France

The Second the Ramp Dropped: With the Manchester Regiment on Gold Beach

The man infront of me, Jhon Applegrove had been shot along with David Jackson, another of my close...

Frogs at Dunkirk

My Grandad, Joseph Pannett, who died in December 2002, was a Dunkirk veteran... He did once tell me about...

Cycling Ashore - Landings in Normandy 27th June 1944

I was leading A Company of the 6th North Staffords on to Juno beach... On leaving the beach area we then...

In the Infantry: Gold Beach, Normandy

In the Infantry: Gold Beach, Normandy...

My D-Day: With 82 Assault Squadron Royal Engineers on Gold Beach

My name is Ken chapman, I landed D-day June 6th 1944 at 7.10am on Gold Beach. "ex - sapper" of 82...

My Great Uncle

On D-day -3 he was wounded by a spitfire but was back in action by d+3. He was in the 12th SS...

THE DAY OF THE INVASION

IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE INVASION AND THE MEN HAD COME OFF THE BEACHES AND THEY WERE HEADING INLAND TO...

Torrance Lodge remembers

Bill was in the army in France for his 20th birthday. He was in the Royal Scottish Fusilier and went to...

Memories of D-Day: In West Dorset

My most vivid memory is of looking up at the evening sky on June 5th and watching the sky blacken with all...

My Little Ship[Dunkirk]

I used to own the little ship that went to dunkirk called "the king" this was used on the thames as...

Did you serve with my Dad?

My father was in one of the decoy corvettes, at Omaha beach... He was in the bowels of the ship, steering,...

Dunkerque POW

My grandfather was a member of one of the advance parties at Dunkerque. When the expeditionary force was...

French Gratitude: Dunkirk 1940

When my uncle and his division were advancing through France the French were cheering and patting the...

Dunkirk Evacuation

My father Reginald Ormiston Parnell No K61118 was Chief Petty Officer on HMS Verity during the evacuation...

Dunkirk By Jim Thornton's Grandaughter

My Grandad, Jim Thornton was in the 3rd Royal Artillery Regiment,Searchllight,. He joined up of 15th Oct...

Five and a half years in Occupied France

In 1939 Marjorie Prior was a 17 year old student travelling to France for her "gap year" before...

Dunkirk: Loss of a Rifle

My uncle told me a story about the evacuation of british troops from Dunkirk, which to this day I find...

Evacuation from Dunkirk: Borstal Boys

Thomas Lister, or Tommy as he was known, my grandfather, was the youngest Regimental Sergeant Major in the...

My father Desert Rat: 4th Armoured Brigade Workshop

Does anyone remember my father, Albert Edward Haylor, he was in France in 1940. returned to england in June...

Christmas Truce!

Richard baker told us about the Germans singing Christmas carols and therefore we found out about the truce...

Birthday on Dunkirk beach

I was lucky Tom, I was 21 on that day and I was hoping for a miracle, which came. To Grandson Tom...

Glenn Miller in Paris

I was lucky in a draw and got a sheer pass back to Paris, just before Christmas, where I was lucky again...

Normandy & Arnhem

I'm looking for help with my webpage I've been interested in The Airborne Soldier for some time now...

Birthday Story

However he did serve in World War Two and landed on Sword Beach on D-Day plus 1 ... My short story about...

Massacre at Le Paradis, France

A full explanation is given in my web site:...

Dunkirk Evacuation

My grandfather, Albert Henry Jackson, took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk... Both my grandfather and my...