France

Dads War

My farther Thomas Charles Williamson was a member of the British Expeditionary Force into France at the...

Blue on Blue (Yet again)

On 'D' Day, June 6th 1944, elements of 'C' Squadron The Inns of Court Regiment plus a...

Father Meets Son

Letters From the Battle Field

The picture is where their Sherman Tank was stopped by a German bazooka and is still there beneath the...

Grandads war

Grandad flew in the Royal Army Flying corp and was involved in Operation Market Garden as well as the...

Gun Pit at Pegasus Bridge

In a recent group discussion the question was raised: 'Why was the field gun at the Caen Canal bridge...

Meeting old friends

26th June 1944, Normandy - the foreman patroll were sent out to engage with the enemy by Leftenant...

Building Bridges

Leaving Dunstable Grammar School in 1939, I spent two years at university and a spell of engineering on...

Wartime Ferry

We brought soldiers backwards and forwards like a ferry, bringing troops between Dunkirk and England. Dover...

Ted Timberlake's memories

My father Ted Timberlake was Watford born and bred... Ted took part in battles around Caen, Vilers Bocage,...

D Day June 1944

My first attempt at landing in France was interrupted by a Teller Mine fixed to a beach obstacle. 20 days...

Previous bombing

The order came for everyone to get out on deck, at which time a German aircraft that I didn't see...

The Mobile Churches in Normandy

These were dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Frederick Temple, on the 25th July...

Normandy and a Belgium Family who became my friends

We sailed from Tilbury Docks headed for Normandy....

Welcome, John Waddell

I watched it turn back to the East, then headed over Leiston Airfield and the crew bailed out... Torn...

John Holmes

I had a driving course to drive trucks and I remained a driver, driving ammunition trucks supplying heavy...

Landing Craft

I was one of the lucky ones, being tall I could walk out further into the sea, there were men around me,...

Army cadets prepare for D day

Prior to D day a vehicle reserve depot was situated at the base of the King George V1 reservoir stretching...

THE LION HAS LANDED D DAY '44

THE LION HAS LANDED. Yes I thought, the lion has landed....

Fragments of my father's life

My father left when I was a boy and after a disasterous second marriage, sold everything, purchased a boat...

Four Days of Hell

I was not quite 18 so couldn't join the R.A.F. until July 1940, so I entered the Merchant Navy on the...

Bills' War

We were ordered to march to Dunkirk but orders soon changed, so we ended up guarding a bridge to hold up...

Belgian Refugees at Hastings Harbour

It turned out that these ships were full of Belgian refugees and they were not allowed to come ashore by...

GOING HOME

During the second world war my dad was taken prisoner at st valery.He survived serious bullet and shrapnel...

GHQ Liaison Regt

Also outside there was publicity display aimed at recruiting men to GHQ Liaison Regiment naturally when I...

Late Arrival At Dunkirk

He had to be mistaken because even I, a cocky young grammar schoolboy, new that St. Malo was at the other...