France

Where Are We Going?

There was also the possibility that they could overpower the guard, as suggested by the young officer, but...

A Mother's Heartbreak

My elder brother Arthur, her firstborn, was born in January 1919 and although a normal baby was not exactly...

American "K" Ration Packs

The ''Kpaks were really for the Infantry, but we used to like them as we didn't always have the...

The Normandy Veterans: Lest We Forget

During the period October 1998 to September 2002 I worked upon a documentary photographic project with...

Leonard Fagan, Sergeant, Royal Army Service Corps.

The image above shows my great Uncle, Len Fagan. Sadly the rest of his service story which took in North...

Dad's Story

Unfortunately Dad lost his best friend at Dunkirk, he was a very athletic person, good at all sports but he...

D-Day and the Normandy Beaches

D Day Operation - Gerry McMahon

Gerry McMahon, was serving as a flying officer rear-gunner when his four engine Short Stirling bomber was...

Jack chooses the right direction: A Royal Signals soldier at Dunkirk 1940

When the retreat to Dunkirk began, Jack and his fellow signalman were told to stay with their wireless...

Dunkirk's Epic

A miracle happened, a slim little chance Was to take us away from that hell hole in France, As our navy,...

Just an Ordinary Man: Extract 3

Further spoils from the RASC Depot Armoury had supplied us with several new small-arms including machine...

Mr W S Lowbridge: Beyond Falaise

Following the german break out from Falaise Gap we were again detached from our division and sent in...

Grandpa's Story: 600 Miles Through Poland, Checkoslovakia, Germany and France into Bavaria

Grandpa's Story: 600 Miles Through Poland, Checkoslovakia, Germany and France into Bavaria. We started...

DUNKIRK REMEMBERED

When there were no boats about we went back into the dunes for protection from the Stuka bombers. The...

Return from Dunkirk: With the RASC

He was placed in the Royal Army Service Corps because before going into the forces he worked at Tate and...

2777 Squadron RAF Regiment

The Squadron entered France in August via Arromanches and immediately split up into the component Flights...

1944 St Malo Destroyed

Alfred was mentioned in despatches on the 19th December 1944 Petty Officer Alfred Caleb Nelson Pitney P/JX...

Sick of Getting His Feet Wet

My father, George Brown, now deceased, was a 24 year old corporal with the 8th batallion of the Durham...

Our Great Grandad

Ben had a history project to do on the second world war, Dad suggested that he talked to Nan and Grandad...

Plum and Apple Jam, 1939 - Bailleul, Near Arras

The next day, we started to move by road to our permanent position in northern France, which turned out to...

AMES132 Lands in France

All our vehicles had been newly painted with identification marks of RAF roundels and a black ace of spades...

I was There: East Surrey Regiment at Dunkirk 1940

We the Surries kept together and dug slit trenches around a large sand dune which we named Surrey Hill...

Bernard (Taffy) Morgan Code and Cypher RAF

Bernard Morgan Code and Cypher RAF. 83 G.C.C. moved off the beach to our first Operational Site in France,...

ATS, BLA, 5 LOFC and B.A.O.R.

Still in Rotterdam in August the Japanese gave in so we collected as many Gilders as we could and the men...

Arromanches Adventure

During the evening of the 5th of june we set of for normandy, in th company of thousands of other ships and...

The Spying Game

At this time it was suspected there were still a few German stragglers – the French had spotted a...