Category: Operation Bookworm

Some more of the stories that have been sent in to us for Operation Bookworm. These include a Green Beret in Vietnam, a remarkable story from the Boer War, Home Guard Weaponry, Fleet Air Arm actions in the Korean War, the three VC holders of Halton, a surgeon involved on the rescue ships with the Atlantic Convoys, Crossing the Chindwin River in Burma, life on board a minesweeper during the Cold War and MI9 Escape & Evasion.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  

 If you have been working on an article for us but have not yet sent it in then please let us know on ASAP info@bmmhs.org 

Some more of the stories that have been sent in to us for Operation Bookworm. These include Artists & Sailors Narvik 1940, The fighting in Normandy, Keeping Tito’s partisans at bay, Fighting the Chinese in Korea and subsequent life as a POW and RAF Air Sea Rescue.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  

 If you have been working on an article for us but have not yet sent it in then please let us know on ASAP info@bmmhs.org 

Some more of the stories that have been sent in to us for Operation Bookworm. These include Trash mags & Airfix kits, Curtis Le May, Memories of the Women’s Land Army, Handbags to hand grenades, The hero of Taganrog, The invasion of Iraq & the battle of Basra, The Crimean war and reminiscences of a distant war about a medical officer serving in The Falklands.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  

 If you have been working on an article for us but have not yet sent it in then please let us know on ASAP info@bmmhs.org 

More stories are still coming in every day. Over the past few days these include an SOE poem, a series of Home front articles including, children’s gas masks, WVS salvage, butterfly bombs, Operation Garlic and the last year of the occupation in The Netherlands.

From all over the world, we have had some remarkable stories of great bravery and valour, while others have told how it was as civilians enduring hardships and fear we cannot imagine.   A mixture of incredible stories of survival, and some of being witness to hugely significant historical events.   Alongside these are tales of ordinary people ‘doing their bit’, some with great humour, others with great fortitude and some with great sadness, and often a mixture of all these.

If you have a family story to tell, do get in touch… we would love to hear from you.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  Please ask your friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbours to send in their contributions to Operation Bookworm.

 Please send your articles in to us ASAP info@bmmhs.org as the closing date for your submissions is 30th June 2020.

More stories are still coming in every day. Over the past few days these include the Crimean war, air to air refuelling in the Falklands, From Blucher to Burma, The raid on St. Nazaire & My life in Poland and beyond.

From all over the world, we have had some remarkable stories of great bravery and valour, while others have told how it was as civilians enduring hardships and fear we cannot imagine.   A mixture of incredible stories of survival, and some of being witness to hugely significant historical events.   Alongside these are tales of ordinary people ‘doing their bit’, some with great humour, others with great fortitude and some with great sadness, and often a mixture of all these.

If you have a family story to tell, do get in touch… we would love to hear from you.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  Please ask your friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbours to send in their contributions to Operation Bookworm.

 Please send your articles in to us ASAP info@bmmhs.org as the closing date for your submissions is 30th June 2020.

More stories are coming in every day. In the last few days these include Little ships at Dunkirk, The bombing of the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen, A Boffin’s war in the Middle east, Commanding a landing craft off the D Day beaches, Public Schools in WW1 and my 93 year old Mother-in-Law’s memories of the Blitz.

From all over the world, we have had some remarkable stories of great bravery and valour, while others have told how it was as civilians enduring hardships and fear we cannot imagine.   A mixture of incredible stories of survival, and some of being witness to hugely significant historical events.   Alongside these are tales of ordinary people ‘doing their bit’, some with great humour, others with great fortitude and some with great sadness, and often a mixture of all these.

If you have a family story to tell, do get in touch… we would love to hear from you.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  Please ask your friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbours to send in their contributions to Operation Bookworm.

 Please send your articles in to us ASAP info@bmmhs.org as the closing date for your submissions is 30th June 2020.

More stories are coming in every day. In the last few days these include Polish Spitfires, The bombing of Hitler’s Alpine Lair at Berchtesgaden, the horrors of the western front in WW1, Adolf Galland meets RAF Pathfinders, Is Hitler still after me ? – an escape from Nazi Germany into the London Blitz, RAF service during the Malayan insurgency and Buccaneer – a navigator’s view from HMS Ark Royal to the Gulf war.

Some are very moving, some stirring, some amusing, and some tales of ordinary people doing both ordinary and extraordinary things.  Also continuing to see yet more international ones from Australia, Poland, USA, Canada and the Netherlands.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  Please ask your friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbours to send in their contributions to Operation Bookworm.

 Please send your articles in to us ASAP info@bmmhs.org as the closing date for your submissions is 30th June 2020.

Some more of the fascinating stories that have come in over the last week…Hovering across the Pond (Harrier Air Race to New York), The Great Escape, Flak House, Football under fire , A dearly cherished and courageous son, Life in Romford in the Blitz, Gallipoli and My unplanned holiday in England.

Some are very moving, some stirring, some amusing, and some tales of ordinary people doing both ordinary and extraordinary things.  Also seeing some more  international ones from Australia, France, USA, Canada and the Netherlands.

A big thank you for sending your articles in to us.  Please ask your friends, relatives colleagues and neighbours to send in their contributions to Operation Bookworm.