My War in Two Armies by Maurice Vila

My War in Two Armies: Part 1 of 10 - Service in the French Army

What was left of our battalion crowded into the six lorries and headed off at high speed in the direction...

My War in Two Armies: Part 2 of 10 Trapped in France

Since my repatriation to England was of course out of the question, I gave as my home address that of Oncle...

My War in Two Armies: Part 3 of 10 - Contact with the French Resistance

I was in touch with two other of my colleagues of French Railways in London who were in Paris at the time:...

My War in Two Armies: Part 4 of 10 - Planning for a Return from France to the UK

After this we were to call at an address given to us as 13 avenue des Pyrénées, where a man...

My War in Two Armies: Part 5 of 10 - Escape over the Pyrenees

The lorries then returned to Portugal presumably empty and Poupault was hoping to persuade some of the...

My War in Two Armies: Part 6 of 10 - Covert Crossing of Spain

There was therefore no alternative but to walk from here to the next station south of Canfranc which was...

My War in Two Armies: Part 7 of 10 - The British Consulate in Barcelona

At the time I was at the embassy, the bulk of the residents were made up of British servicemen including...

My War in Two Armies: Part 8 of 10 - Return Home from Gibraltar

In November 1945, while in Huddersfield and after a visit in September to the French Railways offices in...

My War in Two Armies: Part 9 of 10 - Call-up to the British Army

The long train journey from London to Glasgow and on to Fort William was an interesting experience and was...

My War in Two Armies: Part 10 of 10 - From D-Day to Brussels

49 Section now consisted of the following twelve members: Lt Rudd; Sgt Major Mills; Sgt Snook; Sgt Smith;...