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More stories The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 21: Bayeux. A minefield. German helmets. A Bailey Bridge. Bottles of Guinness. 133 tailed and served the 7th Armoured Division in those hectic days and Butch, proud co-owner with Ritchie... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 22a: People that pass in the Day. Scots Dewar. The Yankee Pilot. The Medic. Brussels. River Ma A Scots lad called Dewar, with a posh English accent, had joined 133 as a driver just before the invasion,... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 22b: September '44 - January '45. The River Maas (Meuse) and the Ardennes. Our 1st Class Mecha The German aim was for Dietrich's 6th Panzer Army to cross the Maas near Liege and make for Antwerp and... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 23: Winterslag, Belgium They reverted to drinking and admiring the cafe owner's wife but one did speak frankly to Butch as the... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 24: Eindhoven - March 1945 Holland - Into Germany `Across the Rhine on the Twenty Nine' Only five days behind Monty, whose front line troops crossed the Rhine near Wesel, North of the Ruhr, on... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 25: Hamburg to High Wycombe to Hamburg to High Wycombe again to Hamburg again We next meet Butch emerging from the Hamburg Police Headquarters, bowed down with kitbag containing twenty... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 26a: Berlin August 1945 - February 1946 Butch and Johnny went straight over to Havel to view their charges - beautiful big sleek white cabin... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 26b: The Brandenburg Gate Butch was invited to his camp in the Russian sector of Berlin in woodland, just off the road leading to... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 27: Itzehoe to Essdorf tank barracks to Hamburg When she sang "Unter den roten Laterne von Saint Pauli", fixing her gaze up at Butch he was... The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 28: Hamburg to Sheffield to Catterick Camp June 1946 Chest Thirty seven and a half inches Distinctive marks/minor defects Tattoo mark right forearm Age and... < Previous page\| You are on page 2 of 2 \| Next page > \| 1 \| 2 \| Back to top

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