I did six weeks training and was then posted to Worcester, a civilian airfield taken over by the RAF. We...
Kitted out in ATS uniform and with 'British Civilian' stitched on our shoulders and berets, we were...
The railway yard at Loughborough was a long gentle curve. As each tank was driven off the glats I...
We had a few miles to walk to Dunkirk after we had been forced to abandon military equipment along the road...
These included 3” mortars, Tommy Guns, Sten Guns, French 75s, Bren Guns, 18 pounders, 2”...
During this period I made six unsuccessful attempts to get to Gibraltar by sea, before stowing away in a...
After assuring them that there were no Germans at the road junction, the advance continued at a quicker...
Three days later we moved up the Channel and we moved into the area where the mulberry harbour was, but we...
In June of 1944, I was with my unit enroute to the D-Day beaches, having left Tilbury cheered on by the...
He had to lie about his age. He served with B Coy 2 Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regiment from 1931-1938 in...
During this battle I encountered the surrender of 3 Germans within a cornfield, becoming isolated from the...
Prior to the time of this story I had been in Rothesay, Bute, on bouncing bomb exercises on Loch Striven...
Our task from then was to man the French side of the river Rhine, opposite a town called Rees, where we had...
Our officers were Captain Jonathan Harwood from the Army Artillery and Lieutenant Kenneth S. Norton from...
We landed on Sword Beach at a quarter past seven in the morning and caught the Germans by surprise; but...
On February 1945 I was serving with No3 Section, 13 Platoon, D Company, 5th Bn The Wiltshire Regiment, 129...
So, at the age of 18, he travelled from the industrial town of West Hartlepool on the north east coast of...
GEORGE CRITCHLOW — RESCUE FROM DUNKIRK WAS HIS 21st BIRTHDAY GIFT. Medals George Critchlow received:...
On May 10th 1940 British and French troops forming Army Group 1 were stationed in Northern France. The...
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We walked on all through the night for about twenty-five miles, reaching the beach at Dunkirk in the early...
Our batteries recharged we travelled over land to Alexandria, the nearest port and then we sailed to...
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