International Friendships

Italian Brothers

Probus and during the war we had Italian POW's working on the farm. One days the Italians were being...

Searching for an American GI based in Cheltenham during WW2

Farm Work with POWs in Monmouth

There were German and Italian POWs on the farm, and every morning I used to go and collect them, and...

American preparations

I remember on the run up to D-Day I saw the American soldiers trasporting all their gear down the coast....

Do you want some gum, chum?

They gave us chocolate, ice cream and jelly. My sister played the piano....

American Candy

During the war, about 1944, I was a pupil at St Edmundsbury School in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, where my...

Nylons, Gum and Hop Picking

One thing I remember is that in Second Ave Porthill, the Americans took over a big house for the officers I...

Scottish WREN and USA servicemen

I'm from Edinburgh and was stationed in Weymouth durng the war... One I knew in particular was: Jake...

Memories of Black American GI's and the American Womens Army Corp

This is not so much of a story but more of an appeal to anyone who remembers seeing or coming into contact...

American soldiers based in Nottingham

During the Second World War Nottingham's annual Goose Fair took place during the summer instead of...

Tuckingmill Yanks

I was 4 or 5 living in Tuckingmill as the Yanks drove through in convoy. We had a baker and the Yanks,...

Three U.S. Thunderbolts Collide Mid air

One crash landed at Lawley Bank, one at Lawley and the other tried to make it back to his base at Atcham,...

The Americans in TAVISTOCK

They had an American Red Cross in Tavistock, and also a Military Police building which was where the...

British Expeditionary Force.

His story was given to the Trebah Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. Britain...

A consequence of War- friendship and matrimony.

My father Fred Warren, was called on as a chef in the Sherwood Foresters division of the Nottingham/Derby...

Meeting German POWs

I went to Pipewood camp in Staffordshire, which during the war had been a German prisoner-of-war camp....

Arrival of American Soldiers

Whilst at school at Roundhill College, I remeber the first arrival of American troops. Funnily enough,...

The smart Americans

My main memory of the war was when I was eight the Americans came to Rougham. I remember how smart they...

American Soldiers based in Rhyll

American Soldiers based in Rhyll...

The Smart Americans

When I was eight the Americans came to Rougham. I remember how smart they were and how much better their...

The Yanks Had Gum

There was a lot of Americans and Canadians around here — they were based at Langer Airfield. We used...

Paris circa 1939 in my new long dress

Irene M. M. Taylor Paris circa 1939 in my new long dress. The following account is best to put into context...

Americans in Cheltenham

I can remember an American camp being based in Imperial Gardens, and all of the Officers took over the...

Sweets from the Americans

I lived in Evington and we were told to keep away from certain areas - we were very protected from the war....

Sweets from the yanks.

Pamala was 5 years old when the war started. She remembers American soldiers throwing her sweets and fruit...

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