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February 2010 Edition
‘Coup de Main’ Task for ‘B’ Company by Capt High Clark MC - At the end of 1944, I was commanding No 19 Platoon, ‘B’ Company, 2nd Oxfordshire & Bucks Lt Infantry..... We were preparing for an airborne invasion....
The Convoy Veteran - by James Hinton HMS Scourge arrived two miles off Ouistreham, the first warship to arrive off
the Sword Beaches on D-Day...
I Loved the Rural Life by Vera Read - The story of the Land Army and a young girl’s wish to work on a farm....
The Eagle that Landed - by the late Bertie Ginsberg - A Jewish Immigrant’s story, apprenticed to a diamond setters in Hatton Gardens and later to become
a Glider Pilot in Operation Market Garden ......
My Introduction to the SOE by Philip Dawkins - The secret life of a radio operator and his fascination for wireless
telegraphy then seconded to the Special Forces....
The Bombing of Amiens Jail by Jack & Bill Fairs - Twins Jack & Bill being keen photographers joined the RAF Reconnaissance Unit seeing service
in Egypt, Greece, Crete and Palestine ....
It Happened to Me by Eric Catermole - The heartfelt story of a PoW and his long walk back from Stalag VIIA in Poland
to relative safety....
Fog Bound in the Scheldt by Francis Pym - The story of a Sub Lieutenant getting supplies through the dangerous waters of
the Scheldt for the invading armies heading into Antwerp....
The Landing at Salerno by Fred Collins - I was a Lance Corporal with the 9th Btn Royal Fusiliers in the landings at
Salerno during September 1943 in hand-to-hand fighting with Gerry...
The Dunkirk Pocket by Dennis Egan I served with the 145 D R Section, 2 Coy, 15th Air Formation Signals Regt, based
at Epinoy Airfield with 138 Wing RAF...
PLUS several more short stories and Readers Letters - Newspaper clippings of 1945 and
Finders Seekers....
May 2010 Edition
The Defence of Calais by William Harding - The Incredible story of a Bombardier with the Royal Artillery at Tilloy in
Northern France and his determination to survive against a massive exchange
with the German Army culminating in a shoot out with the enemy at the
Citadel....
‘Iceberg 7’ gets Underway by Tom Warden - On 16 September 1944 HMS Formidable sailed for the Far East accompanied by the
destroyers Whirlwind and Wrangler..... “Naval battles don’t get much better than this”.
Working on the Land at Upwey by Gwendoline Hampton - I joined the Women’s Land Army working on a farm at Upwey near Weymouth....
Trapped in St Valery by Reginald Driver - On 21 April 1940 I was sent to Northern France and had two month’s active service before the Germans pushed us back to the sea at St
Valery-en-Caux....
Hitting Back by Freddie Lewis - After training I became a Spitfire pilot and engaged the enemy on several
occasions culminating with several skirmishes with the V1 flying bombs....
2819 Squadron by Eric Westrope - Following my early days at Warmwell, Dorset, I was posted to RAF Chelveston,
Northants, in September 1941 to join 819 Defence Squadron, later renumbered
2819 Squadron RAF Regiment during 1942.
Back on the Home Front - by Peter Bone - I was a gunner in a Lancaster with Bomber Command - in fact, my squadron lost
19 bombers and 126 crew in my seven month tour of Ops from October 1944 to
April 1945...
The Bouncing Tractor by Hubert Beavis - I was with Coastal Forces with the British Pacific Fleet ending up in Japan
at the end of the war ....
Into Battle with a Wooden Gun by Geoffrey Pulzer - In 1943, I was a Member of the 11th Armoured Division and promoted to Corporal and given command of a Sherman Tank with a wooden gun. Our journey to Normandy was quite uneventful....
PLUS Readers Letters - Newspaper clippings of 1945 and Finders Seekers.....
November 2010 Edition
Battle at Sidi Barrani an account written by the late Lt Col B C Haggard I commanded the 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment from April 1940 leading it to the campaigns in Egypt and Syria
....
The Night the City Burned by the late Sam Chauveau - Sam had been in the fire service during the period known as the Phoney War.
When war was declared he applied and was accepted by the RAF to be a rear
gunner, but he Fire Service refused to release him. Once the Blitz began he was moved to sub-station 36Y t the London Stock Exchange
as a Junior Officer....
Kings of Lampedusa by Leslie Wright In June ’43 I was a Sgt W/Op Gunner serving with air sea rescue at Malta.... when, after
losing their compass on a Swordfish, they landed at an island where the entire
Italian garrison surrendered.....
Crash Landing in a Wimpy by Freddie Brown - It was during our crew training at 16 OTU, Upper Heyford, that we found
ourselves flying from a satellite base at Barford St John in a Wellington on a
high level bombing exercise....
A WAAF High Life by Knowler Edmunds - The story of Bawdsey Manor the home of the first Home Chain radar stations and
the role of Gretta Lovelady whose job was to climb the 200 foot wooden towers
to carry out calibration of the equipment...
The Three Convoys by Vic Chanter - Daniel H Lownsdale was a US Liberty ship, just over 441 feet long and just less
than 57 ft wide; she also sat high in the water - hardly missable in a
convoy... This was my next assignment!
They’ll Never Believe Me by Reg Otter - In the unforgettable year of 1940, Britain stood alone against a ruthless
enemy, up to then totally victorious, and brutal in their aims. I had just turned 15 years old and I had to leave school on the day war was
declared.....
Entertaining the Troops by Bill Steed - Christmas 1944 was a special occasion for the lads of 148 Squadron and 110 MTU
as we were entertained by George Formby at Tocra in North Africa...
PLUS Readers Letters - Newspaper clippings of 1944 and Finders Seekers.....
August 2010 Edition
The War in the Air - During the Battle of Britain, Pilot Officer Robert Eric Jones was serving with
605 (County of Warwick) Squadron. This account is one of bravery and the trauma of seeing fellow colleagues shot
down in the many dogfights that took place in those dark years of the war....
Foresight joins Pedestal by George Green - The story of one of the most amazing convoys in the war in getting the much
needed supplies through to Malta...
The Dealali Trap by Frederick Willcox - My story begins in Barrasat near Calcutta where we received a great deal of
equipment and obtained additional vehicles to take part in the invasion of
Singapore and Malaya....
A Wartime WAAF by Pheobe Milton - My training involved a period at RAF Cranwell on VHF Radio D/F equipment
including the dreaded Morse Code....
A Boy in the Blitz by Roy Bartlett - Living in Ealing during the Luftwaffe Blitz on the capital in 1940 we had
endured the incessant drone of enemy aircraft.... for the past 49 nights.....
Remembering the Battle of Britain 1940 ....Two personal accounts of the first momentous raid on 7 September 1940 and a
schoolgirl’s story of her evacuation to Cirencester...
Requiem for the Infantry by Tom Kelley - I was in the 7th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regt landing on the Normandy Beaches
in June 1944. 12 Platoon, C Coy, consisted of 35 lads, mostly aged 19 or 20. We first went into battle at Epron on 8 July....
The Cockney Glider Pilot - Frank Ashleigh took part in Operation Market Garden after training to become a
pilot on Hotspur gliders then finally on another course to fly the heavy Horsa
glider towed by Whitney bombers...
The Secret Port by Peter Butcher - The WW1 story of my late father, who was sent to the Waterways and Docks branch
of the Royal Engineers in 1916. His destination was the Secret Port of - in Kent, a site of considerable proportions, of which no trace today exists....
