France

Last Man Standing: Dunkirk 1940

My Great Uncle William Coulthard and his best mate was one of the last men to leave Dunkirk Beach. He had...

Dunkirk: Essex Borders

WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST LOT ON TO THE BEACH WHEN WE GOT THEIR WE WERE ORDERED TO SET UP A...

Lost at Dieppe

During the tragic raid on Dieppe during W.W.2 many brave men lost there lives amongst them was my uncle Lt...

D-Day Plus 1

John who was a wireless operator for the Royal Signals landed on Juno beach with the Canadians and part of...

Prisoner of War: France 1940

In January 1940, aged 22, I went to France as part of the Duke of Wellington Regiment....

A Narrow Escape with a German Tank

I was carrying a casualty on a stretcher, going to the casualty clearing station, on going through a thick...

Escape from Dunkirk: Cousin Jack

I remember my mum telling me a story about her cousin Jack, who was serving in the forces and had to escape...

BEF France (prior)Dunkirk

Family legend has it, that my father, William Donald, was missing in action, but infact made his way with a...

Last Cigarette

The boat which was carrying my Dad and others was on its way to the beach at Dieppe. Everyone around my Dad...

My Grandfather Chadwick POW

My Grandfather is George James Chadwick, he was at Dunkirk in the war where he served as rear gauard action...

Easy Trip to Normandy: With 1st Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery

My father Samuel Scorer, serving in the 1st Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery manning anti aircraft guns...

Just So It's Not Forgotten: Sgt O'Dea, St Marcouf in France

The picture is the official document telling the story as it happened, which announced the awarding of a...

Swimming the Opposite Way

My grandfather on my wife's side was a navy personnel of Normandy beaches in 1940 evacuating personnel...

A Silent Hero

At this time the boats were only taking formed companies on board, so as an officer he made up a company of...

Reflections on Dunkirk

Looking back on the evacuation of the BEF George observed....

Horses During the War

The Germans came to requisition my grandfather's horse, Nick... When my grandfather handed over his...

Escape from France

My father tells of how he was cut off from other British forces in France at the time of Dunkerque and...

pow France s/l George Hill

He went down while flying over France for Squadron 441 in May, 1944. He spent the next year in a Gestapo...

Roy Beautement - How did he die?

Roy Beautement - How did he die. Roy Beautement was my uncle, he died at Dunkirk, but we have no idea...

2nd World War Memorial Scroll Royal Regiment Artillery

I have seen a memorial scroll on EBAY Title Says: 2nd World War Memorial Scroll Royal Regiment Artillery...

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Falling Back to Dunkerque

The days were busy here, all the twenty-four hours and I drove constantly, as did the other three drivers,...

Army: 53rd (London) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery

The only problem for the guns that day was making sure that they only shot at the Germans and not the...

With the 3rd Divisional Signals.

After six weeks training 10 of us, having reached the required speed for sending and receiving the morse...

Being a DUKW driver through D Day and the Rhine Crossing

One incident near Eindhoven involved a broken down DUKW and a recovery vehicle whose crews were taken...

Dunkirk Age 17

I was their Cricket Scorer for the Police Cricket Club since I was 12 years old. I told him about the...