Fred Glover

Fred Glover enlisted into The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in the Second World War and later volunteered for airborne forces while serving as a Lance Corporal.

He qualified on the 6th of ...

Kate Boe

Kate Boe served in the Royal Air Force as a nurse, where she met her husband John – a military policeman. John was diagnosed with PTSD which ended his career in the military, and the treatments ...

Craig Kane

Craig is a former RAF Avionics Engineer who cares for his wife Michelle – a former RAF Communications Officer. Michelle was injured whilst serving in Iraq and Craig cares for her with the suppor...

Dennis Grogan

Dennis Grogan talks in detail about his time in Korea serving with 1903 Air Observation Corps. These flights, were equipped with Austers, and operated from an airstrip which was constructed for them b...

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.

John Cumming

John Cumming provides an excellent account of his KOrean service with the RAF. Initially he was involved in aircraft movement. He was a movement officer for supplies such as napalm, flight nurse cari...

Vic Urch

Tim Elkington

Wing Commander Tim Elkington admits to an uneventful childhood. He's also equally modest about a very eventful life as a World War II fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain.

Ken Plowman

Ken Plowman provides a detailed account of his time as an airman. He set out to be a fighter pilot but his timing was wrong so he settled for gliders.

Mark Harding

Frank Renton

Lt. Col. Frank Renton, who led the bands of the Gordon Highlanders, the Paras and the Royal Artillery before becoming principal director of music at Kneller Hall, looks back at his 33 years in Army mu...

Brian Bird

One of the few surviving WWII pilots to have flown both the Hurricane and the Spitfire. Brian has all his faculties and his memories of specific bombing raids and life as a Spit pilot in Italy are abs...

Eric Downing

Eric Downing provides a rare and often times emotional insight into the role of a Gunner on a Flail tank during the Second World War.

Roger Tomlinson

Lieutenant Colonel Roger Tomlinson shares stories of a horse that wouldn’t canter, choppers coming the wrong way, and the sound of a bullet whistling past at close range.

Michael Wainwright

Michael Wainwright is one of the Battle of Britain fighter pilots we filmed with the help of the Roger De Haan trust and Group Captain Patrick Tootal.

Lise de Baissac

Lise Villameur (née de Baissac), was one of the first two female agents to be parachuted into France by SOE in WWII. Her bravado and character shine through in this wonderful interview conducted by t

Dee Palmer

After her military career, Dee Palmer found fame with the band, Jethro Tull. But fame and fortune doesn’t necessarily bring you happiness as Dee reveals in this fascinating interview.

Colin Parker

Colin used to love watching the trooping of the colour but coming from Hull had assumed a life on the docks was his lot. That all changed when he went into the army. He found a regiment he loved but i...

Tony Iveson

Tony Iveson gives an amazing account of his distinguished career in the RAF. He was one of the few pilots to fly in both the Battle of Britain and Bomber Command.

John Sleep

John Sleep gives an emotional account of his Second World War service. He served with the Royal Berkshires, the Parachute Regiment and in Normandy