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General Smuts and the Freedom of Dover

John's friend, Benny Webster, had lost a leg during one of the first shelling raids; after which he...

Lancastria disaster

'On the 17th of June 1940 the 16,000 ton Cunard liner Lancastria lay 5 miles off St Nazaire and...

Harry`s Story

This was in a place called Hermanville and my memory is of the three military policemen who had been killed...

The Plane On The Beach

During the war I met my future wife, a Derbyshire girl, on a blind date....

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Percy Compton DCM,MM, Belgian Croix de Guerre

Distinguished Conduct Medal Military Medal Belgian Croix de Guerre 1914 Star 7 Bar War Medal 1914-1918...

Invasion

Fought in the battle of Badray, the breakout around Carne, protecting the flanks of the Tyneside Scottish....

The Pet Dog Which Nearly Invaded Normandy

My dog Pat, a wire haired terrier, had been absent all day from home... The Policeman had stopped the tank...

Desperate Plight of a Polish Prisoner.

My Dad was an aircraft electrician and he was working on the motor torpedo boats in Hartlepool Harbour. A...

Sailing in a Minefield

We landed in Normandy on D Day plus three with a three-ton Bedford that had to be lifted off a big...

My grandfather was a ‘hit man’icon for Story with photo

When the war first started, my grandfather was recruited into the Service Aucvillary — a secret army...

5 lost soldiers

We decided to pull back to Lille, picking up a french soldier on the way... The Germans surrounded us, and...

Escape from Dunkirk

My dad was at a training camp somewhere in France when Germany invaded Belgium. By the time they reached...

Philip

Sam's best friend Philip was killed on the last day of WW2 and he still finds it emotional to talk...

Army: The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - 4th Battalion

After arriving in France with the 51st Highland Division in January 1940 the battalion was on the left...

D Day Eggs Delivery

After landing on ‘D’ day at 0930 hrs on ‘Sword’ Beach with my Battalion - The 2nd...

Memories of Jim Dapre

I was stationed in Sittingbourne where there were two naval forts based in the Thames Estuary, they were...

In Memory of My Great Grandad and the Se7en Who Died

(he was a stretcher bearer soldier for the york and lancaster regiment 8th bn and this is his story.he and...

dunkirk

My father Signalman Edward Cyril Attrill of the Royal Corps of Signals went out to France and Belgium in...

My Dad's War Story.

When they investigated they found the body of the sniper with no tags was that off a fourteen year old...

My Commando Comrades 4

We went from Hollnad heading to invade Walcheren Island, where they held guns able to shell the ships going...

HMS Codrington and her Deadly Cargo

This ship was blown in half and the rear half was beached on the sea front by the White Cliff Hotel. Then...

Invasion

My weapon in Normandy was the P.I.A.T, our first objected was the church at Tessel Wood... I mention that...

The War Years

I was 32 years old when the war began and was in the Territoral Army at the time.I went to see the...

The Twenty-Six Day Return Trip To France

Determined to follow in the tradition of my Grandfather and Father before me, I belied my age and joined...

British underground movement

He returned to England just before the outbreak of war as a Sergeant and was a drill sergeant at a boot...

Court Martial and POW escape.

I did not hear him tapping the box with a stick and blowing a whistle. i was put ijn a cell for...

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