France

12th August last DDay Landing memories written by his daughter

I landed on the 12th August, the last official day of the Invasion with a 4 foot drop on my 1000cc Harley...

My Dad

After completing a Drivers course at Ashton-under-Lyne he was transferred to Bovington near Bournmouth and...

My Dad Norman Draper

After completing a Drivers course at Ashton-under-Lyne he was transferred to Bovington near Bournmouth and...

My Long Journey to get Wed!

Seven days later I was taking part in the D-Day landings at Arramanche, Normandy. Doreen by this time was...

From Poland to England during the War Years

I wanted to go home from Belgium but the surgeon told me that I shouldn't go back to Poland because...

Army: King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster - 7th Battalion

Title: Lions of England A pictorial history of the King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster Author:...

Commemoration

After the First World War finished in 1918 a plaque was erected on the wall inside Coventry Cathedral to...

Tank No 10 at Mormot

These were powerful machines but they were no match for the German 88mm guns... Our squadron, were aligned...

Snippets from one who "had enough of war"

Called up from the reserve, George went back into the cavalry of the line, and back with Lt. Col. George...

Lucky to be picked out of the sea at Dunkirk

Les Collett joined the Territorial Army in the 4th Battalion of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry on 7th...

Ammunition Crisis at Antwerp, 1944

Dad and his colleagues were told that every attempt to get secured ammunition to the British defending...

The Japanese Land on the Island ...

The Japanese Land on the Island .. As the Japanese Imperial Army was sloshing ashore in their rubber boots...

Army: King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster - 6th Battalion

The 6th Battalion King's Own arrive in France and within days move to Templeuve and start work on...

D-Day. What happened to my Granddad?

At this time my Granddad belonged to a Welsh Division but in his Company they were all Scotsmen accept for...

Dunkirk Memories of Captain Leonard Border

As darkness fell we waded out into the water and joined the lines waiting for boats. The old boat we were...

Saved by the Rum Ration-The lucky survival of Ernest Hawker

During WW1 Grandfather Ernest Hawker joined the City of London Royal Fusiliers and became a Drill...

The memories of Mr. Charles Albert Colburn of the Years 1939 to 1945

The Sixth Airborne came to our area and the sky was filled with planes towing gliders coming in to land....

Combat Stress

Early in 1944, George returned to the United Kingdom, where he joined 45 Commando, Royal Marines, to train...

Victor Bulpitt of the Hampshire Regiment

I was born in Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire and when I was 19 I was called up and went to the Isle...

Late for the Beach

After a tiring and anxious journey, not knowing where the Germans were, they reached the coast well to the...

Dunkirk Experience

Several vessels lay offshore and from a number stretched lines to which men had waded out and clung on in a...

From Normandy to Holland by Bren Carrier (Preface)

PREFACE The following memoirs were written by my father Robert Stanley Chadwick and are concerned with his...

Calais to POW

He had other memories of Colditz which I didn't understand because he was not an officer but reading...

American Ambulances and the Normandy Invasion

After an early injury put me out of active service I was sent on an engineering course and became a member...

Beam me up "Sun-ray"

My Regiment were the Heavy Armoured Recce Regiment of the 11th Armoured Division... Take note of this. Time...

Mist over Dunkirk

In May 1940 I was with my regiment near to the town of Arras, we were brought together to hear the news...