Malta

In the Firing Line: Reg Gill's Story of the Malta Hospitals

The hospital was in a direct line between Sicily and the Grand harbour with its world famous massive...

My Wartime Experiences on the Merchant Navy ship "Samselbu" by Capt Michael Furlong

My Wartime Experiences on the Merchant Navy ship "Samselbu" by Capt Michael Furlong. There were V1...

MY FRIEND THE MOON

In the end corner of our road, there was a big garage where some Arab soldiers were billeted.Ali was one of...

Malta December1941

I had just arrived from Gilbralter on board HMS Dido a cruiser, i was to join Hms Aurora light cruiser...

RAMC, Rank and Responsibilty: A Radiographer's Tale in Malta

Reg Gill was a radiographer in 45th General hospital on Malta From 1941 to 1944....

830 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Malta

So after a few months with the holding squadron at Dekheila, he was posted to 830 Squadron in Malta....

Bombing in Malta

A torpedo dropped on our house as we were going into the shelter, the blast of the bomb blew us down the...

Malta Bombings

On the first day, Malta was bombed, but the first raid was in the Italian island of Sicily.When see grew...

Shot Down: Memories of the RAF in Malta

My father Group captain D.R Shore,now deceased,a professional RAF pilot told me the story of how he was...

The Miracle Ship

As a staff sergeant in Malta, August 1942, Kenneth was standing on the Barracas hoping that the convoy from...

My Dad's War

He was taken to Valletta hospital, and eventually they managed to get a plane home for all the injured...

An Irish Fusilier In Malta.

I joined the Army, the Royal Irish Fusiliers, when I was seventeen and a half, in 1936... Most of battalion...

HMS Valiant

HMS Valiant...

Harry Dickens - Malta 1937 to 1944

Fifty Ju.88s and a score of Ju.87s made the first attack and were taken completely by surprise by the...