At 0630 hrs travelling via Bupad, Guchtermuchty, Kinross, Rumbling Bridge, Kincardine, Linlithgow,...
Went to a dance at the Town Hall from 2000 hrs to 0200 hrs. Had tea, bath and went to dance at...
May 31, 1941 Nessie came to see me - I met her off the train at Sheffield station and we went to...
We were actually stationed at Mersham, which is a small village 3 miles from Ashford, 15 miles from Dover,...
Bus to Sheffield at 10:45 hrs. met Nessie and brought her home. June 09, 1942 Dad went with me to Sheffield...
They had a system in Cape Town where girls volunteered to entertain the British troops, so at the dance we...
September 20, 1942 The Regt was split up into two groups, one group were all tracked vehicles and the other...
Sgt. Major Whitby came across and told me to get back on board and I just had time to grab Wally's...
The cup was inscribed 'A' Bty 11th Regt. At night, the football team were entertained in the...
Thursday 1 margarine, 1 Soya links, 1 tomatoes, 2 bully beef, fritters, rice pudding, 6 M&V, 1 kidney...
Finally the enemy was routed and 1st Armoured Division took over 3,000 prisoners and captured 11 tanks and...
The people were mostly French and they ran out with flags, flowers, wine and dates, and gave us a great...
The Priests all went to the Ordnance Depot to be water proofed so it looks as though an invasion was...
Catania is a pretty large town which had hardly been bombed except for the dock area. We moved via Catania,...
We unloaded and travelled 4 miles in trucks to the area of 1st Armoured Division at HQ of 4th RHA Regt. The...
XMAS Dinner The Sgt. and Officers acted as waiters, waiting on the gunners, the usual army custom for Xmas...
We travelled for 1¼ hours in pitch blackness and my Sexton was leading the Battery, when the edge of...
We were only 3,200 yards from the river Ronco which the Germans held very strongly. We heard that Captain...
We moved up Route 9 round a river diversion in 4th Division Sector, and we were in front of the infantry...
At 14:00 hours, the sky was full of bombers of all kinds including Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the...
At 16:30 hours, a petrol truck came to re-fuel us and he stopped behind our Sexton when we were heavily...
May 11, 1945 I was in charge of a truck, and several men with L/Sgt Jack Butler and Sergeant Arnold...
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