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Stories categorised in 'Journey into the Unknown -William Ledbury's Army Memoirs '. These stories may contain references to other themes.
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Journey into the unknown - Part 11

Rommel had decided to withdraw the 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions from the 1st Army front in order to take...

Journey into the unknown - Part 12

Journey into the unknown - Part 13

They subsequently decided to strike through Sidi N'Sir, where they first struck at the 5th Hants, who...

Journey into the unknown Part 13

Journey into the unknown - Part 14

Journey into the unknown - Part 15

Then again the Hampshires warned us and again we heard the tanks, But they dared not face the Battery, so...

Journey into the unknown - Part 16

Upon a given signal they darted behind some rocks then crossed a minefield to take shelter in the derelict...

Journey into the unknown - Part 17

The Battery was obviously as overflowing with praise for the 5th Hampshires, for having kept the enemy...

Journey into the unknown - Part 18

They had been taught such a lesson by the gunners of 155 Battery on the previous day, that they now decided...

Journey into the unknown - Part 20

Upon being questioned by a German Commander,, our Battery Commander said that he refused to believe that a...

Journey into the unknown - Part 21

In a letter which I had received in 1995, from a comrade who was also taken prisoner from 155 Battery at...

Journey into the unknown. - Part 22

Finally,we detrained at Capuaand Camp 66, The town is in Caserta Province, on the Volturno and situated in...

Journey into the unknown - Part 23

The Italians had heard of certain ammunition having been found within tinned foodstuff in other camps and...

Journey into the unknown - Part 24

Lo and behold, just as I reached the centre of that village a car suddenly appeared, coming to an abrupt...

Journey into the unknown - Part 25

Apparently the Germans were machine-gunning the length of the main tent inside of which was a brick wall...

Journey into the unknown - Part 26

One day there was an accident and a certain Czech who was very popular with many of us, was buried in a...

Journey into the unknown - Part 27

On the day of the 60th Anniversery of WW2 on 10th July, 2005, each of us attending the Lunch in the grounds...

Journey into the unknown - Part 28

As a result of the regularity of those Monday morning air-raids the Germans became very suspicious and one...

journey into the unknown - Part 28

For a few hours we found ourselves in a 'No man's land' situation, Whilst the Russian Marshal...

Journey into the unknown - Part 29

We journed through Carlsbad to Pilsen. At a stop enroute there was a sloping wooded area and suddenly a...

Journey into the unknown - Part 30

Pre war, a party of eight of us, including a Welsh schoolmaster, who taught German at Dauntsey's...

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