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The Wedding of Joyce and Fred Butterworthicon for Story with photo

The wedding picture is of Joyce and Fred Butterworth....

Normandy Rose

After the invasion, my fiancé turned up in battle dress on our doorstep in London with a cardboard box...

5 Days Leave

He was on the HMS Valiant leaving Gibralta when the Captain unexpectedly announced that they were heading...

My Wedding Day, 11 March 1944

The day before my wedding day there was an air raid in London, and, in rushing down the Underground stairs,...

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'Borrowed' Perspex: A Love Story in South Africa

When my grandfather was stationed in South Africa with the RAF, he met my grandmother, a Sgt in the South...

Location Codes

For example 'darling' meant he was in Egypt, 'hello dear' was the far east, etc., etc. So...

Romance over pickled onions

If I didn't give up my house to Czech officers and their wives officials would have bilited troops in...

July 19th 1944 My Wedding

We were married on July 19th shortly after D-day my hysband to be was in the RAF and had five days of...

Nursing in London and Exeter

I was a nurse during the war, working in both Exeter and London....

No Comfort ?

She remembers her father didn't like the 'army issue' underwear and preferred to wear his own...

Love Knot

Can you recall when first we met With hopes and dreams we strove to get Bombed out of London Town, so waht...

Wedding Blues

Her wedding dress and brides maids dresses were being stored at a shop in the Centre called...

American Soldier

I married an American soldier and went back to America with him. I later came back to live in Belfast....

From Paddington Station to VE Day Weddingicon for Story with photo

At 10.30 am, Ken left to return to his base with a box of wedding cake strapped to the back of his...

An exchange of gifts, and an exchange of marriage vowsicon for Story with photo

The reason that the wedding was reported in two different local newspapers is because Marie came from South...

A Whitehaven wartime wedding, 23 August 1941icon for Story with photo

The newspaper article also mentions that the Tom presented Evelyn with a gold signet ring on the day of the...

A Wartime Weddingicon for Story with photo

In October 2003 my wife, Muriel, and I celebrated our diamond wedding, which concentrated our minds on that...

Wartime Nurse

In the early days of World War 2 I was invited to attend a Post Mortem because, as a member of the...

Wartime Wedding 24 June 1944icon for Story with photo

I had two Bridesmaids, my future sister-in-law Joyce Butcher and a friend, Joy Norton. Luckily Walter's...

WW2 Memories

I went to Henfield the next day for the wedding where I met Marjorie, Les’ sister, a Wren who was...

China White from Changi

My Husband to be named John was based in King Street, Kings Lynn, where he was the bodyguard to Lt. Col. Of...

Frank William Clarke

In February 1945, Frank went to Batley in Yorkshire to meet Kathleen's parents, and permission was...

The Sinking of a British Prisoner of War Ship by HMS Sahibicon for Story with photo

William Stansfield.;- Martha,s son William Stansfield,aged 31, prvt 3660345. had jioned the 2nd light...

A Journey from Malta to a Prisoner of War Camp.

From Ipswitch, Biff moved to Belford Hall, then to Lilburn towers, and then Stiford Hall... Biff and his...

My 1939-45 story

I remember on one occasion Albert's sister Eva came to stay with us for a week and said she would like...

A Christmas Day Wedding 1943

My fiancé, Ken, had persuaded me, on one of the few occasions we had managed to meet up since our...

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