Weaponry and Equipment

Enlisting by Leslie J. Sprigg ex: Leading Telegraphist.

With my two closest friends already in the forces: Bill Cumming a sergeant pilot in the RAF and George...

A Near Thing

In 1943 I was seconded to the South African Army.We were stationed at the recently acquired Breda Machine...

Anti Submarine Craft

I recall that there were yards at Looe, Appledore Brixham and Falmouth and a few others... By this time Sir...

A Near Miss: Strafed by a Heinkel in Watton, Norfolk

February 1941 about 8 o'clock in the morning whilst going to work through the small Market town of...

And He Told Me He Messed About With Chemicals

I mess around with chemical like this," he replied in his soft Canadian brogue... Some years later I...

Shipbuilding and night manoeuvers

During the testing of the first of these on the River Weaver, huge quantities of water were dispelled from...

Parachute Rescue by Stephen Daniels

Three parachutes blossomed and the ditch bomber crew could see a boot hanging beneath the canopies... Then,...

Army Transport

Someone on this site mentioned Army Transport and it set me thinking, so I decided to list all the vehicles...

An Irish Tale

Ernest is an Irish man; he believes many Irishmen served in the war because they saw an opportunity to get...

No Bullets Allowed in Class

I can also recalls the children bartering with German Reichmarks and swopping books and information about...

A Welcome Find in Hamburg

We were immediate follow up troops on D-Day, and went up through France, Belgium, and into Holland towards...

Churchill Tanks

We had Valentines, Crusaders, Covenanters, Cromwells, Centaurs and for a short while Shermans. The first...

Liberation of the Channel Islands

I commanded 24 bomb Disposal Platoon RE and landed in Guernsey on the 12th May 1945. Our first duty was to...

My Favorite Horse and Motorcycle Disaster

To overcome this his horse was fitted with two stirrups on the left hand side; on the command "prepare...

Those Who Missed Dunkirk

They missed Dunkirk and were fortunate to get out on a collier from St Nazaire with one RADAR cabin —...

Fleet Air Arm - Fairey Barracuda

Shot down Me 109F - N.Africa

Bures, Sudbury, Ammunition Trains

Trains arrived from docks such as Grimsby and Tyneside delivering high explosive bombs for storage at the...

Tanks

After he was a Yeoman he started working in the tanks he had to carry A Spare Tire, Wireless, Battery for...

Boards for D-day

My father, Harry NORTHOVER, was employed by the War Office in early 1944 to make white-painted, wooden...

Aircraft Recognition

Most military personnel had courses where models of these aircraft painted matt black were held up for test...

Sigsaly, or The Green Hornet

Sigsaly, or The Green Hornet...

'Weaned on Wellingtons'

Did an aviation apprenticeship from 1940 to end of war and beyond, at Vickers Armstrongs, Weybridge, where...

Acme Tiger Whistles

This world famous company founded by James Hudson in Birmingham has whistles used in many guises. I was...

BBC Collaborative Article: WW2 Transport

What was the most unusual form of transport you had to use during WW2....

RASC Service, Juno Beach (D-Day) and Life in Wartime Birmingham

RASC Service, Juno Beach (D-Day) and Life in Wartime Birmingham...