Recollections of the Second World War by Brian Hester

Recollections of the Second World War

Over the years of our childhood attendance at cinemas my friends and I sat transfixed at the newsreels as...

Recollections of the Second World War Part 2

At the time of the German invasion of France and the Low countries there was a substantial influx of...

Recollections of the Second World War Part 3

Now they had occupied France and the Low Countries, the Germans were much closer to Britain so could reach...

Recolloections of the Second World War part 4

With the deterioration in the weather, the daylight raids stopped and the Germans settled down to night...

Recollections of the Second World War Part 5

I was recovering from measles and had just gone to bed in the back room where I was severely bounced about...

Recolections of the Second World War part 6

Not long before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into the war, the British navy had...

Recolections of the Second World War part 7

By the time I was in shape to walk around, the three week Easter holiday had begun so I was shipped off...

Recollections of the Second World War part 8

We learned later that this was a ruse to mislead the Germans into thinking they had put enough fuel on...

Recolections of the Second World War part 9

On one memorable Sunday morning, our group of cadets was addressed by an old boy from the school, probably...