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Over in Belgium where my Uncle Donald, was Chaplain to the British Embassy and Vicar of Christ Church in...

The Liberation of Copenhagen, May 1945.

No virtually none, we arrived when the Germans had already packed in and there was fighting only some...

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Minna's letter was written on the eve of her departure for a camping holiday in Salcombe, Devon, with a...

The Sixth Son of the Regimental Sergeant Major; Part 6

When driving in convoy on the road to Flensburg, my flight commander was sitting beside me as he always did...

Not the Usual Call of Duty

In 1944 I was Chief Petty Officer aboard H.M.S. Zealous, a destroyer escorting the Russian Convoys; i.e. we...

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It was 10am that morning, I was flying a Grumman Wildcat fighter from H.M.S Searcher, on a Combat Air...

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It was the 27th of April 1945 Tom was engaged on a Special Operation to Denmark when on the night of the...

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My Father George Kelly joined up under age in the transport corps for the Second World War... On I think it...

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