Memoirs

Our Collection WW2 memoirs, Personal stories of the war written down by the people who endured it.

John Collier was a wireless operator/ loader on Cheetah of Number 2 Squadron of the Coldstream Guards of …

Posted June 15, 2015 (updated February 18, 2024) by Patrick

A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all …

Posted July 3, 2014 (updated February 18, 2024) by Patrick

Hendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of …

Posted February 7, 2014 (updated August 3, 2024) by Patrick

On 27 may in 2013 the Scouts received an email from Christine; "My mother and I are travelling …

Posted September 17, 2013 (updated October 17, 2024) by Patrick

In August 2012 Landmarkscout received an email from a descended of a survivor of forced labour in the …

Posted October 26, 2012 (updated August 3, 2024) by Patrick

The name “David” was used a lot in the family. My granddad, like David, has the same second …

Posted October 25, 2012 (updated February 18, 2024) by Patrick