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

Ken Turner

For Ken, the war was something of an adventure. Escaping an unhappy childhood, he joined the Royal Tank regiment. Journeying through the fires of war,...
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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

George Talbot

George Talbot provides one of the great personal battle accounts of the Second World War. Veteran George Talbot shares his vivid experiences of multiple WWII...
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Army - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Ronald Arnold

Ron Arnold was a dispatch rider during WWII. Prior to DDay he recalls riding around the eerily quiet towns of England's South Coast. Ronald Arnold...
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Sidney Mitchell

"Sidney was one of the first veterans we ever interviewed. His memories of the Battle of Crete shocked me at the time." Travelling to Africa...
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Navy - Falklands Conflict (1982)

Paul Dilks

Paul not only provided us with lots of detail, he also shared some excellent photographs. Please check them out in the gallery. Paul Dilks recounts...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Bill Hurst

Like most young men of his generation Bill Hurst joined the army as a National Serviceman. Badged 1st Kings Liverpool Regiment he was sent to...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Jim Grundy

Jim Grundy went to Korea in February 1952. He was in a recovery unit and helped recover over 90 bodies of UN soldiers, including those...
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Navy - Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

Antoinette Porter

Antoinette Porter was just 17 when she tried to enlist. Keen on adventure, little could she have imagined that she would end up in Folkestone...
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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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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

William Sheppard

William Sheppard provides a detailed and interesting account of his time as a Gunner on the mine sweeper HMS Onyx. A WWII gunner shares a...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

John Woodward

John Woodward worked on a Minesweeper during WWII. He provides some nice detail about the experiences. The critical work of a Navy minesweeper and its...
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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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Ken French

Ken is one of those increasingly rare birds, a Bomber Command Navigator. What makes his story all the more remarkable is that he survived 38...
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Navy - D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)

Albert Malin

Albert provides a great account of his life at sea onboard the Flower-class corvette, HMS Oxslip. A Royal Navy torpedoman talks about his service on...
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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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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Alec ‘Ernest’ Kellaway

Alec Kellaway is the only veteran in our archive to have been involved the Spanish Civil war. What make that more remarkable is that he...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson provides Legasee with an in-depth and often times, entertaining interview about his time in the Royal Navy. Alan Johnson provide excellent detail about...
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Army - Our Secret WW2 (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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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Geoff Holland

Going to Korea lost Geoff Holland his fiancé but embedded behind the line with the Royal Artillery he played an important role providing cover for...
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Army - Korean War (1950–53)

Clifford Herridge

Clifford Herridge was conscripted to the The King's Regiment (Liverpool). He became a cook which afforded him some privilege A National Service conscript who became...
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Army , Women of the Army (1949-92)
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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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