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Patricia ‘Budgie’ Rosewell

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Navy - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Reg Neile

Reg Neile gives an account of his time on HMS Gazelle as part of the Fortieth Minesweeping Flotilla… A former minesweeper in the Navy recalls...
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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)

Patricia Davies

Patricia Davies provides a great interview detailing her work as a Special Duties linguist in the WRNS. Special Duties linguist in the WRNS listens for...
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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Edward Fish

Edward recounts his time within the Royal Army Service Corps supplying Allied forces during WWII. Edward shares his experiences, some of them dangerous and harrowing,...
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Navy - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Ted Baker

The war was pretty grim for Ted Baker and he saw some difficult things during his time as a telegraphist and cypher officer in the...
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Civilian - First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

Gill Lewis

Despite coming from a Naval background, Gill was wild about cars and as soon as she was able she passed her test and joined the...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Alan Guy

Alan Guy served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and his responsibility was to look after the general health of the soldiers... Army health Inspector...
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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Tom Cromie

Tom Cromie was a dispatch rider for the Royal Artillery and on D-Day was lucky to survive the landings... A WW2 Royal Artillery veteran, who...
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Army - Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

John Debenham-Taylor

John Debenham-Taylor was one of the earliest instructor agents recruited by the SOE. He spent the early part of the war in Finland aiding the...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Frank Garbutt

Frank Garbutt was the Quartermaster on the aircraft carrier HMS Activity and provides some fascinating detail about life onboard. The Activity saw action in the...
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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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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

George Batts

From the Sussex countryside to Normandy: George recalls the ‘daft’ decision to volunteer in the lead up to D-Day. At only 17, George Batts,...
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Geoffrey Abbott

Geoff was RAF ground crew during the Second World War and worked on Spitfires in North Africa. From factory worker to wartime engine fitter, Geoffery...
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Tom Neil

Tom was just 19 when he piloted his Hurricane in the Battle of Britain. He then went onto Malta where conditions were far worse for...
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RAF - Berlin Airlift (1948–49)

Fred Danckwardt

During World War II, Fred Danckwardt survived 45 Operations with Bomber Command. He then returned to Germany to help on the Berlin Airlift. He fought...
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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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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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Army

John Clarke

John Clarke gives a brutal and compelling account of his experiences as an infantryman with The Black Watch during the Second World War. John recalls... Go to Veteran Profile >
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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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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

John Mitchell

John Mitchell provides a detailed interview of his life in the Royal Signals. On D-Day he landed on Juno beach Corporal in the Royal Signals...
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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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