Weaponry and Equipment

Kite Flying at Dunkirk

Unusual in that as a naval officer he was on the beach at the evacuation of Dunkirk and he landed on the...

Service in the Suffolk Royal Engineers

In about May 1940 the War Office decided that the Gunners would take over the duties of the Sappers. R.E.,...

No. 151 Repair Unit (Aircraft), Wevelgem, Belgium, 1944 - 1945

In September 1944, three Queen Mary lorries, each loaded with an aircraft engine test bench, and a Hillman...

R37 installation by R.E.M.E.

I was posted to the Officers’ Training Unit at Nottingham, but because I had been in the Officer...

Achtung Minen!

I well remember rather idly watching one of the squadron Crusaders following our ACV.The sergeant tank...

Saving Lives with Special Flying Suits by "Marjorie"

Concerned that airmen in the Lancasters were losing fingers and toes with frostbite, Mr Eric Taylor...

The Great Panjandrum

This would have to be knocked down or at least breched for the normandy landings to take place Navy...

My Mother, the Flying Boat Expert

Because of the location, she and her brothers and sisters, who lived on a farm, would feed, look after and...

The Millionaire Mob

On returning to Scotland and Inveraray in particular, I was again accommodated on the Southland with the...

Getting Down To Business

In our company, one platoon was made up entirely of Reserve personnel, commonly referred by the Active...

One Pilot's War

With the onset of autumn, 1943, Adams regained his medical flying category and, following a short refresher...

Woolwich in the War

One of the German planes landed in the back garden between Ann Street and Robert Street, in lower Woolwich,...

Called to the Colours

From the Preliminary Training Corps at Beverley those of us selected for posting to the Royal Armoured...

Sam's War

GLIDER PILOT ORIGINS During this time Winston Churchill was mightily impressed with the German raid on the...

Secret Training on DD (Swimming) Tanks. Preparations to retake Singapore

This bilge pump also had to cope with the water that splashed over the screen and into the tank, a hazard...

War Memoirs with the 12th Lancers — May 1939-Dec 1941

I remember being detailed to drive a prototype Scout Car which steered on all 4 wheels, having a little...

(part 3) First riffle

This button stick was the icon of the polishing army world, easily found amongst the other cleaning kit,...

Memoirs of Working at the ROF Glascoed

The Factory had about 6 sections and each had a canteen but by this time they were brick buildings fully...

Arthur Rose

One day I was detailed to drive a car commanded by a Lieutenant to Beccles Aerodrome to collect Major...

Marching on to Laffan's Plain - Chapter 13

Instead I was working in the Naga Hills at altitudes of a few thousand feet, a most refreshing change.The...

My Life in the RAF (Part 5).

East Kirkby was originally a decoy 'drome' for being near to the East Coast, they hoped the Germans...

“Of Course, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Was All Based On Fact”

But we never saw a German aircraft during the Battle of Normandy. The first time we went to the Omaha Beach...

Two Men and a Model

The Coxswain, know familiarly as Cox'y was named, Walter George Philips, the Captain was Lieut. The...

A Rifleman's War

Their commander's puritanical, even Cromwellian style of command led to 3rd Division's proudly...

Memories of a Wartime Erk in the RAF

Technically we were attached to RAF Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, but we never went there and the...

ATC Adventures, then the Real Thing

I have got an idea we had something to eat and drink, but the trouble was every time a biggish bomb landed,...