WitrynaVoyage aboard Stratheden to Sydney, Australia, 1945: presence aboard of Australian airmen; conditions; route. Period awaiting posting at HMS Golden Hind Shore Station, Sydney, 1945: Australian hospitality; cancelled draft. REEL 3 Period as electrical mechanic (EM4) aboard HMS Belfast, 1946-1947: joining ship whilst refitting in dry … WitrynaContent description. REEL 1 Recollections of background in Southwold, 1920-1939: family circumstances; education; work as apprentice compositor at printing works, 1934-1940; reactions to outbreak of war, 3/9/1939; Boy Scouts activities including providing accommodation for evacuee children, beach patrols reporting to Coast Guard unit on …
Oral histories of war and conflict - The British Library
WitrynaBritish officer served on shore duties with HMS Excellent, Whale Island in GB, 1953-1956; served as instructional officer aboard HMS Indefatigable and HMS Raleigh at Portsmouth in GB, 1956-1957; served as meteorological officer on Christmas Island, 1957-1958; served aboard HMS Belfast in Far East, 1961-1962; served as instructor … WitrynaMarking the centenary of World War One across the BBC WW1: On TV and Radio WW1: Podcast Tommies Drama following those on and behind the WW1 battlefront. World War One at Home Discover how the... dervish masteries
Falklands Conflict Imperial War Museums
WitrynaThe range of material collected is vast with the bulk of the collection comprising of oral history recordings with veterans of the First and Second World Wars. There is also … WitrynaImperial War Museum oral history collection. Living Stories. The Living Stories website has been created as part of the Haemophilia and HIV Life History project; a collection … WitrynaThe Air Raids That Shook Britain In The First World War During the First World War, Britain came under attack from the air, putting civilians in the firing line for the very … chrysanthemum dog