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My 50th Division shoulder badge. TT stands for Tyne Tees.

Another view of Arthur's cap badge. I only realised who I had buried when I found his badge and dog tags afterwards.

My army knife, with me throughout the war.

The dagger letter opener found in the Mayor of Hamburg's house near the end of the war.

My army knife opened up showing "one of those things they use to get stones out of horses' hooves". In reality, we used it to puncture tins of food, or maybe to leaver a stone from a tank track!

Another view of the above

My mirror - chrome-plated metal. Always carried this in my pocket over my heart throughout the war.

Another view of the above

My shoe brush and spare laces - tied the way they had to be for kit inspection.

The message from Montgomery read out to all the troops before D Day

Reverse of the above

My Lance Corporal stripe was worn when I was on duty in my shirt sleeves.

My wounded stripe for the injuries incurred in France after D-Day. This had to be worn on my blouse on the forearm.

My corporal stripe displayed with photo taken at Alex with my pal, Charlie Lee, who was killed in Sicily. I wore the stripe when I was in charge of the Police in Germany.

Christmas card received after the war from my medical orderly, Leslie Buckler. He handed me the piece of shrapnel after my operation. More on Christmas at War

The piece of shrapnel which wounded me in the thigh. It was part of an 88mm shell.

The piece of shrapnel which wounded me, shown against a 50p coin

Greeting inside the above. It says "From Leslie Buckler. I was your orderly in the 22 Canadian General Hospital.

My East Lancs cap badge

A display showing the hymn book given to me by a Welsh Lady (pictured left) who befriended me. Also shown is my wounded stripe.