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Previous |Contents | What we generally think of as the Battle of El Alamein, the turning point of the war in North Africa, was in fact the second battle. The first saw the 8th Army stand and fight just 40 miles or so from Cairo, Alexandria, the Suez Canal — and ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next One patient in particular I can never forget. I spent two nights with him in that tent. He’d been in a tank that caught fire and every part of his body was burned. He was completely covered in bandages, with holes for mouth and nose, ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next On the 5th December, 10 days after my last real meal, there was a church service, long to be remembered by those who took part in it. There was also to be communion, and whether it was the thought of bread and wine that attracted ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next It was now Thursday, 27 November. I was woken before daylight with another cup of cocoa. We were then loaded, this time on stretchers, on board a truck. Although we had to take a roundabout route to avoid the action, it was a much more ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next On 24 November 1941, when this story begins, we were attached to 21 Battalion, which had been in action at Beir El Gubi. We’d had 70 casualties and been on the move almost constantly for about a fortnight. My closest encounter with the enemy up ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next Some of the following is in the first person, written by Cliff, the rest, in the third person, by me ~ Ian Out of hospital The time came for Popeye and Ben to go home, and we decided on a party. John Mcllroy had smuggled in ... Read more