1. FROM CIVILIANS TO SOLDIERS

12/12/12 10:37
July 1940 to February 1941

'The sum total of the training equipment consisted of 40 rifles, half a dozen impressed vehicles and a few boxes of grenades. Everything was either made of wood, borrowed for the afternoon - or simply imagined '
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2. THE YORKSHIRE COAST

12/12/11 10:51
February to November 1941

'There was deep snow and frost and the men were thrown entirely on their own initiative. It would be difficult to imagine a harder or more exacting life '
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3. FROM INFANTRY TO GUNNERS

12/12/10 13:38
November to December 1941

'I know you will  live up to your old motto, Loyaute M'Oblige. You will soon be holding more than your own as a highly-efficient regiment of the Royal Artillery '
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4. AIR DEFENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN

12/12/09 13:44
December 1941 to March 1943

'Training has been constant, with many lessons learned. We are now equipped with all our guns and have had some grand engagements.' Read More...

5. COUNTDOWN TO OVERLORD

12/12/08 13:54
March 1943 to June 1944

'We knew we were to be part of the invasion - we just  didn't know where or when. But the feeling of the  men was  for getting on with the job' Read More...