France

The Sixth Son of the Regimental Sergeant Major; Part 3

Flying bombs were now being targeted against London, but I do not think anyone if the squadron had been...

Setting the Record Straight [A.Bazar]

Sadoine was involved in several operations and was one of the first two Phantom patrols with the 1st SAS to...

A Rookie's Tale

The Parade was handed over to him; first he blasted the new Officers and marched them up and down as if he...

D-Day Landings 4th June 1944: With the Beach Group

The job of the Beach Group was to organise and cope with the landing of an assault force....

From Iceland to Normandy

Next morning we were taken on transport with the infantry down to Tilbury Docks, boarded the landing craft...

My Granddad, a Proud War Survivor

In May 1944 Grandad went to Brighton and was stationed at Preston Park which was turned into a tank park....

My experiences

I went to Morecambe for training as a Wireless Air Gunner. We crashed on the beach and were actually saved...

Lucky Escape from Dunkirk: 27th Field Regiment R.A.

We were then ordered to destroy any equipment that might be useful to the Germans, guns, wireless sets, and...

RN Service

I took a trade test in Portsmouth and was made a Leading Motor Mechanic and allocated to Combined...

Wartime Memories

After two years in England it was found that I had a hearing problem and so I left the Royal Warwicks and...

First Operational Flights

Seven crews from 58 Squadron and three from 51 Squadron, foregathered in Station Headquarter,...

War Diaries (part 3)

My wife, the children and I myself went to the British Consulate in Dunkirk where the Vice-Consul informed...

My Time at War

I saw a lot of blood and bodies… the War started in 1939 when I was 15, I couldn't get into the...

Dunkirk: HMS Verity

After spending the night in Dover Castle we went down to the docks, where we were told we were going across...

Of Brave Men

As the Allies advanced closer to Germany itself, George was involved with other SAS teams, crossing the...

With a Royal Engineers Bridging Unit

One day the Sergeant Major organised a draw from a hat — I drew the piece of paper with a cross on...

War Memories of Stanley Robinson 1920 - 1991 by Jean Kirkland

On the back of the photgraph og G.H. Witters the wrting says 'Many greetings to our liberators...

Life in France Under the Germans

In 1942/43 the Engish airforce bombed the railway station in Nice to stop the movement of German troops...

The Lack of Nelson

With Hitler and his armies having not learned the lesson of Napoleon - namely that of undertaking an...

The Green Howards: From Egypt to France

After surviving Sicily, Ernie and the Green Howards took part in the invasion of Italy. The Green Howards...

A Schoolgirl's War in Thonon, France, and Dunstable, England

I arrived in the small market town of Dunstable to be reunited with my mother and sister, who had gone...

A Funeral Tribute

My son Chris wrote a tribute to his Grandad that he read at the funeral. I am Chris Scudamore, Grandson of...

Bayeux Cathedral and the Occupation

As I looked around it dawned upon me that the place had been stripped of all furnishings. there was no high...

Lessons for the Next Generation

After moving from requisitioned property my family lived on a council estate in an inner London borough. In...

Captured on the Road to Dunkirk

Later in the day the ambulance convoy set off towards Dunkirk, but during the darkness the convoy got...

Sgt. Brian Moss: 719 Bomb Disposal Company and 233 Field Company, Royal Engineers

In 2003, I followed Dad's footsteps from Gold Beach to Nijmegen... A week later, Dad became the victim...