Sid's Story - Sidney Read

Sid’s Story — Saying Goodbye

We went from Derby to Castle Donnington where I did my training and after I had finished my training at...

Sid’s Story Part 2 - Eighth Army

Sid was posted to the Eighth Army and set sail from Scotland in the Queen Elizabeth for twenty-eight days....

Sid’s Story Part 3 — Still in North Africa

In the harbour at Alex boats were loaded with Bren carriers, tanks, ammunition, etc. When the boats had all...

Sid’s Story Part 4

In Part 3, we left Sid on the Mediterranean Sea aboard a Canadian cargo boat, having escaped from a German...

Sid’s Story - Part 5

In Sid' Story Part 4 he described his gruelling spell of duty in the Mediterranean, with a number of...

Sid’s Story - Finale

Continuing from Sid's Story Part 4 he says "We moved from this place into an orchard because the...