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A younger Sydney in his British Army uniform

The People's War

The People's War Project is a project run by the BBC, collecting memories of World War Two.

Here are just some Staffordshire memories from it - do you want to be involved too?

"The People's War" - some stories

Get involved! Help collect stories - and record your own More about The People's War Project Return to Normandy Tom Parks, Margaret's husband, served as an infantryman with the Herefords during the second world war. He took part in the Battle for Hill 112 - a battle which was viewed as critical in the war... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) War lessons According to a recent newspaper survey, 73 % of teenagers don't know what the D-day Normandy landings are. But for 12 year old George Berrington from Stone, the stories of World War 2 have played an important part in his education... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) Staffordshire Veterans The Normandy Veterans Association in Newcastle-under-Lyme is taking a coach load of people to France... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) Parachute Paul Brindley from Stoke on Trent is leaping from a World War 2 plane just like the original Paratroopers... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) Vehicles North Staffordshire Military Vehicle Trust are driving a convoy of military vehicles all the way down to the French Coast... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) Cadets In the village of Arromanches in Northern France, a group of Army cadets from Staffordshire will make history when they march in front of the Royal Family to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-day landings... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) Photos More than 5 and a half million photographs were taken by over occupied Western Europe, by the Allies during World War II, and many are now housed at Keele University... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more) South Cheshire Vets Bill Garratt and Bernard Morgan from Crewe have been neighbours for nearly 40 years but have only just realised that they actually served alongside eachother in WW2... Click here to listen to the story (You need Real Player to listen to this. Click here to find out more)

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