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…father’s regiment was ordered overseas, he resigned his commission to remain with his wife, but at the outbreak of the Boer War, he immediately volunteered for service again and in 1902 was killed in action. His widow left England to take up residence in Milan, Italy, where young Freddie commenced…
…ITALY (US DFC). Posted back to Britain, he was Wg Ldr of 20 WING TYPHOONS in the lead up to Normandy invasion and CFI at Milfield Fighter Leaders School. After selection for the US Staff School at Fort Leavenworth with Peter Brothers, Billy served at SHAEF HQ for the final…
…intact. Throughout that winter No 617 attacked precision targets, including the V-1 flying bomb sites in the Pas de Calais. On the night of February 12 1944 Curtis took off on his twelfth sortie with Martin. The target was the Antheor viaduct on the vital coastal rail link between Italy…
…by Francis Dodd (6 September, 1940). “Artist Francis Dodd was born in Holyhead in Anglesey, Wales. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art where he was awarded a travelling scholarship, venturing to France and Italy. He was commissioned as a war artist in both the First and Second World…
…and his RN Service started on 21 Course at HMS ST VINCENT on the actual day of the TARANTO RAID, 11Nov40… Taranto, Italy. 1940-11. Aerial view showing aftermath of action against the Italian Fleet in Taranto harbour. Note the two damaged cruisers in the inner harbour. …then 24 EFTS at…
…aircraft while commanding the Desert Air Force in Italy. Copyright: © IWM CL 3862 ROYAL AIR FORCE CHIEFS IN AIRFIELD CONFERENCE IN FRANCE, 31 JULY 1944 The Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (left) standing beside his Dakota aircraft in France discussing the latest Air Force…
…the prominent position CENTURIPE (“Cherry Ripe”). Then among many proud “D-DAY DODGERS” (he recalled THREE INVASIONS himself, met and knew the writer of these famous verses) of the FIFTH (US) ARMY and the EIGHTH ARMY under Gen. Alexander, fighting hard up ITALY and on into AUSTRIA; George was in the…
…spent the first two years of the war behind a desk at Abingdon, the remainder as a staff officer in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Northern Europe, working closely with the Mediterranean Air Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur (later Lord) Tedder; Scarman was in the room when General Jodl surrendered to General…
…in Kent, to attend the Advanced Armament Course. At the end of the course he became superintendent of fuse design at their Armament Design Department. In the next two years he travelled to North Africa, Italy and Germany, working just behind the Allied forces’ front line, examining and reporting on…
…Poland’s Allies to preserve their relationship with the Soviet Union. One of 9 children, Stanislaw, with two sisters serving in the ATS and losing two brothers killed in ITALY (one Youssef also at CASSINO and Andek in the 2nd POLISH CORPS), was fortunate to be one of the only two…
…great fighting DANE, former merchant seaman, later to be posthumous VC 8/9Apr45 at LAKE COMACCHIO N.E. Italy, Major Anders LASSEN VC MC** SBS & No.1 SAS (whose cousin fought for Germany!); these raids stretched the German resources, forcing them to reinforce outlying island garrisons; few, if any, SBS island raids…
…pre-war motor industry serviced BATTLE OF BRITAIN HURRICANES, SPITFIRES in ITALY & 1944/45 LANCASTERS One of many GROUND TECHNICIANS who played a vital role throughout. #180 Constance BABINGTON-SMITH Flight Officer Constance BABINGTON-SMITH MBE Legion of Merit FRSL Leading wartime PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETER (IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE) with brilliant V-1 ramps discovery & much…
…Finally Ted in Northern Italy was lucky to survive horrendous shell stomach wounds from a 15Ornm & 17Omm barrage in reply to his GUN’s 25 Pounder hits; he had been (after 4th DIV CDR inspection by Maj Gen Dudley JOHNSON VC CB DSO* MC on 13 Sep 1939) to FRANCE…
…14th Reinforcements, arrived in Italy in April 1945 (the 15th Reinforcements did not reach Egypt until May 1945, after the war in Europe ended). Read more about the Māori Reinforcements. Counting the cost Takrouna Cemetery In total, almost 3600 men served overseas with the Māori Battalion between 1940 and 1945….
…overrun, he was on a cycling holiday in Italy, but with help from the Norwegian Consul in Bordeaux he boarded a ship for Portsmouth, being bombed en route. Before the RAF was welcoming overseas entrant aircrew, Svein sailed to the USA on the Lista, which was sabotaged and burned out…
…studied at the Glasgow School of Art where he was awarded a travelling scholarship, venturing to France and Italy. He was commissioned as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1935. He lived in Blackheath, London, until…
…& ADVANCED DRESSING STATION (with 4 CANADIAN DIV & DEVON & DORSET REGT SW of CATANIA) & at “instep” of ITALY at LAGONEGRO. Later he was with 163 FIELD AMBULANCE in. NORMANDY & NW EUROPE, also ARNHEM, where, as a Lt Col CO of 163 FIELD AMBULANCE directly under XXX…
…Adm Ben BRYANT CB DSO** DSC RN) the job then too included some interesting SPECIAL FORCES del veries and RAIDP, some into ITALY and others in an area between Marseilles and Genoa – somewhere SW of SAVONA they watched the railway all day and then closed in to 400 yards…
…represents all CHAPLAINS of each service, with a fair number of mainly ARMY ones decorated for gallantry under fire. He served in ITALY with RAF, and later, after helping evacuate the DUTCH out of JAVA, played a special role in the 1945 (& the later Fiftieth Anniversary of) RECONCILIATION with…
…hand mine explosions. At the war’s end his minesweeper would be the very first Allied vessel into VENICE, as only when channels were swept could larger ships enter. After his sweeping in Britain he would see most of the harbour clearance operations and port approaches from Sicily and Italy up…
…R Adm Ben BRYANT CB DSO** DSC RN) the job then too included some interesting SPECIAL FORCES del veries and RAIDP, some into ITALY and others in an area between Marseilles and Genoa – somewhere SW of SAVONA they watched the railway all day and then closed in to 400…
…MEDAL was won seconded to the KING Is OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY at ANZIO. His fighting was up through ITALY, especially heavy at the GOT d LINEY where he was with his own Regiment, the KING’s ROYAL RIFLE CORP (1958 became 2nd Bn ROYAL GREEN JACKETS), whose 159 OFFICERS and…
…Southlanders”. They toured the UK’s variety circuit as well as travelling to Italy, Germany, France and Belgium. Their speciality was rhythm and blues, and they worked alongside the popular artists of the day – Shirley Bassey, David Frost, Joe Loss, Frankie Vaughn, Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele to name but…
…#154 John BRIDGE Lieutenant Commander John BRIDGE GC GM* RNVR Top BOMB & MINE DISPOSAL expert: clears 100 bombs in PLYMOUTH, then harbours: SICILY Messina, ITALY, GOLD BEACH, ANTWERP, NIJMEGEN Bridge. #186 Len A BRIDGE Petty Officer Len A BRIDGE From East Coast ports as FELIXSTOWE & Yarmouth, 55th FLOTILLA…