

Sydney Adlam
Sydney Adlam was a member of the Auxiliary Unit. They were a secret resistance network of highly trained volunteers.


Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell was interviewed when Legasee visited the RNBT’s Pembroke House in Gillingham. She provides a fascinating interview about her life as a child in the war. She was 11 years old when w...


Tiger Moth Reunion
Former Spitfire Pilot Brian Bird heads back to the aerodrome where it all started.


Chatham Memorial
100 years to the day that three Chatham Port Division Cruisers were sunk, the people of Kent gather to remember them.


Jim Radford
Britain’s youngest D-Day veteran, Jim Radford, was just 15 years old when he joined the war effort as a galley boy on a deep sea rescue tug. Here Jim tells us how his experiences at Normandy ins...


Normandy service
The final act of service by the Normandy Veterans Association. The laying up of their standard was an emotional day for many of the veterans who....


St Edmunds School
Lovely film of the day when Brian Bird went back to his old school to share some of his experiences as an RAF Spitfire pilot. It seemed appropriate...


Noreen Riols
Norren found herself working as an SOE 'honey trap'. In her interview she provides some fascinating detail about how she carried out her work...


Mavis Batey
Mavis Batey was a Bletchley Park codebreaker whose Enigma breakthrough proved crucial to the success of D-Day.


Paddy Sproule
Paddy Sproule provides an excellent interview about her time the FANY. It was time well spent, in September 1943.


Gill Lewis
Despite coming from a Naval background, Gill was mad about cars and as soon as she was able she passed her test and joined the FANY.


Ann Bonsor
Ann Bonsor was a Wireless operator at SOE's 'Massingham' base in Algeria. Her job was to communicate with agents working behind the lines


Elvira Burbeck
Elvira Burbeck gives an enlightening interview about her service as a FANY. She operated out of Massingham and Italy.


Michael Meller
Michael Meller worked as a laboratory technician helping on the trials of High-frequency direction radio. It was also known as Huff-Duff.


Margaret Pawley
Margaret Pawley spent her time in Egypt and Italy helping to code and decode messages.


Barbara O’Connell
Barbara O' Connell worked at SOE's secret 'Massingham' base in Algeria. Getting there mean't she was at risk of U-boat attack.


Pauline Payne
Pauline Payne worked at a number of SOE radio stations in Britain. Her job was to keep in touch with agents working behind the lines in Europe


Elizabeth Ward
Elizabeth Ward talks about her journey to become a member of the FANY, including details of her previous career and her training in tele printing.


Moyra Smiley
Moyra Smiley grew up in Kenya and was educated in Europe. In these films she talks about her life in the FANY.


Eileen Simpson
Eileen Simpson provides a fascinating interview about her time as an SOE Fany at Norgeby House in London.


Lise de Baissac
Lise Villameur (née de Baissac), was one of the first two female agents to be parachuted into France by SOE in WWII. Her bravado and character shine through in this wonderful interview conducted by t


Bob Moloubier
Bob Maloubier was a world renowned saboteur and weapons trainer in the SOE. He provides a fantastic account of his service.


Joan Taylor
Joan Taylor [nee Tapp] was an WTS FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) with the SOE. She worked as a wireless operator...
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Military Musicians of Kneller Hall

1857
2019
Military Musicians of Kneller Hall

When we heard that Kneller Hall, the home of Army music for 160 years, was under threat of closure, Legasee sprang into action. Bringing veteran…


Keeping Britain Afloat

1939
1945
Keeping Britain Afloat

Capturing and bringing together for the first time the stories of 50 Veterans who were involved in the convoys of the Second World War, Legasee…


Korea – The Forgotten War

1950
1953
Korea – The Forgotten War

Between 1950 and 1953, 63,000 British troops were sent to fight in Korea.
