The French were confident that the Maginot line would hold, and the papers told us that the British army...
The first vehicles to arrive were civil defence vans like Lance Corporal Jones’ butcher's van...
It was an extraordinary establishment in that it was run by Army officers and a few military clerks; all...
The embarkation organisation was wonderfully efficient, and it didn't take very long for us to be...
This French word described the sunken roads with high hedgerows on either side of which Normandy abounded...
I expected the LTS to gently nose in to the beach and drop its landing ramp, after all. we were quite a...
On 2nd August the Division carried out a night approach march round the town of Caumont in order to advance...
We travelled to Swindon and collected our proper Army vehicles, some three-ton open cab Thorneycrofts, with...
Here, after filing into a large warehouse, and being issued with 48 hour ration packs, and several French...
Here we joined by a large number of British prisoners including R.A.F. crews and some paratroopers, who had...
Some days later, Freddy got word that Andy and Denis were in Schirmeck Gestapo prison camp too. By the time...
Our landing point was on Sword beach near Ouistreham and there was a hold up which caused us to lay to for...
My vehicle was the first to be loaded onto the landing craft, and my section quickly jumped inside ready...
We were taken out from Folkestone harbour in commandeered fishing boats, a detachment to each boat, and...
Along with another young Trooper, I was positioned in an old German slit-trench in a hedgerow alongside a...
Our farmer told me that they were going to Bayeux to “spit at the Germans” I got them some fuel...
During the latter part of 1939 the weather was very good and it made the erection of the marquees for our...
We had got on well at the airfield, accomodation was about finished and leveling out in the field was well...
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