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Patricia ‘Budgie’ Rosewell

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RAF - Our Secret War (1939–1945)

Yvonne Baseden

Yvonne started her military career with the WAAF and then joined the FANY. She trained as wireless operator and parachuted into France in March 1944....
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Army - Our Secret War (1939–1945)

Arthur Staggs

Arthur Staggs was an SOE wireless operator in northern France whose fluency in patois saved him from the Gestapo. A determined and resilient wireless operator...
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Jimmy Taylor

Fantastic interview with Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot who survives an engine failure over Holland. From RAF trainee to war hero: Jimmy Taylor's journey through aviation...
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Nigel Caldicott

From boy soldier to tank commander: the outstanding 34-year military career of one man throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Nigel Caldicott joined...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

George Higgins

George Higgins was a career soldier who served in Hong Kong, Korea and Cyprus. One of the first British troops to land in Korea [with...
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Terence Kane

Terence Kane gives an amazing account of his short Fighter career in the RAF. Short because he was on shot down over the English Channel...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Stan Hoare

Thanks to the Royal Navy's 'Pembroke House' for introducing me to Stan. The eventful naval service of a radar rating during World War II. Office...
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Army - Modern Day War and Conflict: Compilation

Ishbel Thomson

Following her pharmacy degree, Ishbel Thomson served in the WRAC and AGC. Joining the OTC at university while training as a pharmacist set Ishbel Thomson... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Sue Westlake

Lt Col Sue Westlake spent much of her time in the WRAC as a Selection Officer. It was a long and distinguished career. Sue gives...
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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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Civilian - Our Secret War (1939–1945)

Barbara O’Connell

Barbara O' Connell worked at SOE's secret 'Massingham' base in Algeria. Getting there mean't she was at risk of U-boat attack. A volunteer FANY (First...
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RAF - Our Secret War (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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Bob Montgomery

Captain Bob Montgomery was awarded the Military Cross for his part in Operation Chariot. Better known as the Assault on the St Nazaire docks ...
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Steve Jackson

Stephen Jackson gives an emotional account of his service with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Aden Emergency. Surviving Aden’s volatile streets and Belfast’s Troubles, the...
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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Don McArthur

Don McArthur was one of the 9th Airborne Para's who dropped into Normandy to take the Merville Battery out of action on D-Day. But things...
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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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RAF - Our Secret War (1939–1945)

Hugh Verity

Hugh Verity was an RAF fighter pilot and later a "special duties" squadron pilot working with SOE landing in occupied France to insert and extract...
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Civilian - Our Secret War (1939–1945)

Paddy Sproule

Paddy Sproule provides an excellent interview about her time the FANY. It was time well spent, in September 1943. Paddy describes her time in the...
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Dorothy Apps

Dorothy Apps was a musician in the WRAC. Dorothy was a member of the WRAC band. In this interview Dorothy recalls her time as a... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Jack Lyon

Jack Lyon was captured and taken POW when his Whitley bomber crashed over Germany. He was taken to Stalag Luft III 
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Most Popular Talking Points

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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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