France

My Dad's brother

He served with the Suffolks as a lance corporal, was a D-Day "Lander" and fought through Normandy,...

UNCLE HARRIES DIARIES.

UNCLE HARRIES DIARIES. 14thJUNE BC WITH LEADINGBTY COMD 5 RHA ENTERED VILLERS BOCAGE8157 BUT IN CONFUSION...

Ack Ack Guns Got Our own

Once, some of the Ack Ack guns were firing at the enemy and the fuses weren't set properly....

The Haddon family

When WWII started he was not allowed to enlist, so he joined the Home Guard. He volunteered to change duty...

ends

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UNCLE HARRIES DIARIES.

UNCLE HARRIES DIARIES. D+ 5 THE UNIT MOVES TO ASSEMBLY AREA AT TIERCEVILLE 9181 4 MILES INLAND, NO...

La Paradis

La Paradis...

Dunkirk Little Ships [THE KING]

I used to own the little ship that went to dunkirk called "the king" this was used on the thames as...

Lancastria

My father joined the army in 1939, and on 12/02/1940 was posted to the 1st.Ammunition Divisional Workshop....

V.E. DAY LILLE, FRANCE

"My outstanding memory of the war was being in a convoy of six NAAFI vehicals arriving in Lille Main...

Very strong

This story is about a very strong man....

Dad's story

It is too long to publish on this site but it tells of call up from the TA to going to France...

Meetings

My father-in-law, Jack Hughes was a seargeant with a field intelligence unit serving in France... As they...

Dunkirk

End of WWII

"A good time in Dieppe?"

Sub Lt RNVR Derek St Clair-Stannard — RNVR HMS Queen Emma. Having landed a contingent of Canadian...

Nearly but not quite.

My Father served in the First World War and had remained very active in the British Legion... Meanwhile,...

remember, remember the 5th November...

I was an anti aircraft gunner and on this day, i was positioned in Dover. From here we could see the German...

A narrow Escape

I was carrying a casualty on a stretcher, going to the casualty clearing station, on going through a thick...

My Grandfather

While doing research on my Family Tree I was given the following information, believed to be relevant to my...

the life of stephen darke

the life of stephen darke...

V.E. day at the front

Because of all your stories about V.E.day I asked my dad where he was on V.E. day. He was a member of...

Tricolour over the Arc de Triomphe

Free French pilot Paul Rumi expressed a desire to do something special to mark Bastille Day, the French...

Finding My Grandfather

We have a massive family, and we have all done very well for ourselves. if we could find, william, then...

dunkirk

Bill's WW2 exploits

For all details of this story please go to the www.huddersfield1.co.uk website--Click on "View from...