Stories categorised in 'France'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
In fact, the Germans had broken through to the coast south of us and the only way out of the trap was...
One of our drivers was called Fred Watson, nick-named Gabby, he was on guard with our electrician Dennis...
Seeing my expression, and in order to prevent a punch-up, he was obliged to explain to me that some of the...
I blinked upwards from the flying panel instruments to the scene ahead and just caught sight of a line of...
As we moved through Caen and then into the Falaise Gap following a Guards Armoured Division and supplying...
Goering's nephew on my ward In due course I was given my orders to report to the matron of Nutley...
I should explain that I was a ‘conshy’ and being awarded non-combatant status in the Army, had,...
My mother Anne, my sister and myself will be visiting Normandy this weekend, and will toast his memory and...
At the time of this happening my regiment was stationed in 'Maida Barracks- Aldershot In the weeks...
This is Margaret Ellis's story of serving in France as an army nurse during World War Two....
Waiting in the gliders were about 170 officers and men of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckighamshire Light...
On another occasion when we were with the Maquis, Andy, Tom and I were leaning on a railway level crossing...
Did this Scottish Gunner Give Rommel's General the Fright of His Life. I was a gunner in B Squadron of...
Laid off Southsea all day while the area between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth filled up with craft and...
Mr Denheijer then became a prisoner of war until the General Staff signed an agreement that Dutch forces...
'Some time in May 1940, as part of a misguided attempt to get back to peacetime soldiering, we were...
HMS Brilliant then signalled the troopship Leopoldville and the other vessels to commence zagging, a...
On D-Day he skippered an LCM onto Sword Beach, repeatedly landing troops and equipment ashore....
We went ashore in Normandy on 7th June 1944, the day after D-Day, and advanced around Ouistrehem to...
Sherman tank crew My brother Pete and I were members of the same Sherman tank crew. We had all seen photos...
When we went into action, we fired 1150 rockets to strafe the beach before the landings....
New 5.5-inch guns arrived and we fought with the 8th Army in El Alamein, Tripoli, Tunisia, Italy and Malta....
She had a friend named Rochelle, who during their conversation said she had a cousin, Alie Colman, who was...
Awarded Medals: Prisoner Political Star with 4 stars Chevalier De L'Ordre de Leopold II Medaille de...
He became a wireless operator/air gunner and was promoted to Sergeant. Bill's pilot Hank went home to...
The undernoted 'Memories of Dunkirk' concerns my father-in-law, Joseph Bradley, Lance Corporal...
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