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Sequel to Lexden in Wartime to be released

9:00am Friday 16th October 2009

A second volume of local wartime memories will be launched next week.

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We opened fire with all we had...

12:41pm Friday 11th September 2009

To Jim Welland, memories of the Battle of Kohima in north-east India are still vivid, 65 years on.

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Help me tell the tale of Camp 186

12:46pm Friday 11th September 2009

COLCHESTER’S Berechurch Hall military camp played its part during the Second World War – but not for soldiers of the British Army.

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Missions from my memory

12:25pm Friday 11th September 2009

An American fighter pilot returned to Colchester to recall his part in the war.

• Langham: Russ to return to airfield after 64 years

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It was almost fun...I was never scared

12:22pm Friday 11th September 2009

Nigel Austin does not ever remember being scared during the war.

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A flying missile went right over my head

12:19pm Friday 11th September 2009

A lifelong Colchester resident has recalled the day he saw a wartime flying bomb overhead as he walked to a friend’s house.

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Taking the train to new home

12:08pm Friday 11th September 2009

John Swain was part of the September 1940 evacuation from Colchester to Longton in Staffordshire when he was aged just seven.

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