D-Day+ 1944

Mr Boocock: D-Day Had Arrived

Our 40 Typhoon bombers were supporting our drive for the Arnhem bridge and the Germans knew this. Very...

A Time to Remember

The Black Prince was the fourth in Naval History of that name, a modified dido class cruiser of 6010 tons...

D-Day Rehearsal

I stand on the cliffs at Brownwich Farm which is situated between Titchfield Haven and Chilling, now called...

“D-Day plus 12”

Harold remembers they moved from Bayeux towards Caen, which was still in German hands, on the morning of...

My Time as a Police Runner, and as a Royal Marine

I did odd things like unexploded bombs, stopping parked cars and vehicles going into the road like with...

A Wren's Experience

We had to keep the transmitters, receivers and photographic equipment in good order so that the operators,...

Remembering D-Day: In Roubaix, Northern France

My recollections of this historic event and the decisive days that followed are quite different to those of...

My D-Day Encounter

D.Day was our main task and it must have been around the beginning of June 1944 when we the 6th Battalion...

My War Experience

On 24th June 1940 I reported for duty along with many others at Bodmin Barracks and was proud to be...

Black Watch

We went to Preston Park, Brighton, and joined the Canadian 154 Brigade, 51st Highland Division... I went up...

My Experiences in the War from D-Day: 2nd Devons

When the war started my younger brother was evacuated to Bridgwater but when the bombs started to fall on...

Operation Overlord from the Eyes of my Grandad: Onboard LST 409

The following was written by my grandfather Leslie Dennis Rudge in 1985 for my sister, Samantha Durose, who...

Extract of Diary: George Wilson,Senoir Radio Officer SS Cameronia

6th June Wave after wave of fighters flew over the ship this morning.This is D.Day,we leave at 11 am.pass...

The Invasion of Europe

Our trips were from the London and Tilbury docks from where we took Canadians and British troops mainly to...

Mother Riley Remembered and Cromer Beach the Day Before D Day

When stationed at RAF Swannington in 1944, I – along with many other Air Force personnel was invited...

Jimmy's D Day

When he was in the water near the beach his friend was shot and dying. He wanted a cigarette but the...

An Unusual Day Out

I am going up to London, to see Uncle Ernest who is taking me out... The taxi is called, Uncle puts on...

Normandy Rendezvous

Two girls, Evelyn and Olwen and five boys, Tom, Fred, Ivor, Bill and Glyn. Four of us boys played brass...

Jack is Wounded in Tilly sur Seulles

On one of my leaves I did go to see Sapper Lacey's widow and small children who lived in a cottage not...

A Bird's Eye View: Invasion Day at Dover 6th June 1944

This account was written the day after D-Day by Dorothy Graeme who was a WREN stationed at Dover at the...

Recollections of Operation Overlord

It was a member of the Maquis, and as my new friends had a wounded man with them he took us to...

Harry's War

I, in fact, took to the language so well that I went on to get my degree in German and now I...

May Hill’s Lincolnshire Village Diary: D-Day

Introduction and acknowledgements: May Hill's diary entry on the evening of D-Day, presents a somewhat...

D-Day Memories

Mr L Isaacs of Hanford, Stoke On Trent Ex Able-Seaman Landing Craft Tank, 954-44 flotilla. On the return to...

My D-Day

We reached Portsmouth Harbour station and boarded a paddle steamer, Merstone, with tall thin funnel…I...

My Dad's D-Day: Landing and Playing Cricket on the Beach

ON THE BEACHES SOMEDAYS LATER HE WAS UNLOADING ORDNANCE WHEN HE SPOTTED SOME ENGLISH SAILORS TAKING A BREAK...