Stories categorised in 'International Friendships'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
We would cycle into Leominster and leave our bikes at the local fire station the fellows would look after...
While we waited, we Wrens had various jobs to do, and Laura and I were 'Messengers', taking these...
Coming through the Mediterranean when I knew we were between Crete and North Africa, ships everywhere and...
Additionally, one of the most important religious feasts was 29th June, the Feast Day of Saints Peter and...
But at Flitwick they were getting the Prisoners of War from a camp the other side of Bedford and here at...
In the winter of 1942/1943 his division dug in outside of Stalingrad, where the most memorable of his...
As it came up to the first Christmas in the Land Army the Cluitts offered me a goose to take home for...
With one of my friends I climbed up in the church tower and had a jolly time ringing the church bells...
We could enjoy the music and dancing while my parents made friends with other elderly people but above all...
We were tended by all Dutch doctors, sisters and maids, supervised by their German overseers and were in...
He knew that the soldiers stationed in Merriott were various companies of 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th...
In World War 1, two black US divisions fought in France. One division served with the French army, winning...
In this afternoon atmosphere, attended by German prisoners while my parents slept, I sat on the floor by...
Well, with tinned food rationed for many years - and rarely seeing the tasty sardines - I ate three tins...
They were certainly different if only because they were patient to the many children who appeared as soon...
Lancaster Bomber Crash on Thurnby Lodge, Leicester. Our legs came back to life, and with childish visions...
The following day, dad had a milk delivery in Town and I went with him and he had given me strict orders...
We tried to get away from The Casino but the fight spread faster than you could imagine and soon spilled...
The factory was based on the corner of Green Lane and Tring Road in Dunstable. Later on we had a Polish...
I was 18 years old on D-Day, and a member of the 9th Parachute Battalion. I was part of a special volunteer...
Our designation was Clerk/Special Duties which was working as plotters in Fighter Command operations and...
After a lot of hard work by Jos Koolwijk in Holland and Fred, Frank and myself in England we managed to...
The following Saturday morning my sister and I used our pocket money to go from Overton to Basingstoke. On...
New 5.5-inch guns arrived and we fought with the 8th Army in El Alamein, Tripoli, Tunisia, Italy and Malta....
The beguiling southern drawl of Sergeant Kurt Wagner Jn. would pluck endearingly at my heart strings, as...
Servicemen and their girlfriends were going into the Corn Exchange, jeeps and cars were drawing up and we...
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