Egypt

Experiences of a Young Turkish Cypriot

Whilst travelling through Palestine, there was an inspection by the British military authorities, where the...

Memories of War- Part One

I used to work at nights recording messages broadcast in German first at Frome then to a big house in...

HMS Barham — Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, 1940: Part 3

6th November, 1940: On or around this date Barham sailed to Malta along with HMS Berwick, and HMS Glasgow...

The 78th Div Goes to Egypt to Re-Train and Re-Form

Following my visit to Rome the rumours of a "big move" came to be founded on fact, and on July l8th...

The Ship That Never Was

The convoy was attaked throughout days 13 and 14, On the 14th of June the Italian fleet was reported to be...

Memories Buried In Their Minds, For Ever and Ever.

Liverpool: Meols: Farndon- North Wales: Tripoli- Libya and Marsa Matruh- Egypt. Liverpool: Meols: Farndon-...

HMS Barham - Period Between Bardia and Matapan

HMS Barham — Period Between Bardia and Matapan, 1941....

My Trip Home: From Egypt

We hit the heel of Italy near Bari and landed at a large American Airfield covered with hundreds of Flying...

John Gibson's War

From Basra we were asked to take a convoy of lorries on the 5 day journey to Khanaqin in order to make...

Life as an RAF Pilot: Chapter 4 to Egypt

We were normally confined below decks during the hours of darkness, but were told that we could go on deck...

Don's War

I was then transferred to the 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st British Infantry...

HMS Barham - Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, 1940: Part 1

After the action at Dakar in September 1940, Barham joined Cunningham's Eastern Mediterranean Fleet...

An Innocent Abroad

After the breakthrough we followed up the army's progress to Tunisia and subsequently Sicily and...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 16

On January 2nd, I obtained a days pass and caught the tram into Cairo, h ad a good look round and later...

Love from England to South Africa

Grampy sent Nan the money for her ticket and so in June 1948 my Nan left her beloved South Africa on the...

Emille Baudot Part III

Other than that, we had three two-day stops at sea to do repairs to the boilers before we reached Bombay...

Cairo to Tripoli

We arrived at Alexandria, after what seemed a long wait at Cairo, about 6 p.m. and a truck was at the...

JUST ME AND MY FAMILY: With the RAF in Egypt

I met my eldest brother Norman , now a Wing Commander and my third brother Claude ,an SIB Sargeant in...

The Green Howards: From Egypt to France

After surviving Sicily, Ernie and the Green Howards took part in the invasion of Italy. The Green Howards...

Still at Rest in Cairo "The Pyramids"

My visit to the Pyramids was memorable, I went to my pal Charlie,met up there with couple of other fellows...

A Letter from Egypt to a Pal, 17 February 1944

On 17 February 1944 Pat wrote a letter to his nephew in Britain, Private Hugh McGuinness, 1st Battalion...

LAC Eddie Ingall RAF

From here I chauffeured many high ranking government and military officials in and around London using...

Rommel Was on His Way to Cairo

We settled in in South Africa where I started school, and the next thing I remember was travelling back to...

Sydney in Egypt

When I left I did not go to an o.t.u in the U.K. I was sent over seas to Egypt to do...

The Iron Phantom of the Desert Pt4

As things happened, my two mates and myself were walking along the docks making our way to the town when a...

My Life during World War 2

But anyway, they plucked up courage, and, if you know the history all around Tripoli, and places like that,...