Middle East

Memoirs of a Chindit

At the same time enemy forces were infiltrating into Vichy Syria, even closer to the British rear, so this...

Chocolate Soldiers

My Journey to Burma 1940 by Flying Boat

My mother and I left the small hotel in Worthing where we had been staying since before Christmas to travel...

Ubique and Unique - the story of the Lincolnshire Gunners

The Germans had almost over-run their positions when two British tanks appeared, hull-down, to give the...

THE ARTLESS DODGER (3)

Our searchlight site was between an anti-aircraft gun battery, and the naval station; on a beautiful...

My Journey to become a Polish Paratrooper

We went on more manoeuvres and exercises at Salisbury and were placed under the command of 1st British...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 6

The next day we moved up to Basra, past river banks lush with green vegetation, which stretched inland for...

Dungannon Boy goes to War - Chapter 3

Driving into Beirut, I as Sergeant in charge of the convoy, eventually found my way to an Army Headquarters...

At War, with 168 Brigade Part 1

Practically all the men were tradesmen, including fitters, carpenters, Blacksmiths , Electricians, Coach...

Memories of L/Cpl Wilfred Slater 5249747

They said that the girl and the man had told the Germans about us because they had put a reward on all...

Into the unknown - from the Soviet Union to Scotland

It struck me then that there had been very few Red Army soldiers at the stations between Martuk and the...

WWII. Civilian and Serviceman

During my stay at Ein Shemer I met Ken Smith from Bagworth and Eric Harrison from Coalville. One day Pete...

Nursing from Bangor to Bombay and Beyond (Plus the Colditz Hymnbook)

Experiences as a civilian and in the Royal Armoured Corps

From Cape Town we sailed across the Indian Ocean and docked in Bombay. It was from here that I had my first...

From a North Central School to Bomber Pilot

We then heard that Hitler was making a vast collection of barges and boats in France and Belgium ports and...

At war,with 168 brigade Part 2

I was asked to go with an officer from another brigade to access the possibility of recovering a lorry...

Harry Blood's War Part 5: Serving in the Middle East, 1942-43

Just as I got nicely settled in Beirut I got posted, on 20th October, together with Taffy Evans to the...

Sarafand Rest Camp

Different Companies of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders did Guard stints and stunts, and operations...

My Story by Mr Peter Summers

I was just parking my bike when a bomb fell in the road I usually cycle down it blew in to this...

Experiences of a Volunteer Pilot (260 Squadron)

Eventually, training continued but now flying Kittihawks which was the aircraft I would be expected to fly...

Comm's Flight in Combat - RAF in Iraq 1941

The prospects for early reinforcements to defend and protect the Station were remote, as available troops...

A Desert Rat - Plus

Passing the Azores en route to South Africa in a convoy of over forty vessels, we stopped briefly at Sierra...

Alexander Mallet War Journal

I saw a lot of cruelty by German troops to the people of Greece while marching to and while waiting at the...

Tommy’s War Part 3: Training at Stirling Castle and in Aldershot

Personal Recollections of WW2 by Ronald Marson - chapter 2

The 5th Division landed in and around Syracusa on the east coast with its objective the short northerly...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 8

During one evening in the sergeant's mess, we took part in a long discussion on the various facets of...