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Ken-Brasher

A veteran interview with

Ken Brasher

Ken Brasher served with the Royal Army Service Corp, 3 GHQ Company. Prior to his service in Italy, he recalls Dunkirk.

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About Ken Brasher

Ken Brasher was one of the first soldiers in WWII to enlist on the 1st September 1939, at just 24 years old. As a sergeant driver for the Royal Army Service Corps, 3 GHQ Company, he tells the stories of his role transporting of supplies and soldiers his across the UK, France, Italy, Greece, Algeria and Tunisia . He was sent to France in 1940 and recounts his first memories of seeing Dunkirk being bombed from miles away under oil-smoked skies.

Through grueling winters sleeping on cold, hard lorry floors, Ken shares his memories of being stranded in Dunkirk after losing his unit, as well as terrifying moments including being surrounded by machine gun fire during a convoy in Tunisia whilst he was only on a motorbike.

After ending the war in Athens, he was finally able to reunite with his wife and daughter whom he had not seen since her birth in 1943. At now 98, Ken’s story remains a memorable one as someone who fought across the whole period of WW2 and lived to tell the tale.

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Interviewed by:
Brig. C Elderton
Reviewed by:
Brooke Piper
Transcribed by:
Anita Hewitson

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A veteran interview with

Ken Brasher

Ken-Brasher

Ken Brasher served with the Royal Army Service Corp, 3 GHQ Company. Prior to his service in Italy, he recalls Dunkirk.

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MLA Style:
Brasher, Ken. A Veteran Interview with Ken Brasher. Interview by Brig. C Elderton. Legasee, n.d. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ken-brasher/. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
APA Style:
Brasher, K. (n.d.). A Veteran Interview with Ken Brasher [Interview by Brig. C Elderton]. Legasee. Retrieved April 23, 2026, from https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ken-brasher/
Chicago Style:
Brasher, Ken. n.d.. A Veteran Interview with Ken Brasher. Interview by Brig. C Elderton. Legasee. Accessed April 23, 2026. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ken-brasher/
Harvard Style:
Brasher, K. (n.d.). A Veteran Interview with Ken Brasher. [Interviewed by Brig. C Elderton]. Legasee. Available at https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ken-brasher/ (Accessed: 23 April 2026)
Vancouver Style:
Brasher, K. A Veteran Interview with Ken Brasher [Internet]. Interview by B. Elderton. Legasee; n.d. [cited 2026 Apr 23]. Available from: https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ken-brasher/
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