Digging like mad
No one who has not been on a battlefield, not crouched fearful in a slit trench under shell fire, can imagine what it was really like. Long after the end of the Second World War, soldiers remembered the sights and sounds and smells of the battlefield. They also remembered the fear and how that fear grew.
George Lodge
George Lodge's biography (PDF, 47 KB)
George remembers the sounds and smells of Normandy in 1944.
George Lodge's transcript (PDF, 30 KB)
William Bateman
William remembers waiting for battle at Tobruk in 1941.
William Bateman's transcript (PDF, 34 KB)
John Everett
John Everett's biography (PDF, 48 KB)
John remembers being under shell fire in North Africa in 1943.
John Everett's transcript (PDF, 31 KB)
Leslie Brown
Leslie Brown's biography (PDF, 47 KB)
Leslie remembers being under shell fire in Italy in 1943.
Leslie Brown's transcript (PDF, 32 KB)
John March
John March's biography (PDF, 48 KB)
John remembers Stuka attacks in France in 1940.
John March's transcript (PDF, 31 KB)
Leslie Thornton
Leslie remembers German mortar fire in Italy in 1944.
Leslie Thornton's transcript (PDF, 38 KB)
Albert Davies
Albert Davies' biography (PDF, 50 KB)
Albert remembers soldiers suffering from shell shock at Mareth in 1943.
Albert Davies' transcript (PDF, 31 KB)
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