Reginald Arthur Wilcock Lance Corporal 14550916 20 Son of Arthur & Lillian Wilcock of Nelson,...
We taxied out, behind the other kites, came the green, Pat's “ok for take off, Jack”. Then...
Food consisted of 2 slices bread and a little jam and coffee for breakfast, one soup plate of soup for...
28/4/45: Went to hospital at 08.00 hrs and took seven bottle of spirit; I got 40 French cigarettes for...
Most of France, Belgium and Holland were all clear, but at Dunkirk and one or two other places there were...
The plan was to have a tin attached to a loop of wire and dangle this contraption over the embers with a...
Men at River Valley had given me the pleasant task of bringing messages and presents to friends left behind...
Even the Germans were humane enough to grant him double food rations, such as they were, but unfortunately...
The Russian captives would be given food only if they carried out a day's work and this explained why...
We had our food in a tent, which would only hold a 100 and as there was 300 in camp we had...
If the Jerry saw the Union Jack on the water tower, I think he'd have had a lot to say, but the...
The ice must have been very thick at that point but further down the river German troops, tanks and big...
In the first year of the war, my school was ‘Bombed out’ and so I spent most of my time playing...
We had a little news at 21.15 hrs but two lads waited until midnight for the 12 o'clock news, but very...
They said that the girl and the man had told the Germans about us because they had put a reward on all...
He could only remember the fear and the horror and the stench of the trenches — the daily horrors...
After a short while he returned with another man who would take us through the village to a barn where we...
It didn't take long to figure out they contained stores; there were two tins of bully and biscuits,...
We called at the cafe again on the way back, and my new friend bought me a very tasty dish of a...
After three months they sent us back to the main stalag where they put us to work digging up graves in a...
Eventually we were given some food — one small can of rice and a cup of water. A fellow prisoner was...
Well son I was at this Kommando from Oct until March when I move to Dresden as the Russians where near......