Stories categorised in 'D-Day+ 1944'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
Non-military people mentioned by name are his wife, Elise, and a sister, Gladys. 1st after Trinity A very...
With one of my friends I climbed up in the church tower and had a jolly time ringing the church bells...
At the same time the call came to move off — which my comrades had to do, leaving me with a bike...
Hailing us from the beach was Dicky, and we reached him almost without him stepping into the sea again......
In November we got orders to prepare to move, and one evening were transported to Famagusta again, leaving...
Journey continues on to do Chindwig, Basoli Bayaan, Kohima, the 'Basin', Imphal, Snipers Triangle,...
The Regiment also covered the landings on Reggio di Calabria, Italy, on 3 September 1943, after which the...
After Paris was liberated my unit was transferred to S.H.A.E.F stationed in Versailles and several units of...
Whilst at Bushey Park I saw famous men and leaders of the Forces, both British Officers and Generals as...
During the afternoon I was on deck when a Jerry radio controlled glider bomb passed over us at over 300...
In September 1962 he retired from the Irish Army and was appointed Parish Priest of Donnybrook, Dublin....
Eventually, when we landed, our first job was to breach the sea defences at a place called Courseulles in...
The sixth and seventh battalions were coming back from Sicily to be assault battalions in D-Day and when...
Although in Normandy the allies had control of the air, German fighter bombers carried out numerous...
Squadrons practiced training on rafts at Bawdsey. Butley Mills pond was used for trials of the...
But in particular and in June 1944, Norman was aboard a tank landing craft in the Solent waiting out the...
The Crossing of the English Channel and Landing Then on the evening of June fourth, we marched onto the...
The army was a few miles in land but all credit to those who, a few hours before, had lifted the mines...
It said 'Surname' followed by a written 'Atkins', then First Name followed by...
When the time came, when I was sixteen, I joined the Royal Navy as a boy, training for boys in the Royal...
We went to a place called Noyers crossroads where a German Tiger Tank was stationed... The Falaise gap,...
As night fell the drone of the German planes and the navy ack ack guns gave us a very good firework...
It was not until the whole story of the D-Day invasion of France was revealed that I realised I had been...
My driver with Madeleine in the jeep led the way, towing the German car... Shortly before we reached the...
Alveley, as with so many small villages throughout the United Kingdom was to be called upon to take part in...
The following are two letters that she has written to me, describing her nursing work during the beach...
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