Title
Sgt E. E. Houghton
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Air Force
Description
This is not an endeavour to write a complete story of my life. It is merely a collection of memories,which return readily to mind, between May 30, 1920 and the present day, Sunday, August 12th,1945. I …
Title
The Sinking Of The Suez Maru - Dennis R Courant
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Merchant Navy
Description
By Dennis R Courant The Japanese Government was signatory to the ""Third Geneva Convention of 1929""- with respect to the treatment of POWs- but in the end fails ratify it. The reasoning behind i …
Title
Gunner Alfred Street
Type
Personal Stories
Branch
Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Description
Alfred Street was a Gunner in the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) which was later renamed the Maritime Royal Artillery during WWII. After two voyages to America (where he and Arthur Bowes w …
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 …