History

Italy Star Association’s re-dedication service National Memorial Arboretum Friday 9th September 2016 9th September, the anniversary of allied troops landing in Salerno, makes this a significant date for Italy Star veterans and their families, as well as followers of the…
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The Legion d’ Honneur. Following an announcement by the French President following the 70th anniversary of the ‘D-Day Landings’ that all Veterans who fought for the liberation of France. Those taking part in operations in France between 1944 and 1945 were…
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My late father by Doreen Hansen Arthur William Berrill (always called ’Bill’) was in the RAOC and served in northern France briefly in 1940, escaping from St Nazaire on one of the last boats to leave. He left again in…
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Bryan Woolnough Memoirs Lake Comacchio, Italy – 1945 Night of Noise During late February and March 1945 as the Italian war was nearing its end the Commando Brigade found itself in the front line from the east coast south of…
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Bryan Woolnough Memoirs Vis, Yugoslavia – 1944 In February, 1944 I was one of the Commando Brigade that was attached to LFA’s [Land Force Adriatic] task force that was being established on the Dalmatian island of Vis in the Adriatic…
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Bryan Woolnough Memoirs Garigliano, Italy 1943 On the night of 29th of December, 1943 during the Italian campaign I was attached to No.9 Commando for a raid on the mouth of the Garigliano river. This river started in the mountains…
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Bryan Woolnough Memoirs Termoli, Italy – 1943 On the third of October 1943 I was with No.3 Commando for the assault on the town of Termoli. This was to be the last engagement for No.3 as after this action they…
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Italy by Ted Bell After disembarking in Naples we were billeted in a handsome but rather shabby villa in the commune of Portici, a little along the bay, and I remember the delight I had on waking up the next…
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