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This huge site contains Service stories from Regular and National Service Veterans. Lots of regimental and military information with many links for Veterans and researchers. Over 2,500 Regimental Badge illustrations and 20,000 images of troopships. So whatever your interest please sign the Guestbook and if you have a comment Email Webmaster
 

 

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Film clips will have text that is copyright as are all of the images, images are owned and are copyright of third parties. They are reproduced by the kind permission of their respective owners. You may view the site and download parts for personal viewing but you are not to copy and reproduce any part without our permission. Any infringement of these rights will be pursued.
The video has been supplied to this website by Bryan Tab Hunter (ex Para) - Now look at this - Veterans Reunion at No1 Parachute Training School

 

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Please note that SSAFA will help Ex Servicemen who have a problem, its no good going to your old Regt.HQ. they do not have funds to help.

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A New Link

Ken Tipper is an author represented on this website by his article

'The Sinking of HMS Punjabi'

He lives in Florida and is an active member of Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park.
Do read his article A Pilgrimage
You can mail Ken who would be delighted to hear from any veterans in UK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Troopship Memories

Grandad probably travelled in one of these - find his troopship or of his aircraft !

WW2 Aircraft

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2500 Badges in 48 Galleries !

Please Email webmaster and tell him about broken links.

Regular Service Articles

3rd The King's Own Hussars
by Alan Crosskill
Pioneer Corp
by Godfrey Newman Petvin
R. in P.
RAF & FaireyTest Pilot
by Lionel Peter Twiss DSO. DSC
R. in P.
RAF & Hawker Test Pilot
by Webmaster as tribute to Neville Duke R.I.P.
Durham Light Infantry
by Webmaster as tribute to Joseph aged 17.

Durham Light Infantry
by Ray Hoggart

 

 
by Yves Beaujuge
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
by Keith Petvin-Scudamore
The Band of The Life Guards
by Mike Hopkins
7th Parachute Battalion
by Richard Todd OBE
R. in P.

 

 

Royal Navy
Images supplied by Chris Jennings
British Expeditionary Force
by Jack Cottle
R. in P
by Yves Beaujuge
6th Airborne
by Jim Corbett

 

Rifle Brigade

 

by Eric A. Patience
R. in P.
Intelligence Corps
The Battle of Cassino
by John Oswald

6th Airborne
by Jim Corbett

Royal Navy
by Daphne John

Royal Navy
by Ronald W.V. Brewis

6th Airborne
by Denis Edwards
R in P.

Royal Navy.
by Muriel C. Currie MBE.
R. in P.

Glider Regiment
by Jim Wallwork DFM.
R in P.
6th Airborne
by Harry 'Nobby' Clark
R in P

Royal Navy
by Ken Tipper
R.in P.

 

 

Royal Navy
'The Sinking of HMS Punjabi'
by Ken Tipper
R. in P.
Royal Pioneer Corps
Remembering Cassino
by George Pringle

Royal Marines
by John Best
RASC
By Alfred Lockyer R.I.P.
15/19 Kings Royal Hussars
by Ged Walton

 

 

Royal Navy
by Leslie J. Sprigg
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
by Peter Vile
Durham Light Infantry
by Webmaster
Pages updated June 21 2007
Royal Marines
by Colin Heape
RAF
by Bill Daley
Suffolk Regiment
by Derek Chilvers

 

Fleet Air Arm
by Roy Hadfield
RAF
by Neville Webb
RAF
by
Ken Lamb

 

Royal Navy
by
John Stonehouse
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
 
Memories of an exercise whilst in Osnabruk, Germany
 
by Reg Horn
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
by Tony Hood
R.in P.
RAF
By Peter Smith
RAF
by Bill Wyman
Middx & East Surrey
KSLI & Para
by Les Wilks
R in P.

Royal Air Force
by Bernard Parke

Parachute Regt.
by Bryan (Tab) Hunter

RASC
by Bill Hawksford
R. in P.
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
by Keith Petvin-Scudamore
Royal Air Force
by Webmaster

Royal Signals
by Edgar Weekley
The Green Howards
by The Paul Daniels

R. in P.
Royal Artillery
by Ray Hoggart
RAF
by Douglas Laidlow

Troopship Memories

 

Troopships 20,000 images - Find your Troopship



 

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UK Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge

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All those who have served in HM Armed Forces.

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