France

Dunkirk 1940

W. Tennant and 18 sailors were in charge on the beach and only larger vessels were leaving from the East...

After D Day - A Wartime Romance

We were due to land on Gold beach at 7.30am an das dawn broke we could just see the French coast on...

Experience of a POW chapter five

We were more relieved when a British Destroyer arrived and fired back at the enemy very effectively"....

John Murray - My War

My right leg below the knee was amputated due to gangrene; my left leg, just below the knee, had received a...

The Forgotten Heroes of World War 2

They also said "Bosch come, France finished". But what had remained of the British Expeditionary...

Quest for a Lost Father: France 1940

After bitter fighting the Division retired to conform to the French Defence plan and the whole British...

Coventry to Caen (Part 1)

Within a week they gave us a uniform and sent us home.Then we went to Witton Barracks, Birmingham,- a coach...

Letter 1 of 4: Bayeux to Conde

We left the Bayeux area with Caen an established possession, Tilly and Villers Bocage taken more recently,...

Who Were Those People at Poperinge?

With him in his lorry was George Morton. My father and George Morton set off on the long walk to the...

Henry Lund's War Chapter 3 'My capture by German Troops'

The handful of German troops turned out to be about 100 tanks and the officer I have mentioned was General...

A Bride's War Effort - her husband's story

We found a boat, and he said, Tony said to his…, an officer, he said there's a boat there, we...

The Battle for Rauhay Chateau, June 1944

As we moved forward the German Artillery Shells fell amongst us, we drop flat where we were, it was...

Some Experiences of World War 2

When the German bombing raids started on London, we soon got into a routine of going down there when the...

Peter Dawbarn -Part 2: No Brakes And No Hydraulics, But It’ll Fly!

Just as I was about to get into my Hurricane to fly back, the Flight Commander came up and said...

D-Day and a Postwar Engagement

We were due to land on Gold beach at 7.30am an das dawn broke we could just see the French coast on...

Wartime Memories of Thomas W Gould

We were shipped to France in May 1940 and our first encounter with enemy forces was at Dieppe - the Germans...

Reg Gill, Malta and the Italian Fleet Surrender.

Reg Gill, Malta and the Italian Fleet Surrender. Reg eventually left Malta and moved to Italy....

Tale of a Wartime Moustache

I gave little thought to my time in the army including the time in Normandy in June and July 1944 when my...

Resting: Memories of a Soldier (Shortly After D-Day)

my dad responded to my unasked question, “copped a bullet as he drank his tea; never knew what...

Normandy: HMMMS 44

It was of course one of the events of the last century and one of the many who did there bit were...

Dunkirk

The long and straight roads made it easy for the German aircraft to attack the withdrawing troops and the...

Wartime Memories- 21 Searchlight Militia

I had a medical examination on 20th June 1939, was passed fit at Grade II and joined 21 Searchlight...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 22a: People that pass in the Day. Scots Dewar. The Yankee Pilot. The Medic. Brussels. River Ma

A Scots lad called Dewar, with a posh English accent, had joined 133 as a driver just before the invasion,...

Experiences of a POW Chapter one

A black cloud was looming over Europe in 1938 due to Hitler's claims for territory annexed from Germany...

From Cadet Corps to D-Day

At Bovington there was general primary training followed by a few months intensive course on all aspects of...

Incidents from a Sapper’s Life Behind the Lines

In a very short time, the Beach Patrol that had been on duty overnight and were enjoying a well-earned...