Bill Hurst

Like most young men of his generation Bill Hurst joined the army as a National Serviceman.  Badged 1st Kings Liverpool Regiment he...

Alec Hall

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...

Michael Fryer

Michael specialised in bomb disposal whilst in the Royal Engineers. It could have been quite different but his name went against him…....

Gilbert Beck

Military bands have had a long association with the game of football…

Tom Howard

A truly remarkable individual who provides a genuinely fascinating interview for any military enthusiast. He also shares some interesting photos of the...

Eddie Pickering

In 1982 Major Eddie Pickering became the Bandmaster of the Cheshire Regiment having served in Germany and Northern Ireland.

Steve Sheeran

Steve remembers his first parade fondly…

George Duffee

George Duffee was a Captain pilot in the RAF.  Returning from a bombing raid, his plane is shot up over Holland and...

Daphne Park

 Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth  joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) in 1943.  During the selection process...

Leslie Fernandez

Leslie Fernandez was a fit man when he was young. He loved sports and was good at them. Exactly the sort of...

Marsie Taylor

Marsie Taylor worked as a Wren Writer initially at Norfolk House in central London and then at Southwark in Portsmouth. Her work...

Clarence Obi

Clarence was bullied in the army. When it came to light the MOD didn’t help.

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...

Betty Dobson

Betty Dobson provides some wonderful colour to her interview which details her life as a Leading Wren in Donibristle, Scotland.

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...

James Pitts

James Pitts provides a fascinating and detailed account of his life as an Fleet Air Arm Air Gunner with 856 Squadron. He...

Frank Jones

Frank Jones was a Leading Seaman who gives a great account of his service on HMS Bermuda. She was involved in more...

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...

Michael Wainwright

Michael Wainwright is one of the Battle of Britain fighter pilots we filmed with the help of the Roger De Haan trust...

Ralph Tyrrell

Ralph Tyrell gives an amazing account of life as a 20 year old bomb aimer. '..it was my job to go and...

George Reynolds

George Reynolds was captured during the fall of Singapore and sent to work in the copper mines at Kinkaseki in Taiwan. In...

Jim Knox

“I’m Jim Knox. I was born in West Ham. I joined the army when I was 16. I joined the Buffs Royal...

Joy Lofthouse

Joy Lofthouse flew Spitfires with the ATA during WWII. In her interview she shares details about her training, her ambitions in life...

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...

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...

Patrick Hollins

Coastal Command was originally formed to protect convoys and Allied supply ships from attack from the enemy.

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...

Kate Boe

Kate Boe served in the Royal Air Force as a nurse, where she met her husband John – a military policeman. John...

Sophie Sinnott

In 2010 Sophie Sinnott’s partner Luke was badly injured when he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan. Now married with children, Sophie...