Title
Mess Secretary, 1943 - Peter Briscoe
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Air Force
Description
By Peter Briscoe Word had come down that following completion of conversion from Hudsons to Dakotas; the squadron was on the move from outside Delhi, at Palam, to a new base at Basal, outside R …
Title
Mike Downing’s recollection of his war service
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Air Force
Description
Name: Michael Edward Downing Date of Birth: July 27th 1923 Place of Birth: Point Grey B.C, now Vancouver Enlisted at: Vancouver, B.C. Date: 20th November 1942 Discharged at: Vancouver, B.C. Date …
Title
33rd Indian Corps
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
The first Badge of the 33rd indian corps was a black silhouette of the head of the Duke of Wellington on a green background within a red circle. The badge was chosen by the then Corps Com …
Title
Major Basil Neale's Memories
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
With grateful thanks to Colin Neale for typing out the information contained on this page, from his father's records - his father being Major Basil Neale who was one of Wingate's staff:- Diary …
Title
14th Army
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
The badge of this army was a red shield with a narrow white inner border, the centre divided by a black horizontal band on which the roman numerals ""XIV"" were inscribed in white, set across a white …
Title
Recollections of Afghanistan's geography, religions and it's people - Ted Gibbins
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
By Ted Gibbins I had no idea that the talk I gave would have generated so much interest. It just happened that my war service for the first couple of years (1940‑1941) took me into an area that …
Title
Force 136 - Lieut-Colonel Ritchie Gardiner
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
By Lieut-Colonel Ritchie Gardiner (From the Summer 1989 edition of Dekho!) Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) was first conceived and established in 1940, and Winston Churchill was closely i …
Title
The Replacement Soldier - Pfc Dalton F Williams of Merrill's Marauders & Mars Task Force
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
Pfc Dalton F Williams of Merrill's Marauders & Mars Task Force By Sandy Williams Driver …
Title
28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
This was the first Regiment of the Royal Artillery to receive the 'true' 25 pounder gun and when it changed to the 14th Regiment, it was the last Regiment to give the gun up. In July 1945 as p …
Title
The Story of the Border Regiment - Philip J Shears
Type
Allied Formations
Branch
Army
Description
By Philip J Shears The Kabaw Valley, which means ""Black"" or ""Death"" Valley, is pleasant for a short time in winter, but is pestilential for the remainder of the year. The village huts are b …