On Land

Books featuring the activities of land-based military personnel at home and abroad during the Second World War

2297 - A POW's Story

by John Lawrence

A former POW tells of his five long years as a captive in Eastern Europe in WW2
World War II memoir

A Boy from Soho

by Frank Gianotti
A London boy's wartime experiences at home and abroad, in the London Blitz and in Italy with the RASC

A Long Way from Blandford

by BA Jones

Wartime adventures of a motorcycle dispatch rider and truck driver

World War II memoir

A Passage to Peshawar

by Bill Precey

Misadventures of a young officer in the Indian Army during WW2
World War II memoir

A Tankie's Travels

by Jock Watt
Experiences of a WW2 tank commander of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR) including Dunkirk, Greece, El Alemein and more...
WW2 memoir

Achtung Minen! Guernsey

by Henry Beckingham
The history of the German minefields on Guernsey 1940-45, told by the man in charge of removing them
World War II memoir

Espionage Behind the Wire

by Howard Greville

The secret history of intelligence gathering by Allied prisoners of war during World War II
Military memoir

From Horses to Chieftains

by Richard Napier

From boy soldier to battle-hardened veteran with the 8th Hussars 1935-1959
Military memoir

Kaladan Mortars

by Michael Clarke

Experiences of an officer with a mortar battery in Burma during WW2
WW2 memoirs

Malta Remembered

edited by Frank Rixon
A collection of stories about the George Cross Island of Malta contributed by military personnel who served there during World War 2
World War II poetry

No Poppies in the Jungle

by Kenneth Child
War Poems & Drawings depicting the Burma Campaign during World War 2

The Tall Man Who Never Slept

by James Bradley

Biography of Cyril Wild, a Japanese-speaking British officer who played a significant role in the history of Singapore during World War 2
RAF memoir

Get Some In

by Mervyn Base

The hair-raising adventures of a wartime bomb-disposal expert