In this new atmosphere, Buster and I were ordered back to Scampton, where there were still no Bofors guns,...
A stray Dornier, however, on one unexpected morning, could be seen over the Boulton and Paul factory, in...
The arrangement was that the permanent staff would introduce the new lads to army life, doing foot drill,...
There was a permanent staff to look after the place and to cook and administer to the needs of the troops...
One dark and rainy night, the Battery 15 cwt truck dropped a character, with his kitbag, on our doorstep...
I glanced at the officer, who clearly, was not about to do any thing, so I shouted the “Engage”...
The Tommy gun, familiar to viewers of gangster films, and correctly known as the Thompson sub machine gun,...
So bad was the damage that Driffield did not reopen until the following January, 1941, the RAF leaving...
After a few days leave, I received a telegram, directing me to report to Church Fenton, yet another pre war...
I found this journey most interesting, the train wound its way round Morecambe Bay, the sea out of sight...
The destination was Penhale, in Cornwall, a desirable place in late April, but before we handed over the...
There was little time to train spot because, astonishingly, an order arrived, on the very next day, the...
A couple of weeks into the Tonfanau saga we were individually interviewed by our squad officer, Captain...
Brigadier Morley was our host, and he accommodated us at his HQ in Andover, We ate in his mess although we...
I was summoned to Battery HQ., by a phone call from the Major, so I put on my gauntlets, started the bike...
A naval picket boat left, from the Pilgrims’ Steps, on the hour, for Drake's Island, a fortress...
My fellow troop officer, John Simons, an Australian, was a concert pianist... John was a protégé...
In Liverpool St. Station is the advertising board “HARWICH FOR THE CONTINENT”, to which some...
During the Eythorne, period, Major Boulton fixed up a visit for us and for the chaps at Betteshanger to pay...
Writing the word “Dover” reminds me that during the previous week I had taken the Dover train...
The great day arrived, John, I, Bob Currie and our Battery CO were welcomed to the Wren quarters in Chatham...
I had the job of leading our SP Guns to a huge Ordnance depot at Bicester, where we collected 24 Canadian...
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