Tunisia

The Long Hike

Word had reached me that my older Brother Kenneth was in Sfax a mere 90 miles away from our position in...

My Time in the Royal Engineers: Service in Tunisia and Italy

I served my time in the docks in Cardiff and London, then in November 1942 we shipped abroad to invade...

Goubelatt Plain, Tunisia: Remembrance

"The Goubelatt Plain in Tunisia, North Africa is where the main crop of wheat is grown in that...

With the 1st Army in Tunisia and Italy

His name was Dennis Rose and he was in the 1st Army in Tunisia and Italy: After Tunis we travelled along...

The Loss of a Father

There was a knock on the door, and when I answered it there was a telegram boy, probably about 14 years...

Dad's Halifax Experience: With 295 Squadron

In June 1943, as the wireless operator in a Halifax of 295 Squadron i participated in the tow of unladen...

The Western Brothers

He was Kenneth Western of 'The Western Brothers'; a famous double act in the 1930s and 40s. In the...

COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY BEJA, TUNISIA

The Sidi Nsir battlefield lies between Beja and Mateur in north-east Tunisia....

Order of the Day Tunisia 1943

Evidence that my Grandad was ordered into the El Aroussa area prior to the battle of Steamroller farm....

WW2 Service in 1st Army, In Tunisia.

WW2 Service in 1st Army, In Tunisia. Can relate the whole of the before and after if necessary....

SIDI NSIR BATTLE PLAN

If the Germans had broken through, the history of the North African campaign could have been re-written....

RETURN TO SIDI NSIR BATTLEFIELD

Thanks to a grant from the 'Heroes Return' scheme, I have made a return to Sidi Nsir with my...

SIDI NSIR WAR MONUMENT

The battle of Sidi Nsir is marked by Allied and German monuments....