkirk Veteran: 8th Worcestershire Regiment

We were in the backroom of Joseph Degand's estaminet at the lower end of Moncheaux, a village in...

Andrew and Edward Mackin of Whitehaven, Cumbria

Andrew Mackin died on 3rd July 1944 during the Battle of Normandy and is buried in the Commonwealth War...

5th Regiment RHA D-Day 1944

We had three batteries of self-propelled 25 pounder guns, and were part of the 22nd Armoured Brigade of 7th...