Civilian 5 videosRodney Newnham
Rodney Newham lives in the RNBT’s Pembroke House in Gillingham. In the war he worked as a boiler maker in the Chatham...
- Civilian 8 videos
Joy Lofthouse
Joy Lofthouse flew Spitfires with the ATA during WWII. In her interview she shares details about her training, her ambitions in life...
- Navy 11 videos
John Roche
John Roche served on HMS Renown throughout most of the war. He gives a fabulous account of himself and provides a fascinating...
- Navy 9 videos
Mervyn Salter
Mervyn Salter gives a great account of his life at sea on HMS Saumerz. Operating in both the Arctic and the Pacific...
- Navy 8 videos
Albert Malin
From loading LCTs on the build up to D Day, to being adrift in the Barents Sea on Convoy RA63, Albert Malin...
- Airforce 11 videos
Fred Danckwardt
During World War II, Fred Danckwardt survived 45 Operations with Bomber Command. He then returned to help on the Berlin Airlift. He...
- Navy 7 videos
James Bisiker
Jimmy Bisiker was a Royal Marine with 40 Commando in 1947/48. He gives a great account of his service and recalls the...
- Navy 9 videos
Alec ‘Ernest’ Kellaway
Alec Kellaway began his career in the Royal Navy aboard the ill-fated HMS Hood. He is one of the few veterans we've...
- Army 6 videos
Mike Mogridge
Mike Mogridge was an Infantryman with the with the Royal Fusiliers [London Regiment]. He provides a detailed and lucid account of his...
- Army 15 videos
Tom Renouf
In the Second World War Tom Renouf served with the Black Watch. As a front line infantry man who was involved in...
- Army 4 videos
Percy Lewis
Percy Lewis experienced so much during the war, from the cold of the Scottish shores to injury to capture by the Germans.
- Navy 6 videos
Dennis Whitehead
Dennis Whitehead served on the C-Class Destroyer, HMS Cassandra. It’s hard to determine if it was good or bad luck that was...
- Army 9 videos
Emma Couper
Captain Emma Couper did two tours of Afghanistan including a deployment with 3 Para on the inaugural Helmand Tour in 2007. She...
- Army 10 videos
Sir Peter Downward
Major General Sir Peter Downward spent almost 58 years in uniform. From the Rhine Crossing to the Berlin Airlift, Korea and Aden...
- Army 9 videos
Richard Donovan
Richard Donovan gives an detailed account of his military service with the Royal Welch Regiment in the 1950’s. It starts with a...
- Army 12 videos
Freddie Hunn
Freddie Hunn gives one of the best accounts of the Second World war that Legasee have been fortunate enough to record. In...
- Airforce 5 videos
John Whitlock
John Whitlock gives an engaging interview about his time as a Wireless mechanic on the Berlin Airlift. Listen out for his story...
- Navy 6 videos
Alan Lloyd
Alan Lloyd served as a Radio Electrical Artificer for 24 years on a number of ships including the Navy's Flagship, HMS Ark...
- Army 9 videos
Fred Millward
Fred Millward was in the famed 9th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment and took part in the Assault of the Merville Battery. It...
- Army 9 videos
Eric Downing
Eric Downing provides a rare and often times emotional insight into the role of a Gunner on a Flail tank during the...
- Airforce 7 videos
Gerald White
As Technical Adjutant at RAF Gatow, Gerald White gives a unique personal insight into life on the Berlin Airlift.
- Army 7 videos
Jean Eastham
Jean Eastham was lucky to survive the Birmingham Blitz. In this fascinating interview she recalls how she felt to be on the...
- Airforce 5 videos
Gordon Ainscough
When Gordon Ainscough was called for National Service he had no idea what he'd be doing. Gordon did the Berlin Airlift and...
- Airforce 6 videos
David Edwards
When the the Russians blockaded Berlin in 1948, one astute man calculated that supplies could be air-lifted in to the city. His...
- Army 5 videos
Steve Jackson
Stephen Jackson gives an emotional account of his service with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Aden Emergency.
- Airforce 6 videos
Stan Overend
Stan Overend always believed he had salt in his veins so he was gutted when he was unable to join the Navy...
- Civilian 6 videos
Muriel Joy
Muriel Joy was one of a number of Naval Veterans we interviewed at the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust’s, Pembroke House. She provides...
- Airforce 4 videos
Leo Hatcher
Leo gives a superb, detailed account of his time as a rigger on Sunderland Flying boats on the Berlin Airlift. Flying with...
- Army 9 videos
John Skene
John Skene served with the Gloucester’s during World War II. During his time he prepared invasion defences along the Yorkshire coast, helped...
