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Navy 8 videosPaul Harrison
Paul De La Motte-Harrison provides an entertaining and lucid account of his time onboard Landing Craft. From his early training, through to...
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Army 8 videos
John Sleep
John Sleep gives an emotional account of his Second World War service. He served with the Royal Berkshires, the Parachute Regiment and...
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Army 5 videos
John Sturgis
John Sturgis was a Troop Commander in the Royal Marines, 41 Commando. In his interview he recalls training, D-Day and scrounging for...
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Army 1 videos
Stan Shore
Stan Shore served as a Trooper in HQ Squadron with the 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment. Before they reached the Normandy beaches, things went...
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Army 1 videos
Leonard Haldenby
Leonard Haldenby served in the Anti-Tank Platoon of the 2 Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. The East Yorks were part of the first...
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Army 1 videos
Charles Jeffries
Charles Jeffries served in the Highland Light Infantry. Prior to the D-Day landings, he’d spent time in the desert and was battle...
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Army 3 videos
Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen was a Royal Artillery officer in the combined Operations Bombardment unit during the Normandy Landings. His role was to communicate...
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Army 3 videos
Stanley Bond
Stanley Bond was a Lance Corporal with the Royal Engineers and was with 105 Corp Field Park Company during the Normandy Campaign.
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Navy 4 videos
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson joined the Royal Navy in 1942 and was a Leading Seaman aboard a landing ship tank LST 304.
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Airforce 5 videos
Jim Holmes
Jim Holmes served in 246 Field Company, Royal Engineers. He had an eventful time in Normandy and gives a good account of...
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Army 3 videos
John Morgan
If you’ve seen the film ‘The Longest Day’, you’ll know about the German fighters that strafe the two Dispatch Riders. John Morgan...
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Army 2 videos
Frank Coulton
Frank joined the REME and served with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His main task was looking after [and endlessly repairing] their...
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Army 1 videos
Cliff Dalton
Cliff Dalton served with the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). On D-Day he landed on Sword Beach and when his vehicle became stuck...
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Navy 1 videos
Cyril Simms
Cyril Simms was a Royal Marine and during the Normandy Landings his LCG patrolled the Trout Line keeping an eye out for...
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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...
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Army 2 videos
Eric Gower
As part of an armoured regiment Eric Gower found his progression slow going during those initial days of the Normandy invasion.
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Army 1 videos
George Seal
‘When we landed, we knew we weren’t alone’. George Seal describes feeling safer because of the number of Allied troops at Normandy...
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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.
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Army 5 videos
Donald Turrell
‘I took the King’s shilling...If I could do it again I would’. Despite the painful injuries Don Turrell sustained, he has not...
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Navy 8 videos
Buster Brown
Going against his father's wishes, Buster joins the Navy. He confesses to being terrified at the possibility of going down the mines...
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Navy 7 videos
Harry Eddy
Harry spent his time in the Navy aboard a Tank landing craft. He was one of the first onto Sword beach and...
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Army 5 videos
Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith gives an emotional account of his military experiences during WWII starting with memories of the Blitz.
