D-Day Memories...
From France we went to Antwerp, where there were big docks, and when we got there we headed for a cafe and...
We did various jobs including farm work and training, and I was then posted to North Africa, had a ride out...
We were in a little village outside Brussels arranging a Christmas party for the kids. He lives in...
As a Marine Commando, I went over with the Canadians on D-Day, landing on Juno Beach. When I was fit I...
It later transpired that his Unit had been told to make their way back to Dunkirk 'Every man for...
Both my younger brother and I were in France soon after D-Day. They gave me a bed for the night and, in...
It was D-Day +22. My regiment, the 362 S/L Regiment, left Southampton Docks and landed at Utah Beach Head...
We were firing our 25 pounder guns from the TNC's as we went in closer and as we started up the engines...
An officer who had apparently commandeered a civilian car was determined to drive into Dunkirk until the...
As the village where Dad lived is on the banks of the River Tweed and the main occupation at that time was...
I was trained in the army, after training with the 4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment... I was sent to a...
In May 1940, I was in Balbec, Normandy and drove with my comrades to Rennes in army lorries, eating only...
I was equipped with the Lee Enfield Rifle, A revolver and some mills grenades. our objective was to capture...
It must have been a destroyer or a frigate that my Dad found himself on, he used to laugh at this point...
B.E.F....
Let me tell you story of Grace Howard who was born July 31, 1897 in Hull, East Yorkshire. Fortunately for...
I do know that he was a member of 23rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery, but I don't believe all of the...
In April/May 1940, my unit of the Military Police was posted from Dunkirk to St Malo, France, which had...
His name was Sydney Arrobus, an artist, and although not an 'official wartime artist' sketched his...
My father joind the army in 1918 after lying about his agejust as the war was ended,He was with the Luvat...
Edward Frederick Dettman or uncle Fred as I knew him was my grandfather's younger brother... Born and...
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