Tunisia

Battle of Tunis

My machine guns were in action all day, and we succeededin putting out a Boche 88mm A/Tk gun, which had...

Sidi Nsir, Tunisia to The Great March

Battle of Sidi Nsir, POW in Upper Silesia, the Great March Across Czechoslovakia Mates Remembered: Dickie...

Tunisia, 1943

This just happened to be our tank driver, Charley Bailey from Keithley, Yorkshire, who was called...

I Embark

I was Orderly Sergeant while at sea and I would no sooner get back to my bunk when the ship's RSM would...

Harry Charlesworth's Letter from North Africa

After dinner we did a thirty mile zig-zag climb which took us to what must be the highest good road in...

North African Campaign: Tunisia Part 1

The paper I originally used for the notes was Italian, the pen American and the ink probably German, found...

The Darkest Hour — 5th Northamptons (Part 1)

It so happened the Northamptonshire Regiment, with other regiments, were to put in a Christmas Eve attack...

Sports Day at Monastir

At the Navy's insistence two only ‘official’ drivers were to be allowed to road or sea test...

Did this Scottish Gunner Give Rommel's General the Fright of His Life?

Did this Scottish Gunner Give Rommel's General the Fright of His Life. I was a gunner in B Squadron of...

Touring in Tunisia: With the 1st Armoured Division

After the end of the campaign in Tunisia in May 1943, our Signals unit was rusticating in Boufarik, near...

Memories of Anzio

In September 1943 the Italians left the war but the Germans fought on and in Italy occupied Rome. By the...

The Story of a Tioga County Soldier: By Rail to Tunisia

We landed in Palermo, Sicily; and when we left the ship, we took all of our gear with us and marched...

Alan French: War Baby: Interview. (Amended.) Part two.

But his younger brother,Jim French, went into the army. By the same contributor: 'The Three English...

The Outbreak of War: From the Point of View of a Scots Guard

I was in Hyde Park on the Saturday afternoon and watched the first German aircraft fly over to bomb the...

The North African Campaign; Tunisia Part 3

We went back into Sousse the next day in the jeep to try to find a map case dropped off a car...

El Aroussa Memories (56 Recce)

We were at El Aroussa 2 or 3 bloody times, we were all around that area Sidi Nsir, Medjez el Bab, Mateur...

North African Campaign; Tunisia Part 2

In the early hours of the following morning, when I was on wireless watch, the tracer bullets could be seen...

My World War 2 Story

A look at a map shows why this was an important place for radar stations, as with our 200 mile range we...

My Dad and "Friendly Fire": 10th Field Ambulance in Tunisia

My Dad, Walter Emm, served with the 10th Field Ambulance in Tunisia, Italy and Greece....

Fred Hirst's Part 2 Serving with the Sherwood Foresters in Tunisia 1943 and Capture by the Germans

Fred Hirst's Part 2 Serving with the Sherwood Foresters in Tunisia 1943 and Capture by the Germans. As...

The Port of Embarkation

Recreation facilities were few and although not a Roman Catholic, I nevertheless hopped on to the Roman...

Fife and Forfar Regiment

We went to Aldershot and we formed the Fife & Forfar Yeomanry. After we parachuted in near Tunis to...

Role Reversal

Two British Army doctors were captured in the same battle and taken to a German casualty clearing station...

The Military Medal

My grandfather, Corporal William O'Rourke very skillfully landed 5 bombs along the crest, no more fire...

CONVOY DIARIES TO NORTH AFRICA NOV 1942

ESCORTS DROPPED DEPTH CHARGES,STILL QUEUING FOR EVERYTHING,ORGANISATION STILL LOUSY,BIGGEST WORRY IS...

Military Medal Awarded to Farnworth Soldier

News has been received this week from Trooper Joseph McFarlane, that he has been awarded the Military Medal...