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  •  A British Soldier Remembers  - http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/9656/index.html
     The reminiscences of a soldier of the British 8th Army in North Africa, Sicily,Italy and Austria during WWII. Also; WWII weapons, vehicles, battle maps and music of the war including soldier's songs.
  •  The Little Nurse, by Marjorie Penn  - http://positiveinteraction.com/littleNurse
     The personal memoir of a nurse in WWII England, surviving the Blitz and treating the victims of the bombing. Provides a unique view of the war on the 'home front'.
  •  Register of Essex-realated dead of World War II  - http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk/reg01.html
     An online registry of British, Commonwealth, Allied and Axis people connected to the English county of Essex and whose death was attributable to World War Two. Also includes notes about Essex County during the war.
  •  Wartime Leicestershire  - http://www.wartimeleicestershire.com/
     Maps, photographs, and articles about wartime (1939 to 1945) Leicestershire, including before and after Blitz pictures.
  •  The Communications Flight  - http://skeet.worldonline.co.uk
     The story of the contribution to the British war effort of the battle for RAF Station Habbaniya, Iraq, in May 1941.
  •  SNAG 56 / Naval Base Hospital No. 12  - http://adams.patriot.net/~eastlnd2/rj/alt/s56/snag56.htm
     Historical information on SNAG 56/Naval Base Hospital #12 established to care for Normandy invasion casualties. Photos, history extract and references.
  •  Civvy street in World War Two  - http://www.macksites.com/PART1.htm
     Stories of civilian life in Bristol, England during the Second World War. Includes related links and image and audio galleries.
  •  One of Many  - http://www.btinternet.com/~oneofmany/
     British Army organisation, history and function of the RASC. Sections on the 46th Division, Operation Avalanche and the North African and Italian campaigns.
  •  Special Operations Executive  - http://www.64-baker-street.org
     Profiles the women who worked for the Special Operations Executive during WW II - agents, wireless operators, coders, clerks, and the backroom girls.
  •  War Gunner  - http://www.wargunner.co.uk
     Photos, links and information on the British Expeditionary Forces, Vimy Ridge, Dunkirk and North Africa from the perspective of an Oxfordshire soldier. Also includes a discussion of army cooking and recipes.
  •  Island Farm German POW Camp Bridgend  - http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/
     History of the German POW camp in Bridgend, South Wales, from which the largest number of POWs ever to escape a British run camp escaped in March 1945.