- Airforce 0 videos
Fred Glover
Fred Glover provides a brilliant and at times emotional account of his service with the 9th Parachute Battalion.
- Navy 7 videos
Frank Bewley
In the Korean war, Frank Bewley served onboard HMS Glory as an Aircraft Engineer with 821 Squadron. He provides some fascinating detail...
- Army 6 videos
Bill Hurst
Like most young men of his generation Bill Hurst joined the army as a National Serviceman. Badged 1st Kings Liverpool Regiment he...
- Army 4 videos
John Lincoln
John Lincoln was working in his father’s funeral parlour when he was called to do his national service. His day job proved...
- Army 4 videos
Michael Fryer
Michael specialised in bomb disposal whilst in the Royal Engineers. It could have been quite different but his name went against him…....
- Army 12 videos
Tom Howard
A truly remarkable individual who provides a genuinely fascinating interview for any military enthusiast. He also shares some interesting photos of the...
- Army 7 videos
Eddie Pickering
In 1982 Major Eddie Pickering became the Bandmaster of the Cheshire Regiment having served in Germany and Northern Ireland.
- Airforce 9 videos
George Duffee
George Duffee was a Captain pilot in the RAF. Returning from a bombing raid, his plane is shot up over Holland and...
- Civilian 14 videos
Daphne Park
Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) in 1943. During the selection process...
- Army 6 videos
Leslie Fernandez
Leslie Fernandez was a fit man when he was young. He loved sports and was good at them. Exactly the sort of...
- Navy 6 videos
Marsie Taylor
Marsie Taylor worked as a Wren Writer initially at Norfolk House in central London and then at Southwark in Portsmouth. Her work...
- Army 3 videos
Clarence Obi
Clarence was bullied in the army. When it came to light the MOD didn’t help.
- Civilian 5 videos
Terrie Hemsley
Terrie Hemsley’s son Paul served with the Grenadier Guards. A significant injury in Afghanistan followed by a serious medical mistake led to...
- Navy 5 videos
Betty Dobson
Betty Dobson provides some wonderful colour to her interview which details her life as a Leading Wren in Donibristle, Scotland.
- Navy 9 videos
Irene Bellamy
Irene Bellamy provides an entertaining and detailed account of her service in the Wrens. Before D-Day had even taken place, she was...
- Navy 11 videos
James Pitts
James Pitts provides a fascinating and detailed account of his life as an Fleet Air Arm Air Gunner with 856 Squadron. He...
- Navy 10 videos
Frank Jones
Frank Jones was a Leading Seaman who gives a great account of his service on HMS Bermuda. She was involved in more...
- Civilian 5 videos
Rodney Newnham
Rodney Newham lives in the RNBT’s Pembroke House in Gillingham. In the war he worked as a boiler maker in the Chatham...
- Airforce 5 videos
Michael Wainwright
Michael Wainwright is one of the Battle of Britain fighter pilots we filmed with the help of the Roger De Haan trust...
- Airforce 4 videos
Ralph Tyrrell
Ralph Tyrell gives an amazing account of life as a 20 year old bomb aimer. '..it was my job to go and...
- Army 12 videos
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was captured during the fall of Singapore and sent to work in the copper mines at Kinkaseki in Taiwan. In...
- 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 6 videos
Sister Veronica
Sister Veronica provides a fabulous interview full of fun and detail. She served with the Women’s Royal Naval Service as an Air...
- Navy 9 videos
Edward Rogers
Ted Rogers sailed was an apprentice boy when he set sail with the Merchant navy. On his first voyage a U-boat attack...
- Airforce 7 videos
Patrick Hollins
Coastal Command was originally formed to protect convoys and Allied supply ships from attack from the enemy.
- Airforce 6 videos
Dennis Grogan
Dennis Grogan talks in detail about his time with 1903 Air Observation Corps. These flights, were equipped with Austers, and operated from an...