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Howard Tomlinson

Howard joined the army to get away from a difficult family life when he was just 17. It was a huge change of life and...
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George Reynolds

George Reynolds was captured during the fall of Singapore and sent to work in the copper mines at Kinkaseki in Taiwan. In search of a...
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RAF - Korean War (1950–53)

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes flew Sunderland Flying boats with 205 Squadron during the Korean war. He provides a lot of interesting detail about his life at Iwakuni....
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Audrey Smith

Audrey was a Colonel in the WRAC and is now a Life Vice President of the association. At university, Audrey joined the Officer Training... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Navy - Korean War (1950–53)

Stan White

Stan White served in the Fleet Air Arm. In this interview he talks predominantly about his time in Korea onboard the carrier HMS Unicorn. Naval...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Frank Wilson

Frank Wilson was an Able Seaman on the escort carrier, HMS Activity. She had the biggest flight deck of any escort carrier in the Fleet....
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Douglas Hassall

Another Chelsea pensioner and a very different experience of the war to George Bayliss. We pick up the story en route to Singapore. A narrow...
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John Curtiss

Like many men on the Berlin Airlift, Sir John Curtiss had bombed Germany during WWII.  Sir John passed away on the 14th September, 2013. Air...
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RAF - Falklands Conflict (1982)

Lyle Thomson

Lyle recounts his distinguished career in the RAF from the fifties through to the Falklands. His main focus is on his time in the Falklands...
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Civilian - Korean War (1950–53)

Pegeen Hill

Pageen Hill had a remarkable young life working in the Red Cross. She travelled to some seriously inhospitable places Pegeen travelled the world providing an...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Admiral William O’Brien

A remarkable interview, full of detail and opinion. One of the best Second World war Naval accounts we have in the archive. Career Naval Officer...
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Navy - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Harry Card

Harry was a look out on HMS Swift. From his vantage point he witnessed some of the most incredible scenes of WWII. From his vantage...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Joe Pitcher

Joe Pitcher was a DEMS gunner on many Merchant ships. That he survived the war was more down to luck than judgement The many close...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Tony White

Tony White provides a very interesting account of his time as a National Serviceman with the Royal Ulster Rifles. Tony fought in the Korean War...
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Navy - Korean War (1950–53)

Frank Bewley

Frank Bewley provides an excellent account of his service in the Fleet Air Arm up to and during the Korean War. He served onboard HMS...
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Navy - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Bill Blount

In one of the toughest war roles, Royal Marine Bill Blount gives a compelling account of his experience as a landing craft gunner. In one...
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Navy - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Vic Bignall

Vic Bignall joined the Royal Navy during World War II and found himself on LCT 2453 for the D-Day landings. LCT coxswain who landed 6th...
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RAF - Berlin Airlift (1948–49)

Guy Eddy

Cornish Veteran Guy Eddy reflects his time in the RAF Cornish boy to a Berlin Airlift veteran, Guy Eddy provides an outstanding account of...
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Navy - Falklands Conflict (1982)

Lord Alan West

Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC (born 21 April 1948) is a retired admiral of the Royal Navy and formerly,...
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Army - The Aden Emergency

Judy Hasnip

Judy was deployed to Aden when she served with the WRAC. In this interview Judy recalls joining the WRAC as a way to begin...
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Most Popular Talking Points

Recommended Veteran Interviews

Army , Women of the Army (1949-92)
Army , Women of the Army (1949-92)

Patricia ‘Budgie’ Rosewell

Budgie provided us with some lovely photos of her at work and play!
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Women of the Army (1949-92)

In 2024, with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we proudly added 30 female voices to the Legasee Archive...
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