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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 Bateman
William Bateman's biography (PDF, 50 KB)

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 Thornton
Leslie Thornton's biography (PDF, 50 KB)

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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