I am eternally grateful that I was never called upon to make the sort of decisions of which we speak. Being only human, I would like to think...
KJ I can only offer my own experience. I served in the British army from October 1942 until April 1947 and am fully convinced that these years...
Compelling viewing. Kept under wraps for 70 odd years for poliitical reasons. Ron
Everything, to use a cliche, is relevant....... When I first posted on the BBC.People's War site I managed to notch up 100 postings before the...
I was amused to find that an Italian website took the trouble to translate my one and only poem into Italian :)...
Fred Wilson was generous enough to give a link to my tale about Adrano (See posting 313 above) To explain why the photo was so evocative to me I...
Gaines With regard to your kind comment about my having had an interesting life. To be completely honest, this may have been so. but I feel of...
Vesuvius ? Yes. but not in the days of Pompei. I saw it erupt in 1944 and described it on the BBC site:...
You may be interested in seeing what members of ww2talk.com had to say on the subject:...
And what could be more appropriate than Skipper holding the honour ? Congratulations all round ! Ron
No.7 reporting in :S! Ron
Oscar Don't know if the system changed, but b October 1942 the system went as follows, certainly in my case. 1. Primary Training Depot for about...
I think I made my own feelings fairly clear on my original posting No.6. I still stand by this opinion and nothing I have read over the past 70...
I was in the British Army from late 1942 until early 1947 but only got to actually fire at at the enemy on one occasion as listed below: Thursday...
