I stumbled on this gem of a first hand account by Lt Cresswell MC in another file by accident this week. Pages are taken from WO 217/9 Personal...
Transcribed from LiveLeak.com - Part 1 of 3 "Dunkirk The Soldiers story." Just Veterans telling There Story. LiveLeak.com - Part 2 of 3 "Dunkirk...
These recollections are from talks with my father and are bookends so to speak. Hope they are informative. The italics are mine as is the *....
Sourced from 1st Bn South Lancs War Diary WO 167/784 On the 16th May 1940 at Veldkant, North of Brussels, Belgium. At 2325hrs shots are heard...
This was my Great Uncle Ronald Bennett. Pg 1 On the 15th June 1943 I set out from Holt, Norfolk for Liverpool. Everyone was in good spirits,...
Hello all I have recently finished transcribing my grandfather's personal war diary and thought a little bit more research would be in order and...
I was wondering whether anyone could help me. I have recently acquired a family heirloom which is a family members diary from his days in the...
When I arrived in Benouville, near Pegasus Bridge, on D-Day there was a burned out Jerry truck at the T junction of the Benouville-Caen road and...
An introduction by Lt A Heal. R.E. C de G. Tuesday, 6th June, 1944 was to be, for me and many others, a defining moment. Our first taste of active...
Anyone who wants to read my Dad's first hand account of the Dunkirk Beaches might like to go to Grim Determination - D-Day. I've just spent the...
Seems like an approriate time to post this section from my grandfather's war memories: The 225 Field Company RE at Dunkirk by Thomas J Garrett...
I was in 92nd LAA Regt's RHQ in Venraij, Holland, on the radio in a school and on the morning of 1 January 1945 the roar of aircraft passing...
When I was in Normandy I became wireless operator to the Intelligence Officer and used to listen to a very interesting broadcasting station with...
Hello, my name is Kent Whitaker and I am working on my new book, Im a cookbook author, that combines WWII era recipes from military sources and...
:poppy: CWGC :: Casualty Details Rifleman ROBERT JAMES STEVENSON 7019933, 1st (Airborne) Bn., Royal Ulster Rifles who died age 23 on 07 June 1944...
My father was in the military during World War II and stationed at Hickam Air Base. I posted his incredible eye witness testimony of December 7,...
Diary of a soldier in the East Riding Yeomanry BLA June 5th Monday 6am LCT374 Sailed at 5.54. D-Day is Tuesday, sea very rough but I am not...
I have copied various documents which were left to me by my late Aunt Lily. They tell the story of Sergant Evan Llywellellyn Edwards 39577688...
I am starting this thread in the hope of gathering information about events that the regiment were involved in, please add anything that you can....
War is often a series of puzzles and mysteries. One that has never been solved is the mystery of the RED Wooden Bullets. In a den, we found boxes...
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