Prisoners of War

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 17 and 18

At 4 o'clock they came, the Italians had opened the front gate but no others, the Germans came in the...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 6

The German Officers brought to Frau Walterherr, wild boar and venison meat... We could not understand why...

Richard Bradley, Escape from Stalag VIIIB, Part 4 - Capture

On the way out we had to walk through the Inspector's office so Alf said, “Go on, Dick, you tell...

Just Another Story - Chapter 5: Stalag Luft 1XC Kraysburg

The food we were served was appalling but we were informed that it was the same as that served to...

Douglas Smithson: Glider Pilot: A POW in Germany

He can speak French, Spanish, Italian, German and at the moment is starting on Russian. At the Court of...

Prisoner of War

We were on Crete for quite a while before the Germans moved us, then we went to Greece and were there for...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 13 and 14

We both had a good store of tinned foods; in addition Mick had received an American food parcel that helped...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 19 - A New Enemy, Ant Stings, & Close Confinement

The Japs had decided to starve us out, but they did not know that our officers had retained a reserve of...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 29 - Vinegar, Gore & Farewells

For the remainder of my Tamarkan days I spent about half my time working on jobs about the camp, including...

25 July 1944: Group 6 Canadian Squadron 431 - and Life as a POW

Unfortunately this goon did not understand much English and called for a senior officer who took up the...

Two Jewish Heroines of the SOE Part 3

Violette became particularly friendly with Solange, whilst Lilian was befriended by Renee Corjon. Then on...

Building the Bridge over the River Kwai

Captain Gripper in our platoon took his men in their tanks through long grass where the Japanese were...

Escape Part 3

Next morning the German Colonel came again and said we would be taken to a prison camp somewhere in...

A Radar Operator in Singapore, Sumatra, Japan - and Home to Sheffield

Typical Japs didn't come out at all so the Dutch army set fire to the oil plant at Palambang I think I...

N1408 and the Attack on Oil Refineries at Hanover, 18/19th May1940

It was with some excitement and anxiety that the crews of the aircraft were instructed to assemble at the...

Henry Lund's War Chapter 2 'Arrival in France'

Gerry soon found us and opened up with mortars, missed us, but hit a French ammunition truck which went up...

Harry Tapley's Memories - Part 5

I really wasn't believing I was home until we were going between where we landed at Wing to Amersham...

Poems from a P.O.W. in Germany

Unwanted at home by Stalin and his Red crew Unwanted by Jerry ‘cept for the work they do Only British...

Five Years a POW

We made our way down the road encountering more German tanks and soon we got to a medical facility run by...

1939/45 War Experiences of Lieutenant Denis G.F. Gudgeon

10 January 1943: The battalion travelled by train to Shubri on the Brahmaputra River, thence by stern wheel...

Story of a War Time Loss and Friendship - Vi Smart

Peter was born at the Barrett and one of the nurses called Nurse Lockertop because she was always saying...

The Bridge

Along the embankment leading to the bridge, soil was being carried in rough baskets, tipped and stamped...

Subjection and Dejection - Part 1

Three German officers got out and proceeded to work their way down the lines of prisoners... Having walked...

Two Wars-Part Two

Sure enough, during the night, one of the Italians burst into the hut and said “Latedeschi veni,...

What I Did in the War.

This was because the German planes attacking London headed for the River Thames and had the extra land-mark...

From Balderton to Scotland, France and the Far East

The pier was soon visited by Field Marshal Montgomery himself, and one of Dad's most vivid memories is...