Gordie Bannerman (1921-2018)

Gordie Bannerman's biography

• 001: Memoirs of Gordie Bannerman - World War II
• 002: Biography part 2
• 003: Joining Up
• 004: Back at it
• 005: Moving Out
• 006: First Promotion
• 007: On to Petawawa
• 008: Petawawa
• 009: Petawawa
• 010: Dress Blues
• 011: Home for Christmas
• 012: Dress Blues & Back to Camp
• 013: Forming our Regiment
• 014: Winter in Petawawa Camp
• 015: Training, training & More Training
• 016: Camp Dances
• 017: Gunnery Training
• 018: Summer of '41 in camp
• 019: Long hot summer of 1941
• 020: Maturing and Changing
• 021: Going Overseas
• 022: Aboard the HMT Oronsay
• 023: Aboard the HMT Oronsay
• 024: A Successful crossing
• 025: Aldershott Waterloo west
• 026: Christmas , 1941. Aldershot
• 027: Christmas , 1941. Ostrich Eggs
• 028: Walking where Mum and Dad were born
• 029: Bonnie Scotland (cont'd)
• 030: Bonnie Scotland (cont'd)
• 031: Looking for a good time?
• 032: Gorldie & Duke see London
• 033: In the mud in Sennybridge
• 034: Cleaning off the mud
• 035: Leaving Aldershot, now stationed at ChapelWood manor . Dieppe Raid -August 1942
• 036: Aftermath of Dieppe
• 037: Coastal defence
• 038: 5th Division Assault Course
• 039: 5th Division Assault Course Cont'd
• 040: Blackie Rowe - Assault Course
• 041: Christmas 1942
• 042: Our Second Christmas in England
• 043: Major Brown's wedding and the charming girls from Nutley
• 044: Still at Chapelwood Manor
• 045: Some Good Times
• 046: Aboard the John Ericcson
• 047: Under Fire
• 049: The Attack Continues
• 050: Naples in WarTime
• 051: Afrigola Italy
• 052: Closer to the Action
• 053: My Impressions of Afrigola
• 054: Gravina, Italy
• 055: Getting our Equipment in Order
• 056: You will feel the earth a-trembling
• 057: San Leonardo, Italy
• 058: Bravery at San Leonardo
• 059: 16 Tons per Gun
• 060: A day Long Remembered
• 061: The MAD MILE
• 062: Harassing the Germans
• 063: Fine Wine Tales
• 064: Harmony reigned on Easy Charlie
• 065: Transferred to RHQ
• 066: Friends in the RHQ
• 067: Mobile Baths
• 068: Trouble in Campobasso
• 069: History in Acquafondata
• 070: We all knew better
• 071: Cats and Mice
• 072: Capua Italy
• 073: The Push to Rome
• 074: Under Heavy Fire at Pignataro
• 075: Heavy Casualties at Pignataro
• 076: A Long Day
• 077: The Hitler Line
• 078: A Killing Ground
• 079: Heroics at the Melfa
• 080: Crossing the Melfa River
• 081: Pofi Italy May 28th to June 7
• 082: A Bizarre Happening
• 083: King Oscar Sardines
• 084: A Bitter Pill to Swallow
• 085: Regroup and Retrain
• 086: Volturno River
• 087: Broken Rules
• 088: Entering Rome
• 089: Sightseeing in Rome
• 090: July 1, 1944
• 091: Dysentry
• 092: A Promotion
• 093: Identity HIdden
• 094: Quite A Show
• 095: Montemaggorie, Italy
• 096: Montemaggoire Italy (2)
• 097: Death Valley
• 098: Self Preservation
• 099: Pretty G-- damn hot eh?
• 100: The Valley of Death
• 101: Scott Coyle
• 102: Dressing Wounds
• 103: A Heart Pounding Situation
• 104: Railway Gun
• 105: Coriano Ridge
• 106: Lucky 13
• 107: Enemy up close
• 108: Too Scared to Move
• 109: A Miracle Indeed
• 110: Looking after Me
• 111: IMAGINE THAT
• 112: Of Mice and Fleas
• 113: A Sobering Effect
• 114: Italy, September 1944
• 115: The Rains had Started
• 116: We Were Fortunate
• 117: Violent Gaseous Happenings
• 118: Missing and Believed Captured
• 119: A true Bay Boy
• 120: Daring Feats of Courage
• 121: Elusive Fowl
• 122: Hard slogging and Rest Time
• 123: Boys at Heart
• 124: Man o' Live
• 125: I Still Eat Grapes
• 126: The Mad Major
• 127: Return To the Front
• 128: Quite a Coup
• 129: An Evening to Remember
• 130: Resiliant Peasants
• 131: We Loved all of You
• 132: Sauerkraut Classic
• 133: A Scrounger
• 134: Chops and Roasts
• 135: Daddy Brooks
• 136: Christmas Day
• 137: Off to the Dentist
• 138: Tragic News
• 139: Fox Troop's Still
• 140: Mezzano Italy
• 141: Mezzano Italy, January
• 142: A Scrounger Supreme
• 143: The Danger and the Fun
• 144: Bully and a Loud Mouth
• 145: Terrible Going Over
• 146: Bare Assed in the Dugout
• 147: Enough Rum
• 148: White Bread & Coca Cola
• 149: Bonjour, Canada
• 150: A Pleasant Interlude
• 151: Ten Day Leaves
• 152: Two Streams
• 153: The Neptune Bar
• 154: Stood Up in Aberdeen
• 155: Well Toasted Manhood
• 156: A Formal Luncheon
• 157: Wervik, Belgium
• 158: My Brother George
• 159: Holland, March/April 1945
• 160: Elst, Holland 1945
• 161: Princess Elizabeth Crowned
• 162: Recent Memories
• 163: Mighty Maroon Machine
• 164: I was Being Watched
• 165: A Very Violent Night
• 166: Violent Night Continues
• 167: Violent Nightmare
• 168: A Pretty Hairy Night
• 169: A Magnificent Stand
• 170: Otterloo, Early Morning
• 171: Otterloo Holland
• 172: Otterloo, Holland
• 173: A Gallon of Rum
• 174: More Otterloo Stories
• 175: The War Goes On
• 176: Lost and Wounded
• 177: Advance to Ijsselmeer, Holland
• 178: Leeuwarden Area, Holland
• 179: 24 Hour Truce
• 180: Liberation Day
• 181: Holland's Day of Liberation
• 182: The Blue Socks
• 183: THE WAR IS OVER!
• 184: Winschoten Holland. Late May 1945
• 185: Gunners Without Guns
• 186: Reduced Numbers
• 187: Major Doug Weir
• 188: Joe Telfer
• 189: Eggs and Beer
• 190: CWAC Pipe Band
• 191: Leave in Wervik
• 192: Going Home FINALLY!
• 193: Back to England
• 194: On Board the Queen Elizabeth
• 195: Steaming Westward
• 196: New York to Indian Head
• 197: Regina, Saskatchewan
• 198: Warm Welcomes
• 199: Stuck in Sask.
• 200: CPR to Vancouver
• 201: Home At Last
• 202: A Load Lifted
• 203: The Bannerman Family
• 204: final words

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