Prisoners of War

Diary of K R Brant RAF 349 Squadron and POW

Got very little food -bread, 2 spuds, cup of soup, bit of marg. - not much, is it? The food is very...

War Memories of a Young Boy Living in East Sussex

Whilst there I have memories of taking a 'go-cart' up to Hastings Railway Station yard where we...

Douglas Smithson - Glider Pilot, Part 8

Spinner had started to get our kit out of the glider so I went across to the Dutchmen and asked if anyone...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 22.2

After reaching Moosburg the first 2 days were grim, no beds, little food except Red Cross parcels, we slept...

A Japanese POW and the Bridge Over the River Kwai

Going into Singapore we were attacked by the Japanese aeroplanes up the Malaka straights which was not very...

“From Bielorussia to Bristol”

Almost the same two weeks after Germans invaded us, Russians came in from the East and they captured me, my...

Not Going Anywhere Fast

1904 On the 23 April 1904 Francis Rodney Eglen was born to James William and Maud Mary Eglen in Hull...

Light Blue Ulstermen

An official of the Embassy visited Hugh at his Newtownabbey home with an itinerary of Nagasaki visits and...

Russian Pyotr Bokatenka time in Occupied Jersey

Le Flem senior, “Seaview”, Mont Cochon; Waltaer Bastard, “Manor Farm”, Rue De Bas,...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 19

We all considered the German bread ration was bigger and better than the Italian, I enjoyed it and used to...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 22 - A Taste of What Was to Come

At the well it was a case of no bucket no water, so once again as the only one apart from our...

The Story of Mr Harry Rowberry

I went over the Dolomites and when I got to the borders of Switzerland I thought the soldiers were German...

The Simple Faith of a Prisoner of War

This story is based on a diary my father kept whilst a Prisoner of War in Germany. Desmond Stephenson, Deb...

A Trip Around the World

The people who had travelled north from Singapore with us told us we had to build a railway. Lots of boats...

Just Another Story - Chapter 6: Llamsdorf and Beyond

Much to our surprise we received hot soup from ladies who were the equivalent of the W.V.S. and we were...

My Life in the RAF (Part 4).

In January 1942 I was posted south to one of the main 'Battle of Britain' stations - 'Biggin...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 20 - I Have a Mucker, Red Cross Rations & a Scottish RSM

Apart from a few weeks in Chunkai, Changi was the only camp I was in where sergeants messed separately from...

My Second World War Experiences

One night he went with fellow-officers to the Cassino de Paris and heard Maurice Chevalier singing that he...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 8

They told us that these bastards, the Germans, had turned their guns on British troops and they were now...

Dunkirk to Auschwitz and Home

We were here for about 14 months until late December 1944 when the Russians had started breaking through...

Prisoner of War

It was the summer of 1938 and all the talk those days was would Germany try to grab extra land to help...

Leonard's Diary

March 16th there are Xmas parcels, getting them issued tomorrow, we have 50 cigs tonight, everyone is...

Mediterranean P.O.W

These are the notes made by Sgt. Constantine Mason, Durham Light Infantry, whilst it captivity in the...

FEPOW - the Story of William Nicholls

Drafted to HMS Dragonfly, a Yangtze river Gunboat, in which I served until April 27th 1941 when I was...

The Russian POW

Ash's Story

Having been taken prisoner we were lined up and the German officer came along shaking our hands and...