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Patricia ‘Budgie’ Rosewell

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Civilian - Falklands Conflict (1982)

Peter Steele

Peter shares his unique experiences of going from P&O bar manager to delivering troops to the Falklands with SS Canberra. Peter was 18 when...
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Ralph Tyrrell

Ralph Tyrrell gives an amazing account of life as a 20 year old bomb aimer. '..it was my job to go and lay on my...
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Army - Sacrifice: Stories of Bravery and Resilience (Astley Hall, Chorley)

Hannah Campbell

Corporal Hannah Campbell was in the Adjutant General's Corps. In 2007, whilst serving in Iraq, the building she was in was caught in mortar fire......
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Army - Military Musicians

David Loftus

David Loftus describes his journey from Lancashire schoolboy to military musician to padre A Padre at Kneller Hall reflects on his experiences as a tuba...
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Army - Military Musicians

Phil Shannon

Discover how a youngster from a very musical family in Ireland makes his way up to Major Shannon, Director of Music in the Irish Guards....
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Army - Military Musicians

Gilbert Beck

Gilbert Beck started out as a Band Boy back in 1948. He ended up travelling the world, cutting a wax disc and playing for the...
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Army - Military Musicians

Alan Carcary

Alan Carcary has an ‘amazing’ story: a boy immersed in music who became a member of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards A musician shares his...
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Army - Berlin Airlift (1948–49)

Peter Matthews

Peter Matthews served with the Queens Royal Regiment and found himself on Operation Plainfare [the Berlin Airlift]. Flown into a blockaded city, Peter Matthews recalls...
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Diane Pratt

Diane Pratt worked in logistics for the WRAC and the Royal Transport Corps. Diane Pratt worked in logistics for the WRAC and the Royal Transport... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Talking Point: Queen Mother
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Army - Military Musicians

Paul Wilman

Paul Wilman joined the military to become a musician. But in 1984, music played second fiddle to an emergency. He joined the military to become...
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Sylvia Adams

Sylvia worked in the Royal Military Police and became one of the first women to ride in the mounted troop. Sylvia worked in the Royal... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Talking Point: Queen Mother
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Army - Modern Day War and Conflict: Compilation

Ali Brown

Ali Brown joined the army in 1984 and rose to the rank of Colonel. She was in the first female intake at Sandhurst College and... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Janet Brodie-Murphy

Janet Brodie-Murphy worked in Welfare whilst she served in the WRAC Janet worked in Welfare whilst she served in the WRAC. Janet began her journey...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Edgar Green

Edgard Green served with the Middlesex regiment in Korea. He was a Batman and although not on the frontline, he had the ear of the...
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Mary Woollard

Mary Woollard had a long career in Pay whilst serving with the WRAC and the Pay Corps. Mary served under the Pay Corps and had... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Army - Stoll Veterans' Voices

Bob Barrett

Bob Barrett provides an honest, amusing and candid interview of his early life in the armed forces. He was a Life Guard and to say...
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Army - First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

Mary Soames

Published thanks to a grant from the Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Charity. From bread-van ambulances to Army colonel: Mary Soames’ remarkable rise through war, command... Go to Veteran Profile >
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RAF - Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

Bob Frost

Bob Frost flew Wellington Bombers with 150 Squadron. On the 16th September 1942, he was shot down over occupied Belgium and became an RAF evader....
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RAF - Berlin Airlift (1948–49)

Gwyn Hughes

Gwyn Hughes was a Flight Engineer with 77 Squadron Bomber Command. After the war he found himself in transport command From RAF flight engineer to...
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RAF - Berlin Airlift (1948–49)

John Eddy

John Eddy was an RAF Pilot on the Berlin Airlift. On one flight into Lubeck he misjudges his approach and clips the trees. Before WW2...
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Patricia ‘Budgie’ Rosewell

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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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