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Barry’s Story

by Ally Rollinson | Aug 13, 2021 | Tommy Stories, Uncategorised

Barry’s Story I Joined the Army in 1966 with the Royal Corps of Transport. During my 22 years, I served in several units across the world, one such unit was in Berlin, Germany BAOR. The unit was known as Brixmis, its mission was the Liason between the Soviet...

Keith’s Story

by Ally Rollinson | Apr 15, 2021 | Tommy Stories

Keith’s Story My brother, Fusilier Charles Marchant Serving in the army has been a family trait since my Grandfather John Collie joined the Seaforth Highlanders underage in 1914. However this story relates to my Brother Fusilier Charles Marchant C Company 3RRF....

Eric’s Story Part 1

by Rachel Park | Apr 12, 2021 | Tommy Stories

Eric’s Story This is relating to my Father (Dad) who served with the 5th Guards Armoured during World War II. After the tough time at D-Day and actually extracting themselves from the countryside – they marched on toward Germany and liberation of the same....

David’s Story

by Ally Rollinson | Mar 16, 2021 | Tommy Stories

David’s Story Today, I thought I would share part of the stories of two of my heroes, family members who served in the World Wars. First, is my Great-grandfather, Charles Young. He enlisted in 1916, an older man with a family (thank goodness!), after a lifetime...

Suzie’s Story

by Ally Rollinson | Mar 15, 2021 | Tommy Stories

Suzie’s Story My Dad, who is now 78 years old, lost his Dad (my grandfather) on 17th March 1945 – three days after my Dad’s third birthday. We believe he was fighting in North Africa with Montgommery’s Desert Rats, fell ill and somehow ended up in St John...