Remembrance day is once again nearly on us. With that in mind just a little snatch of verse to recall the ones we left behind. On D Day the...
Hi Lee. It is entirely my pleasure my friend. I am also pleased that in some small way it affords you comfort. As you may well know. I am very...
An introduction by Lt A Heal. R.E. C de G. Tuesday, 6th June, 1944 was to be, for me and many others, a defining moment. Our first taste of...
So the story has turned full circle, for we are back to the time of this narrative in its earlier days, Eventually after a very long time...
The exit gate from Number ONE training battalion Royal Engineers had a huge mirror near the gate with the legend.” Are you are credit to this...
Double bunks all lined up precisely! The bottom bunk occupied by Sapper B Guy. The upper bunk with Sapper G Guy. George. Bless him, was a great...
To return to the call up. I received my instructions to report to Newcastle on Tyne and in my HG uniform. The trains then were chaotic, I arrived...
I reported on the Monday morning to an Engineering company that I was to spend the next 21 years with. But split into three periods. During that...
If anyone is interested? they can listen and watch this old buzzard blathering on, in a programme for the "Yesterday" channel. It is due out on...
Through the short summer nights the bombers arrived at dusk and departed at dawn, If we were out helping. sometimes the Waterloo working mans club...
The Storm Bursts. It was now that danger that our country was in, came home in no uncertain manner. There was an invasion scare where all the men...
Cheers the feathers are not so plentiful now:) The Enchanted Isle. Now! The Gathering Storm. The idyllic life as a young man in the Isle of...
Sadly the standard of living in the Dorset Country side had a lot to be desired. In the days pre-war the wages were pitiful, so trying to bring up...
It was at Dancing ledge rock swimming pool that the Durnford boys (prep school boys) where my Dad was head gardener, were instructed in how to...
The Enchanted Isle. Dorset on the South coast of England, was, and in many ways still is, a beautiful County. Even more attractive is the seaside...
What was life like in the pre-war and early days of WW2. Would anyone like to read "The Enchanted Isle"...?
Great picture ! The SAS. and the Infantry... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SAS?...
Not well known certainly. But the bloodiest battle in Holland, was the battle for Overloon and Venraij. Much worse than Arnhem and fought under...
Autumn ...Bloody Autumn..Operation "Market Garden" The bridge too far, and now before us lies the Reichwald..... Defended in depth. The German...
Rkline56 Thanks my friend. I will now stop for a while, this old fellows single fingered typing is not very successful, for when I look up at the...
