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15 October 2014
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My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 1

As Hitler and his Nazi party took control of Germany, the German Government complained to the League of...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 2

We passed through a village and the French had put out buckets of water and some did give us food, but even...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 3

The German Officers in the camp took photos of men, one on a visit showed Buckingham Palace with the German...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 4

The way to try and fool the guards was that now, some of the Prisoners-of-War could speak and understand...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 5

Frau Walterherr asked me what my name was in German and I replied "Bob or Robert" She said because...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 6

The German Officers brought to Frau Walterherr, wild boar and venison meat... We could not understand why...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 7

It was German Officers beer!.. When it left Danzig, it was full of German civilians, Navy Ratings and some...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 8

They told us that these bastards, the Germans, had turned their guns on British troops and they were now...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 9

You had to walk home from a town called Whitton in Middlesex to my home in Mortlake in Surrey, which was...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 10

One night, we stopped an Ambulance, the Police said "No Ambulance". I stopped the vehicle and what...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 15

Looking up I said "Tell the drivers I wish to see them tonight, when they are finished". Then...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 16

The Captain entered the office and asked " Have you arranged the Christmas leave?". I replied...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 17

He checked his book "Yes, that is right". I said "One vehicle did not turn up, that is why I...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a Soldier in WW2 - Part 18

The Bosch claimed that the British had run away at Dunkirk, we had all had a raw deal,firstly from our...

My Life - Born in 1918, then a soldier in WW2 - Part 19 - Abridgements

It is the same at the end of the Film- that it was the last of the British Expeditionary Forces in France...

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