Middle East

George Townson's Wartime Diary C.1942 Part V

Taken on a visit to Romileyon the road to Haifa, this time it was a Bank manager and we had tea at...

Spitfires for Russia

I joined Station Flight RAF Northolt and here I worked on a number of planes; Spitfires, Airspeed Oxfords...

A different kind of Evacuation

We were there until just after Christmas 1940 when we were sent on to South Africa on the Empress of Canada...

Was it really that hot mum?

A week after war was declared there was a knock on my grandparents door, a letter was given to my...

And I saw "Gone with the Wind" in Baghdad

The 8th Army then made its way into Italy and by 1945 dad was around Venice and Padua. Dad was not...

A Christian's Army Experience

When I was due to leave Palestine to be repatriated to the U.K., Mr. Kogut, a Jewish christian whose wife...

Wartime travels

At that time there were soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa coming over to the deserts....

With the Suffolk Regiment in France

I was in a mortar platoon at the time, and we landed on Sword Beach at 9.30 on the 6th June 1944......

An Electrician in the RAF

Then old Lysander planes dropped bombs full of chemical dyes, on parachutes into the basin. Christmas 1945,...

Some of My Wartime Experiences By Bob Turk

On the way we stopped off in Durban before setting off for a Bombay transit camp in India and then onto...

On to Aden & Egypt

On to Aden & Egypt...

Six years with the Royal Army Service Corps

When D-Day finally arrived Ernie was to drive a Rhino fuel vehicle ashore on Gold Beach... Following D-Day,...

Yemen — Aden — Socotra — 1941/44

My rest ended when a Vincent in which I was returning to Aden was forced to land in a wadi The pilot...

A Soldier's Life

Being too young for overseas service at this time, I transferred to the Royal Artillery anti-aircraft...

RAF Stories from Palestine

I was posted to Palestine with Maintenance 120 MU unit and stationed 10 miles from Tel Aviv at Acca. I was...

Harry Blood's War Part 2 - Voyage to North Africa Part 2, June 1941

Apparently we are in the Gulf of Suez now with land seen sometimes on both sides... In the evening we...

The Journey to Italy, Palestine and Egypt: Service with the Royal Scots

After approximately nine days sailing we reached Naples in Italy where we disembarked and joined a holding...

A Brief Encounter With A Boy King, Palestine 1943

I was always fascinated by my dad's story of his unusual encounter with the boy King Faisal II, whom he...

Letters Home from an R.A.F. Officer - 3

There are two classes in Egypt, the very rich and the very poor, the middle class is practically non...

Army Butcher from Aberdeen

We slaughtered cattle, sheep and pigs and butchered the meat for the army kitchens. I remember an incident...

Treating STDs in the Royal Army Medical Corps

I joined the Royal West Kent's infantry in Maidstone in 1940 and after initial training I was...

My time in the RAF

In 1943 we were posted to the Middle East and I spent half the time in Egypt and half in Palestine until...

Life in Palestine

Dear Aunty Dot, Pat, Albert and Eric. We have 2 K.D. Short Trousers and 2 K.D. Long Trousers....

Service in the RASC 1940-46 (part 1 of 3)

From there we travelled by lorry to Palestine and were met with a very hostile reception. The Italians had...

Polish Refugees

Having unloaded H.M. Troopship Nevasa at Karachi, then in India, now West Pakistan they were tasked to sail...

Jack Browning The Royal Scots Greys

Jack commenced service overseas with the armoured regiment in the Middle East as a Tank Driver, serving in...