Individually Contributed Diaries

Dad's Diary -Part 2 of 2

I was busy in the docks office when suddenly I was conscious of a terrific orange flash !.. I climbed into...

Desert War Diary Extracts of Gilbert Wilson

Apparently the Germans came through a gap in the minefield, one army went north to Acroma — Tobruk...

Memories and Extracts from My Mother's Diary 1939-1945

Closing it up and going back to Mum and Dad December 11th Went to Exeter to Recruiting Office at 9 am with...

Don's war diary Nov -Dec 1942

Had a French lesson from Ken Hayward this morning — not particularly helpful on pronunciation. We...

Don's War Diary Jan-Feb 1943

Wednesday 24th February Busy today Sgt McAleer Skins captured 2 PoW single handed... Eventually this...

Ken Hulbert, RAMC (1) - Battle of Britain

The diaries of Kenneth Hulbert Served in the Royal Army Medical Corp, World War II. The Germans were now...

Bob's Diary 1943 - Jan - Feb

29 Friday— Went out with Sandi, Dave, Maurice and Maxie, first to the “Clarence”, then on...

Douglas Smithson-Glider Pilot Part 12

After Kreuzburg we continued to a small town called Konstadt and though there to a little village where we...

The Last Commission of H.M.S. Achates

In September we formed another convoy for Iceland and from there P.Q.18 set off for Russia, it was a large...

Going Overseas: a diary

This afternoon I saw a water spout reaching from the clouds to the sea, not very far from the boat. There...

Manchester Bomber Crash in Holmpton, East Yorkshire 14th January 1942 - Part 1

Wescombe Sgt. Thomas Sgt. Harper Sgt. Van Puyenbroek Sgt. Westbury Sgt. Sieve Sgt. Walker 207 Squadron...

Gladys's Diary 1940 - Part 1

Gladys worked as a typist in an office in the City of London, and Arthur worked at Enfield Rolling Mills....

Ken Hulbert - RAMC (2) From Liverpool to Alexandria

Kenneth Hulbert served as a lieutenant, then captain and finally a major, working for hospitals in Egypt,...

Continuing Bob's Diary Mar - Apr 1943

The film was Abbot and Costello in “Rookies” a film I'd seen before, but anything is...

Dad's Diary -Part 1 of 2

Eventually however Glasgow was reached, across to Central Station and down via Caledonian to East Kilbride....

My Memories of World War 2

I cannot remember all the casualties our Signal section suffered at Anzio, but would just mention the three...

1944 a Solders dairy upto 17April

SATURDAY 1ST APRIL 1944 - Not much doing today, going into Palisimo today, bought Ethel a ring and Betty a...

A Holiday With Pay

It was during the Second World war that the Port Ordnance Detachments, in several of which Dad served, were...

With the RAOC and REME

7610470 Alfred John Boon joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 4 October 1939, and trained as an...

A soldier's Dairy From 18/04/1944 - 31/07/1944

SATURDAY 6TH MAY 1944 - Arrived Pasco Nord 1.15a.m Foggia and return Bari Centrali 5.30p.m. No mail...

DIARY OF THE TREK OUT OF BURMA 1942

It looks as if we shall be in TAMU for sometime as coolies are unobtainable at the moment, owing to the...

A LETTER FROM THE BRISTOL BLITZ

The windows have been blown in by a large bomb which demolished 3, 4 and 5 Victoria Square. A week or two...

When Bugles Call - Italy

There were three cinemas in Catania, the San Giorgio, Teatro Lopo, and the Odeon, all showing...

My Mum's Diary - An Evacuee Aged 16 - Part 2

Elwyn was too shy to dance with me but it was enough that he was there! He signed it ‘Love Elwyn and...

My Mum's Diary as an Evacuee aged 16 Part 2

Elwyn was too shy to dance with me but it was enough that he was there! He signed it ‘Love Elwyn and...

Gwen Brockway - Diary of an Essex Girl (part 1)

A letter arrived form Sandy telling me that he had a weeks leave coming up, so he was making his way to...