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Bert Ruffle's Story Part 1a

We were about fifty yards from the boat when a British officer with a German squaddie stopped us... He told...

Bert Ruffle's Story Part 1b

On every wall, doorway, window and rooftop were hundreds of German flags - Hitler's swastika... The...

Coming Home From America In 1942

In OCtober 1942 Mother and I sailed out of New York bound for England having been in the States as evacuees...

Bert Ruffle's story Part 1c

Firstly, that when we returned to the hut for the night, under no circumstance were we to leave the hut...

Bert Ruffle's Story Part 1d

They carried white riot sticks, about three feet long and on their arms they wore arm bands with, as far as...

Bert Ruffle's Story

What happened was that a sergeant came from the CSMs cubicle with a large can and asked for Sgt....

Bert Ruffle's Story Part 1e

He took us to the cook house where he explained the position to the German cook and, after a slight...

Bert Ruffle's Story Part 2a

Then the guard told us that, as the Russians were advancing towards us, we had to join the columns of...

Bert Ruffle's Story The Prologue

Then the guard told us that, as the Russians were advancing towards us, we had to join the columns of...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 1

The Gang; Bunny Humphries, Rifle Brigade Harry 'Shoe' Smith, Rifle Brigade Frank Talbot, Queen...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 2

At 6.30 am we were turned out, left Herrendorf, and we joined up with a group of Russian, Polish, Serb,...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 3

I proceeded to have a look round and was amazed at the damage I saw; huge craters were being filled by...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 4

Lofty said "What have we here Bertie boy? The rumours are coming thick and fast; the Yanks are in...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 5

I jumped in the back, Harry lay on the near-side mudguard, Bunny on the far-side, and Frank and Lofty sat...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 6

At the side of the lorry, five Frenchmen were shouting at each other and waving their arms, cussing and...

Bert Ruffle's Diary Part 7

We arrived in London about 9 pm and it was on the platform of Waterloo Station that we said...

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