France

An innocent abroad

My story is about my experiances following my induction into the army at the outbreak of the 2nd World War....

Missing Cigarettes

My dad, Harry Howe, was stationed in Dunkirk where he drove supply lorries for the NAAFI.An order came to...

A lucky escape

Before the D-Day landings I was in Sicily with my wife, I was given orders that my wife had better go home...

Four Days of Hell

I was in the M.N. before joining the RAF and ended up in Holland in April 1940 on the S.S.St.Denis sailing...

Escape from St Valery

During the Dunkirk evacuation,my Grandfather, along with many thousands of others of the 51st Seaforth...

Dad's story

My father wrote a book on the advice of the Matron of Sutton hospital where he was recovering from his...

Evacuation from Dunkirk

Thomas Lister, or Tommy as he was known, my grandfather, was the youngest Regimental Sergeant Major in the...

Rifle brigade

My uncles brigade was dropped at calais during the retreat and was ordered to stop the advancing...

D day and Arnham

I was an army air corp. pilot where I flew gliders during the war, including D- Day and Arnham. I...

We Remember Dunkirk

It is called 'We Remember Dunkirk'. It was compiled by Frank and Joan Shaw... It was published in...

Liberation of Le Havre in 1944 : searching information

Hello, My name is David, I'm French and I live in Le Havre. David from Le Havre....

The Guns had no Bulletts!

The Guns had no Bulletts. The men stood on cliffs with guns, but no bulletts!...

George Venables

My Great-Uncle George Venables went to war when he was only 17 however he was killed during the war in...

The Galloping Major

your story

Parachuting into Normandy on "D" day. Click on "View from America" and then on...

OVER NIGHT STOP

My parents passed on many years ago , my farther said little about the war, but a story was told to us...

My memories

The first day the Germans bombed London was a Saturday Afternoon. During my years in the army, I was...

Colditz parade photo

I wanted to add this photo of my father CR Keats of the RNVR and his comrades, which I'm sorry to say...

My Commando Comrades 2

After we had lost many men-our friends and comrades reinforcements were sent out, Harry Pope was one such...

6 brothers go to war

My granda told me this story so i dont really know too much about it but what i do know is that...

Doing a Muncaster!

Thomas Leslie Muncaster was a motorbike dispatch rider taking information between units, when a young...

D Day

My father landed at Normandy under heavy barrage. Of the many stories my father told me that is one that...

Your father's autobiography

My father, Geoffrey W Robinson, was with the BEF in 1940. He was a medical doctor and escaped at Dunkirk...

A Typical Parisian Bus

My dad, Sid Bioletti, spent 3.5 months in RAF Buc, Versailles, Paris, France in 1947. For further...

dispatch rider

I am writing this on behalf of my father,Roland Dodgin.He is 82 years old but unfortunatley disabled.He...

Listed as killed

However, three pals were killed in the explosion.They were Sgt,s Ken Wylie. Reg Giles and Denny Comer....