Veteran Stories

Alf George

Written by Peter Cook TO THIS day Alf George is not certain if it was the burst of Bren gun fire he put up, that was responsible for an attacking German aircraft bursting into flames....
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Arthur Oates

Written by Peter Cook Since this account was written, we are sad to announce that Arthur Oates has died, just a month before the 7th Anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation. The War and Peace...
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Eric Woodroffe

Written by Peter Cook Eric Woodroffe, who lives near Canterbury, was signaller aboard the paddle steamer HMS Medway Queen which had been taken into service as a minesweeper. “I think we...
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Jack Lock

Written by Peter Cook JACK Lock had a number of close shaves during the Second World War. Perhaps the closest was while he was helping to push a boat into the water on the beaches of Dunkirk...
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Leslie Crouch

Written by Peter Cook THROUGHOUT the Second World War, Leslie Crouch kept a diary. From the time he landed in France at Cherbourg in April 1940 until he left the army six years later, he...
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Ian Hammerton

Written by Peter Cook AS DAWN broke on 6 June 1944, the tank landing craft carrying Ian Hammerton's flail tank moved towards the beach.  The order came to unshackle the three Sherman Crabs...
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Ted Chambers

Written by Peter Cook TED CHAMBERS will carry to his grave shrapnel that penetrated his leg on the beaches of La Panne, during the Dunkirk evacuation. "We got shelled, it was horrendous,"...
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Wally Jenner

Written by Peter Cook NO VISION could have been more welcoming for Wally Jenner than the White Cliffs of Dover, as the destroyer HMS Wolsely pulled into the harbour laden with exhausted...
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