ERRATUM Please note - the above link should read http://bit.ly/GrayWW2 Sorry for any inconvenience Paul
I have just posted some material on my web site - the excellent Normandy daily diary of Sergeant Douglas E Gray MM, sent in by his son, Douglas. What...
I would like to draw forum members' attention to some new pages on my web site. A relative of Captain Tom Woods has sent me various papers, letters...
Some good clips here - Hobarts Funnies have long fascinated me. Here's a passage from Dad's book where he first meets some: He's in a tent...
Wow - awesome. Many thanks indeed. Dad trained likewise at Inverness and Studland Bay amongst others as well as doing the real thing at Sicily. Paul
Good question this. I've read my Dad's first hand recollection of being part of the first wave on Gold Beach with the 6 Green Howards and, yes, he...
I thought members might be interested in a podcast which I've launched on aspects of my Dad’s war such as Dunkirk, North Africa and D-Day. The aim of...
With the 70th anniversary of the battle of Wadi Akarit, Tunisia, on 6 April 2013, I am pleased to announce some new pages on my web site which depict...
I thought members might be interested in an article I have written for Your Family History magazine (UK). It is depicted as: "A British Band of...
Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg - Talk at the National Army Museum, London 12.30pm - Thursday 27 September I thought members in the London...
Well maybe not, but if he is, he will no doubt have put on a few pounds or lost some of his hair. Amateur military sleuths might be grateful for this...
I have posted a few pages on my web site about my own father's preparations for D-Day on the south coast of england. It's army but still captures the...
Just to let people know I have a had a whole load more photos and stories from 91 year old Wilf which have been posted on the web site. There are...
I thought members might be interested in the following extract from my Dad's war memoirs about the bloody battle of Wadi Akarit which he was in the...
On the anniversary of El Alamein, Wilf gave me the following summary of what it was like to be at El Alamein with Monty's 8th Army. "My feelings,...
More on Wilf Shaw - Green Howards WW2 veteran A follow-up to Wilf’s story – this fabulous anecdote about a gold ring which he sent me – the...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]I’m writing to let people know of some new additions to my web site. Wilf Shaw, of Oldham, has been in touch with me and has...
Hi Greta My Uncle Steve Cheall was in the Coldstream Guards but not sure what he did. Paul
I thought members might be interested in the book signing for my Dad's war diaries, Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg. It will be at...
Thanks for that Sniper - appreciated! If you can manage the time to post an honest review I'll be incredibly thankful! Incidentally, I have just...
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