Prisoners of War

A Little Help from One's Friends 1941-42

From Lord Alanbrooke's diary it seems there was some doubt as the where to send us and Iraq was...

Friendly Fire 1945

On the 4th February, 1945, we arrived at Malag & Milag Nord, about twelve miles East of Bremen, having...

A North East Tommy

Tom Moore's war as remembered by his son, Dave Moore Valentine's Day 1923 in Shildon, County Durham...

Does Anyone Know These Men?

Private V. Lilley, No.3194627 POW No. 117262 7th K.O.S.B., Anti-Tank Platoon, Berwick Hospitalized at...

From Farm Boy to Soldier, to Prisoner of War; the Memoirs of Alf Davey PART II

We were marched on again to another camp, Wompoh, and we had to leave more lads by the wayside to die. The...

A Mother's Heartbreak

My elder brother Arthur, her firstborn, was born in January 1919 and although a normal baby was not exactly...

THE UNCLE I NEVER KNEW

Mother's youngest brother, Arthur Gordon Gadsby, joined the Sherwood Foresters, eventually being sent...

D Day Operation - Gerry McMahon

Gerry McMahon, was serving as a flying officer rear-gunner when his four engine Short Stirling bomber was...

Tommy Wells' Second World War Memoirs

When he got back to England, Thomas was told that England was expected to be invaded, so the army went down...

From Farm Boy to Soldier, to Prisoner of War; the Memoirs of Alf Davey PART IV

Stopping at Port Saez, one of my regiment said his family had recieved a telegram to say he was missing,...

The Party

I was finally stationed in High Wycombe Bomber Command Headquarters as a waitress in the Officers Mess......

Gordon Taylor 's Story : VE Day

The book written by Clifford Barnard Titled Two Weeks In May tells the whole story Tuesay May 7th saw me in...

My Father's War; 1939 - 1945

Along with his best friend Don Taylor, at the wedding with Joan Bushell, they found a farm belonging to...

Life without my Husband

I lived in Bridgewater while my husband Ernest Lloyd was stationed there with the Army in 1941... After the...

Grandpa's Story: 600 Miles Through Poland, Checkoslovakia, Germany and France into Bavaria

Grandpa's Story: 600 Miles Through Poland, Checkoslovakia, Germany and France into Bavaria. We started...

Captured at Dunkirk

In 1985 my father went back to Maastricht and met the two Dutch nurses who had cared for him and who almost...

Victims of German Atrocities

M. Casey, W/O A. Hake FILL T. Leigh, F/Lt G. Witey, and FIO P. Pohe It is of little satisfaction that,...

Border Too Far for POW Escapee

He was found at the back of the farmhouse by the family of Nicola Garbasso and his wife Laura and their...

Memories of V E Day

I was a P.O.W. after the Battle of Crete, 1941, and was 4 years in various working camps, not being an...

My War Experience in North Northumberland

My mother had a baby girl early in 1940, and shortly after this event, we had to go to a big house...

Auchwitz British Prisoners of War

My Father .. he is still alive 87 years old. must be the last British POW to held captive in the German...

Dodging

A few years later, after the war, we kicked around at football in the village playing field.Nearby at...

A Private Hero

The next time he left France, a fortnight after when most of the British forces had withdrawn at Dunkirk,...

Journey to Freedom

A. Sobotowski was fighting with the Polish Army at the Battle of Warsaw. when it became apparent that the...

Prisoners of War at the Bottom of the Garden

We were eventually bombed out and were sent to live in Nissan Huts in West Dulwich. Apparently, they were...

German Prisoner

My grandparents children, Kathleen and Reg my uncle lived at home, ironically my other uncle Ron was...