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Ron's Photo Album
Posted May 25, 2004
Ron's Photo Album Index (as on 25/5/04)
Strictly for my own benefit (but also for all those who find life is too short to run around this site looking for photos) I give below an list of all the stories I have submitted to-date, PLUS the images I have attached. Images still in 'limbo' are marked with (X)
1. Ron's Grand Tour (2156564)
A Map of my travels, courtesy of Ron Tee of 56 Recce
2. Five Sons, all serving in H.M.Forces (A2025028)
A montage of the 5 Goldstein boys in uniform
3. Waiting to be called up (A2416268)
My fathers factory in London, showing Dad,Jack,Lou and I
4. Early Army Days,October 1942 (A2176616)
A page from my AB64 Part 1 showing innoculations
5. Training to be a Driver/Wireless Operator (A2065853)
My first Army photo, taken at Whitby, aged 19
6. Not my worst night, by any means (A1996860)
Studio photo taken in Egypt
7. A Driver/Op in Light Ack Ack (A2077274)
The No.19 wireless set as used both in LAA and 4th QOH
8. Sicily, then on to Italy (A2370674)
Street photo taken in Bari, Sept 1943
9. Monte Cassino, March to May 1944 (A2293616)
NO PHOTO TO DATE
10. Two weeks in dock in Naples.... (A2274761)
NO PHOTO TO DATE
11. The 78th Div goes to Egypt to re-fit and re-form (A2515475)
The Pyramids, I'm on the 3rd Camel from the right
12. Day leave in Rome (A1941383)
Street photo in Rome, 21st June 1944
13. Transformation from Gunner to Trooper(A2601839)
Pete Burnes, myself and Ken Atkinson at Rieti
14. Joining the 4th Queen's Own Hussars (A2310003)
'A' Sdrn. Official Photo, Austria 1945
15. German Propaganda Leaflets (A2297333)
One of seven leaflets in my Army Album
16. The day my brother Mick nearly killed me (A2352647)
Mick and I on AJEX parade, 1992 (X)
17. Diary entries 11th April 1945 (A2017630) (P)
Me and my Bren Gun Carrier at Trieste (X)
18. The day I should have died (A2513134)
NO PHOTO TO DATE
19. The War ends in Italy, 2nd May 1945 (A2039113)
On guard at our POW camp at Ferndorf
20. VE Day, as seen from a field near Venice (A2324189)
Myself and the Clock Tower in Venice
21. Keeping a Diary in Wartime (A2509021)
NO PHOTO TO DATE
22. Jun ’45 Danke Herr Mix! (A2072350)
1936 photos of my billets and German troops
23. Life in wartime Austria (A2545517)
Me and captured German Army vehicle
24. Running a staging camp in Germany August 1945 (A2062513)
A page from my album showing Ulm Cathedral
25. Oct ’45 Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947 (A2166130)
Myself on a mine-sweeper in Trieste Harbour (X)
26. My Welcome Home (A2072477)
The train bringing me home from Austria
27. Getting your Army Records (A2098000)
One typical page showing 'charge' detail
28. Army Transport (A2611937)
Ron on the Norton Motor Byke
29. Stick it in your Army....Album! (A2612567)
A montage, including currency and medals
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Latest reply: May 25, 2004
Posting Images
Posted May 12, 2004
As at 5:22 pm on 11-5-04 this is the state of play with regard to my posting images on the site.
A. The following articles have now had images attached
Five Sons, all serving in H.M.Forces (A2025028) (P)
Training to be a Driver/Wireless Operator (A2065853) (P)
Sicily, then on to Italy (A2370674) (P)
The 78th Div goes to Egypt to re-fit and re-form (A2515475) (P)
Day leave in Rome (A1941383) (P)
Transformation from Gunner to Trooper(A2601839)(P)
The War ends in Italy, 2nd May 1945 (A2039113) (P)
Life in wartime Austria (A2545517) (P)
My Welcome Home (A2072477) (P)
German Propaganda leaflets (A2297333) (P)
Joining the 4th Queen's Own Hussars (A2310003) (P)
VE Day, as seen from a field near Venice (A2324189) (P)
Running a staging camp in Germany August 1945 (A2062513) (P)
Ron’s Grand Tour (A2156564) (P)
B. These articles have had images attached, but are still waiting clearing and checking by the WW2 Team
The day my brother Mick nearly killed me (A2352647) (P)
Diary entries 11th April 1945 (A2017630) (P)
Oct ’45 Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947 (A2166130) (P)
C. The following articles have yet to be allocated images, if I can find appropriate material.
Early Army Days,October 1942 (A2176616)
May ’43 A Driver/Op in Light Ack Ack (A2077274)
Monte Cassino, March to May 1944 (A2293616)
Two weeks in dock in Naples and not a wound to show for it (A2274761)
The day I should have died (A2513134)
Keeping a Diary in Wartime (A2509021)
Jun ’45 Danke Herr Mix! (A2072350
Waiting to be called up (A2416268)
Getting your Army Records (A2098000)
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Latest reply: May 12, 2004
More stories for the Chronological Index
Posted Feb 15, 2004
Having just discovered that you can't edit a Journal entry, I've found another story for the list.
Oct 1 1942
Early Army Days, October 1942 (A2176616)
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Chonological Index
Posted Feb 14, 2004
The various stories I have posted on this website cover a large part of my wartime experiences. What is missing is a chronological list on which to hang these tales.
This index should go part of the way to putting this right.
Sep 3, 1939
Five Sons, all serving in H.M.Forces (A2025028)
Oct 1, 1942 Bury St.Edmunds, Called up, aged 19 and Posted to 53rd Primary
Training Wing
Nov ’42 Whitby, Yorkshire Posted to 52nd Anti Aircraft Driver Training
Regiment,Royal Artillery to be trained as a Driver/Wireless Operator
Training to be a Driver/Wireless Operator (A2065853)
Feb ’43 Haltwhistle, Northumberland Posted to 112th L.A.A. Regiment
Mar’43 Hove, Sussex, Congleton, Cheshire, Woolwich (Where the overseas draft REAYK
assembled), London, Home for embarkation leave
Apr’43 Liverpool, S.S.Frankonia, The ship that took us to North Africa
Algiers,( North Africa ) Posted to 49th Light Anti Aircraft Rgt. at Tunis
Not my worst night, by any means (A1996860)
Cap Matifou, Ghardimeau, Medjes El Bab, (Tunisia)
May ’43 A Driver/Op in Light Ack Ack (A2077274)
June ‘43 Carthage, Guelma, Hammamet Boarded ship for the invasion of Sicily
July’43 Syracuse, (Sicily), Bronte, Adrano, Messina,
Sep’43 Reggio di Calabria, Invasion of Italy ( Italy), Crotone, Bari, Foggia, Termoli
Dec ’43 Carovilla, Cantalupo, Agnone, Riccia, Campo Basso, Bagnolia
Feb ’44 Ortogna, Mignano, Cassino (The Regiment was responsible for smoke laying beneath the monastery), Caserta, Afragola, San Vittorio
Monte Cassino, March to May 1944 (A2293616)
Mar ’44
Two weeks in dock in Naples and not a wound to show for it (A2274761)
Apr’44 Vanairo, Vanafro, Ceprano, Lake Trasimeno, Rome, Baschi, Tiber,
Frosinino, Taranto Pulled out of the line
S.S.Empires Pride The ship that took us to Egypt to reform and re-equip)
Day leave in Rome (A1941383)
Jul’44 Alexandria,(Egypt), Cairo, Ishmalia, Amiryah
S.S.Homer Lee The American ship that took us back to Italy
Augusta, (Sicily) Assisi (Italy), Vasto, Termoli, Sangro, Pescara, Scarperia,
Florence, Firenzuolo
Oct ’44 Sienna, Tavernelle, Naples, Ancona
Dec’44 Rieti Posted to Royal Armoured Corp Training Depot for re-training on tanks
Mar’45 Posted to 4th Queen’s Own Hussars as Loader/Wireless Operator
Gubbio, Ravenna, Rocciano, Rimini
Apr’’45 Commachio, Traversare, Ferrara, Lugo, Santerno, Reno,
Diary entries 11th April 1945 (A2017630)
May’45 Venice, Ferndorf,(Austria) (Set up a POW camp for
SS Cavalry Division), Lienz, Spittal
Paternion, Grafenstein, Trieben,Villach,
The War ends in Italy, 2nd May 1945 (A2039113)
Jun ’45 Danke Herr Mix! (A2072350)
Jul’ 45 Velden, Klagenfurt,Salsburg,
Aug’45 Munich, Ulm ( Germany) (Running staging camp for troops going home on leave)
Running a staging camp in Germany August 1945 (A2062513)
San Giorgio, (Italy)
Oct ’45 Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947 (A2166130)
Nov’45 Udine, Milan, Brig, Calais,Folkestone,London, (First home leave since Apr’43)
My Welcome Home (A2072477)
Folkestone, Calais, Milan, (Italy) Palmanova, Trieste,
Jun’46 Milan, Calais, Folkestone, London, (My second home leave)
Trieste, (Italy) Monfalcone,
Oct’46 Milan, Dieppe, Dover London, Dover, Dieppe, Trieste (Regimental re-union with
the Colonel , Winston Churchill in attendance)
Jan’47 Milan, Calais, Dieppe, London, Barnard Castle, York and finally DEMOB!
Getting your Army Records (A2098000)
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