Title
Charles Edwin ‘Ted’ Sale
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Description
Charles Edwin ‘Ted’ Sale, born 25th May, 1923 in Nuneaton, volunteered for the Royal Navy in early 1942 after deliberately getting sacked from his Reserved Occupation job at Alfred Herbert’s Ltd., Cov …
Title
Col H R C Pettigrew
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
Colonel H R C Pettigrew was GSO1 under General ‘Punch’ Cowan and received two Burma Stars. His written and verbal accounts are with the National Army Museum and his memoirs of being in the Indian Army …
Title
When the Lads Come Down
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
By George A Ratcliffe, 2nd Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Extracts from the Diary of a Prisoner of War in Burma February 1942 - April 1945 PART 1 Have been in this bloody place about fou …
Title
Wireless Observer Units - Ron Collins, Ex-LAC Wireless Operator, RAF
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Air Force
Description
This article was printed in the Summer 2001 Edition of Dekho! Very little seems to have been written about the work of the Wireless Observer Units that the Royal Air Force maintained during the yea …
Title
WSgt Bill Clift MM, South Staffordshire Regiment
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
How Bill gained the Military Medal: Action for which recommended: Throughout the actions on HENU on the 17th March 1944, this NCO showed great gallantry bothin holding the positions under heavy f …
Title
You Lucky Lads! - Ken Keen's account of life with the 1st Btn Essex Regt/23rd Bde
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
I arrived at Carlisle station, along with 30 to 50 more, to cries of, “You lucky lads! Over here! Answer your names and climb aboard the trucks!” I thought, what a lovely reception welcome to the Bri …
Title
Charles Wilson
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Army
Description
A VIEW OF THE RIVER – Charles Wilson FOREWORD In 1986 Pamela and I visited our son Stuart and his wife Elizabeth in Hong Kong. They had lived and worked there for several years - he as a civil enginee …
Title
Eric Kightley
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Air Force
Description
Eric Kightley served in the RAF during the Burma campaign, and was based in West Bengal. His B24 Liberator Bomber was forced to ditch in the Bay of Bengal on May 2nd 1945, during the final push to …
Title
What was it really like, Grandpa?
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Description
What was it really like, Grandpa? These were the words of my great granddaughter Ellie, and of course they refer to the Second World War. Just about the time of Ellie's request I qualified for a g …
Title
Bob Taylor HMS Activity
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Description
Bob Taylor served on HMS Activity, which in company with the CVE HMS RULER sailed with convoy KM39 departing from the Clyde on January 29th 1945 for Gibraltar. On February 2nd the carriers detached fr …