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A Soldier of the 2nd World War. The Death March.

I was carrying a Boyes anti tank rifle, anyway, so what happened, they were shelling and mortaring, they...

Bill Williams's experiences as Prisoner of War: July 1943 — January 1945icon for Story with photo

When I arrived in Regensburg, I was put into a combined hospital, sanatorium and lunatic asylum, peopled by...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 37 - Our Officers Go, Top Class Train Ride, Hurricane, Scarce Water, Aerodrome Building, and Escapericon for Story with photo

'The Will to Live': Chapter 37 - Our Officers Go, Top Class Train Ride, Hurricane, Scarce Water,...

'The Will To Live': Chapter 16 - ‘Yasume’ Days and Ebonite

In the early days the Japs had been so elated with the unhinderd progress of their armies towards India,...

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Prisoner of War, Escape and Journey Home

For instance, when they spoke of German victories at the Russian front or in France, or of Frau Einz, our...

Just Another Story - Chapter 3: Abandon Aircraft!!!

Now we had a talking point, but he was not particularly interested in teaching me German, but wished to...

My Dads Reluctant Story Chapter 1

In addition to the normal crew of seven, 101 Lancasters carried an additional, special wireless operator,...

Harry Tapley's Memories - Part 2

I must say that the German officer who saw us returned shortly afterwards with 2 German Army personnel and...

Prisoner of War, Escape and Journey Home

This reprisal was because when the Canadians raided Dieppe they took German prisoners and handcuffed them...

Harry Tapley's Memories - Part 1icon for Story with photo

One day the guard turned around and said that none of the PoWs knew the circumstances in which he joined...

Thomas Emyr Davies - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment - My Story (Part 12 of 13 - Escape from Stalag IV B, Muhlberg-on-Elbe)icon for Story with photo

The news from the BBC bulletins told us that the American and Russian troops were making great strides deep...

Recently Found Diary of a POW in Singapore - George Brown

At great risk to himself, my grandad, George Angus Brown of Garstang Lancashire, kept a diary as a Prisoner...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 5

Frau Walterherr asked me what my name was in German and I replied "Bob or Robert" She said because...

Harry Tapley's Memories - Part 3

This situation arose because the rear of the blacksmiths forge was a wall which backed on to the village...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 16

At that time I was looking out of my window when I saw the RC Padre running into his quarter and then...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 9

The officer occupants of these rooms were known as Wing I, I had the opportunity of moving into one of...

Subjection and Dejection - Part 2

The senior NCOs tried to curb and stop the scramble for the tins knowing that it was a propaganda set up...

Life as a Prisoner of War in Germany 1944-45 by Arthur Berry

He took me right down to the basement of the factory and put me into a room where a lot of banging...

'The Will to Live': Chapter 14 : ‘Ballachang’ and Bayonet Fightingicon for Story with photo

Now these Japs were not front line soldiers, and carried captured ·303 short Lee-Enfield rifles and...

A Prisoner of War's Story: Part 1

He spent much of his prisoner of war life as the chief surgeon and medical officer at the copper mine camp...

Alexander George Mallett

Contents ® My autobiography 3 weeks before taken prisoner ® After the battle of LEROS Isle ®...

"Always Read The Small Print" Chapter Three

On completion of the destruction of all our weapons, transport,food stocks, and anything of use to an...

Escape from Jinsen Chesan P.O.W. CAMP, KOREA and other memories - Part 2icon for Story with photo

His theory was that continually dropping the 2 feet by 2 feet bricks directly above the tapping points,...

Douglas Smithson: Glider Pilot Part 10

Why we were picked out, I never knew exactly but it seems that as Glider Pilots we should be prisoners of...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 21 Continued

In this camp Red Cross food was used in the same way as at Bologna that is, the parcels were handed over...

A Lancaster Bomber's Last Flighticon for Story with photo

Nelson and Rodney. We learned straight away that there were to be twin targets that night - Frankfurt and...

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