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Louis Meulstee has great interest in Royal Signals and is a very regular visitor to the Royal Signals Museum library at Blandford. He has written about 150 articles on the history of military radio communication and is the author of the hugely popular "Wireless for the Warrior" series of which four volumes are available plus the new "Wireless for the Warrior Compendium 1 'Spark to Larkspur' (Wireless Sets 1910-1948)". Full details of how to order are on the fascinating website (also entitled ) Wireless for the Warrior and a visit is almost mandatory for anyone who professes a real interest in British Military equipment throughout its range.
Louis, who holds the call sign PAØPCR, was elected to be an Associate Member (Number 3663) of the The Royal Signals Amateur Society at the Council Meeting held at Blandford Camp prior to the AGM on 26th June 1999 for his outstanding affiliation to us. Those wishing to contact Louis may do so by e-mail.

The book called THE LAST VIKING by Dr. R. Dawson, PhD. MSc. BA. is recommended. Why? Well besides being, as one reader described it, 'a rattling good yarn', the two main characters are ex-Royal Signals (Blandford Camp). It's all about a gang of squaddie veterans who use their army experience and two DUKWs to pull off what was effectively the world's last true Viking raid, and incidentally the world's greatest robbery. Full details of the novel and the author himself (another fascinating story!) are at: www.thelastviking.co.uk and there's a special offer via Amazon for any personnel serving abroad. It has to be worth a look.

THE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS - UNIT HISTORIES OF THE CORPS (1920-2001) AND ITS ANTECEDENTS
Cliff Lord & Graham Watson
ISBN: 1-874622-07-8 Price: £29.95 Extent: 416pp, 70+ b/w photos Size: 230 x 145mm Hardback Published in a limited edition of 1000 individually-numbered copies
Pbn date: June 2003
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".........The ability to communicate is a prerequisite for success both in military and civil life. Surprisingly, everyone expects access to communications, but rarely wonders how it is achieved. The purpose of this book is to bring into focus one of the cornerstones of the success of the British Army, and to provide an insight into the complexity and diversity of the Royal Corps of Signals. This is done, not by narrative, but by delving into unit history rather than campaign history, thus offering a different perspective for the historian.
Royal Signals is one of the largest Corps in the British Army, and consists of a body of very highly trained and dedicated personnel to manage, operate, and repair the advanced technology that is theirs to administer. Signals are the Invisible Elite, without them there is no victory.
Reflecting the new technologies as they occur, the reader will see the new signal units being raised to facilitate the exigencies of the time. For example, during the Second World War the Golden Arrow Detachments were created as independent, mobile, high-speed transmitting and receiving stations to provide links to Britain, and thus provide High Command with the information from Commanders in the Field that was desperately needed. These units also passed intercepted enemy signals back to England for the code breakers at Bletchley Park. Other specialist Signal units were created for Air Support, Para Signals, Commandos, Interception, Fixed Communications, Peace-keeping and a multitude of other reasons.
This book is a must for historians, genealogists, and those that served. It contains:

• Overviews of the Signals Order of Battle at specific times in history
• Detailed précis of specialist signal units including Commando, and Para units.
• History of 35 Commonwealth and related Signal Corps
• Photographs of many rare signal badges
• Scores and scores of unit histories both Regular and Territorial from the past to the present
• A limited edition of 1000 copies, individually-numbered

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - this online encyclopaedia is being created in sections (entries in parenthesis). So far the following sections are available: Chronology (1), Outbreak of War (22), Countries (22), Allied Armed Forces (32), Important Battles (34), Technology (10), Political Leaders (94), British Home Front (20), Military Leaders (58), Life in the Trenches (24), Trench System (22), Trench War (18), Soldiers (44), War Heroes (12), Medals (8), War at Sea (24), War in the Air (48), Pilots (28), Aircraft (30), War Artists (34), Cartoonists and Illustrators (90), War Poets (16), Journalists (28), Newspapers and Journals (16), Novelists (36), Women at War (56), Women's Organisations (14), Weapons & War Machines (42), Inventors and the War (12) Theatres of War (6) and War Statistics (18).

By MARCUS BINNEY, a new 395page tome was released at the beginning of August 2002: entitled THE WOMEN WHO LIVED FOR DANGER (the Women Agents of SOE in the Second World War), priced at £20 and published by Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0 3408 1839 5
This tome concentrates on the histories of 10 of such female agents including Christina Granville, Violette Szabo, Leia Karayanni and Yvonne Rudellat - as Binney puts it "They were the girls who did the business".
This book was reviewed by M.R.D.Foot, the leading authority on SOE, in the London TIMES (T2 supplement) on 21 August 2002.

BEHIND THE LINES (the Oral History of Special Operations in World War II) (published by Secker & Warburg - £16.99) (ISBN 0 4362 0534 3) is a 308pp skilful compilation by RUSSELL MILLER of carefully collected interviews, diaries, reports and letters by SOE Agents of the most intense moments of their lives - torture, isolation, fear, and other human suffering.
This book was reviewed by M.R.D.Foot, the leading authority on SOE, in the London TIMES (T2 supplement) on 21 August 2002.

Published (by Viking at £19.99)) early in 2004 "THE NEXT MOON: the Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the Lines in Wartime France" is as long as its title suggests - some 320 pages - and is by André Hue and Ewen Southby-Tailyour. It tells in graphic detail the story of André Hue from his survival following a French passenger liner striking a German mine in June 1940 and his determination escape to Britain and how he did so and became an SOE Officer. Many adventures in this role and his deep involvement in clandestine operations prove to be an absorbing story - written with the aid of Southby-Tailyour himself a miltary historian.

Maurice Christie writes: 'I have finally published my father's wartime story.
At the tender age of 18 I asked my father "What did you do in the war dad?"...............a question all kids ask their fathers who had been in World War Two..............his reply was not what I wanted to hear..........."Nothing."
It has taken a lot of tears; and more tears, to get my father to talk about his war adventures, but eventually he did................and now I have been able to get them all together in one book............My father read the final proof copy and said "It's ok now, it's all yours."..........He passed away in August 2003 without seeing the final book.'
Mission Scapula .......This is Arthur Christie's wartime story told in his own words. The first part of his story relates to his childhood days and the then approaching war. Then his introduction into the Army, and the clandestine world of "Special Operations Executive" (this was the organization Winston Churchill instigated with the words "And now, set Europe ablaze") and his involvement in Mission “Scapula” Singapore in the Far East, and his eventual captivity by the Japanese. In three parts, packed full of reality, if you are looking for James Bond look no further, he was fictional - this is reality. 200 pages and 8 pages of Pictures, original Drawings, and declassified reports newly released. In paperback. Limited Edition - a website gives further details at: http://www.btinternet.com/~m.a.christie/book.htm

Not only is the well-known SOLDIER MAGAZINE of tremendous interest to ex-Army personnel as well as those currently serving but it carries an excellent Reunions and Comrades Search board.

Written on a website is A Personal View of National Service 1947-49 - by Melton Mowbray resident Arnold Jordan, telling in very interesting detail his time with the Corps as a Telephone Switchboard Operator from Glen Parva, via Catterick, 4th Air Formation Signals, Ismailia, 3GHQ Fayid, GHQ cipher office and back to Melton Mowbray.

The Public Records Office (UK) is about to publish a once Top Secret SOE Training Syllabus following its declassification. For some the subject will be distasteful perhaps - it deals with "foul methods" and assassination techniques and similar topics. The syllabus was used at CAMP X (the training school near Oshawa, Lake Ontario, Canada) - which was under British command when operational to train SOE and OSS (now CIA) agents. Our Major William E. Fairbairn was the expert on this subject: he was known as "Fearless Dan" or "the Shanghai Buster" having been a senior office in its Police prior to WWII. The publication "Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare World War II" was by the PRO on 15th August price £19.99.

THE FOREST AT WAR - is a unique social and educational documentary film released November 2001 - "Using rare archive footage, original stories and photographs, re-enactments and stunning air to ground photography, the film chronicles aspects of military and civilian life in and around the New Forest in the build up to D-Day. Without the natural and physical resources of the Forest and the Solent, the D-Day Campaign, as we know it, may never have happened."
The video documentary was filmed on location throughout the Forest and surrounding areas including the Solent. Those interviewed included Nick Berryman, a former Spitfire pilot who flew from RAF Ibsley, Jimmy Kyle, a former Typhoon pilot who flew from Needs Ore Point and Marjorie Matthew, who recalls that as a teenager she served Military Personnel at her parents' tea-rooms.

Published in the Spring of 2001 is BODY OF SECRETS: How America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ Eavesdrop on the World. Written by James Bamford and published by Century at £20 its 733 pages reveal much about some of the most sensitive organisations in the field of intelligence gathering that exist today.
One view is that this tome may well become the standard reference work on the subject and is of especial interest to Royal Signals personnel on account of its coverage of electronic surveillance and other aspects of "Crypto City" and its electronic armoury.
Our Intelligence & Secrecy section will lead you to further sources of similar material.

TOM PERERA - W1TP has been an active Amateur Radio Operator on all bands and all modes since first being licensed in 1953. He is a professor at Montclair State University with hundreds of publications in many fields including The History of Technology, Computerized Research Laboratory Software, Multi-Media Laboratory Modules, Psychophysiology, Perception, Experimental Psychology, The Psychology of Flight, etc. He has been particularly interested in documenting the History of Telegraph Keys since that time, and has specialized in collecting Telegraph instruments with particular attention on Civil War Era and Pre-Civil War Telegraph keys. He has built an Internet Telegraph and Scientific Instrument Museum which displays and describes over 1000 instruments.
He has also written the first and only Telegraph Collectors Guide with 100 pages which describe and display photographs of over 300 keys as well as lists of many hundreds more.
Tom has produced an ENIGMA CD containing a complete, detailed history with over 1000 photographs, 6 Enigma and German radio books. It also includes a very authentic Enigma Simulator complete program. The cost of the CD is $15 plus $5 postage. It can be obtained from Artifax Books whose address can be obtained by clicking on the top link on his website.

"The Hidden Hand :Britain, America and Cold War Secret Intelligence" by Professor Richard J. Aldrich was published on 5th July 2001 and deals with the subject in considerable detail so much so we have prepared a dedicated page accessed by clicking on the title. The same information is also available from our E-LIBRARY in PDF format to facilitate your printing.
There are special purchase benefits to RSARS Members.
Our Intelligence & Secrecy section will lead you to further sources of similar material.

Professor Aldrich of the University of Nottingham also edited "Espionage, security and intelligence in Britain 1945-1970" - first published in 1998 (ISBN 0 7190 4955 5 hardback and 0 7190 4956 3 paperback) by Manchester University Press (Manchester and New York) and printed in Great Britain by Bell & Bain Ltd., Glasgow this 262-page book is part of the series DOCUMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY designed for sixth-formers and undergraduates in higher education which aims to provide both an over-view of specialist research on topics in post-1939 British history, and a wide-ranging selection of primary source material. This collection of fascinating material makes interesting reading as well as providing a wonderful immediate reference for students and writers alike.
Richard Aldrich appeared in the recent screening by BBC4 of Leslie Woodhead's Storyville film about his time as an "apprentice spy". The one-hour film was broadcast on 24th November 2003 and is the factual account of the British Government's late-1950's scheme to train 5,000 National Servicemen as Russian linguists at JSSL (the Joint Services Language School) in Scotland and their subsequent interception of Soviet radio transmissions and other intelligence gathering. Prof. Aldrich commented as an espionage agent of some repute. You can read much more concerning Prof. Aldrich at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/staff/aldrich.html

Dr. Brian Austin, GØGSF – RSARS 1487 was born in Johannesburg in 1945 and educated at St David's College, Inanda. After National Service in the South African Corps of Signals he read Electrical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and obtained his BSc(Eng) degree in 1970 followed by MSc(Eng) and PhD degrees while employed, first at the research laboratories of the Chamber of Mines, and then as an academic on the staff of his alma mater.
In 1987, he and his family emigrated to the United Kingdom where he is currently senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Liverpool. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IEE and Senior Member of the IEEE.
In 1984 he was chairman of the Electronics and Telecommunications Section of the SAIEE and from then until his departure for England was a member of the Council of the SAIEE.
From 1976 he served in a part-time capacity in the South African Army before retiring in 1984 with the rank of Major. He is presently the UK representative on Commission B (Fields and Waves) of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). Brian and his wife Kath have a son and a daughter.

RADIO BYGONES (ISSN 0956-974X) is published bi-monthly (six issues per year) and deals very efficiently with vintage radio. Extremely well illustrated, and at around 40 pages per issue it is very popular with "those of a certain age" and the newcomer alike. The Editorial and Subscription Offices are at Wimborne Publishing Ltd., 408 Wimborne Road East, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9ND, England. Telephone number is (+44) (0)1202 873872 and Fax: (+44) (0)1202 874562. The Editor is Mike Kenward.

A new book, entitled "A Hell of an Education!", runs to 140 plus pages (A4 and spiral bound) and the Foreword has been provided by Maj. General Tony Deane-Drummond CB, DSO, MC and Bar - who describes it as "a great story, simply told and in a style which all old soldiers will appreciate". Louis Meulstee, PAØPCR (of "Wireless for the Warrior" fame) gave the Editor much valuable assistance in the preparation of the book.
It's a simple but enthralling story, written as described to its Editor Douglas F. Willies, G3HRK 'fifty plus years on' and it tells of a British Paratroop Signaller 1942 - 1947. Basically produced for Jack Hewitt, his family, friends and colleagues it nevertheless has considerable attraction to a much wider audience. The style is brilliantly detailed and intimate without being in any way laborious or tautologous and is rather difficult to put down once opened. In some respects it will be a work of reference.
There are 17 Chapters in the book ranging from Jack's Infantry Training, his Para Training in the UK and North Africa, his service in Italy, Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) Denmark, Malaya, Singapore, Java, Palestine through to his demob in 1947 - there are over 80 photographs (including some from the Imperial War Museum, and PAØPCR and Pat Allely GW3KJW, both RSARS) and details of the Whitley, Dakota, Stirling, Halifax, Horsa, Hamilcar aircraft and the Fullerphone, and WS Sets 12, 22, 52, 62, 76, R109, 76, SCR399 to name but a few.
It is a non-commercial project. The cost is just £6 per book, of which £1 will be a donation to the Airborne Forces Security Fund - at Jack Hewitt's request. Copies are available direct from the Editor and Publisher Doug Willies (17 Campion Way, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8UN - telephone 01263 825 542). It is difficult to appreciate how such a magnificent publication can be kept down to this price. Postage & Packing will be an additional £2 for UK deliveries and for Europe the cost of postage and packing will have to be £3 and by Airmail for the US £5-25. As this is a private publication (and exchange charges so high) payment must be by cheque drawn on a UK Bank or International Money Order in Sterling please.
Also by Doug Willies is "Not Forgotten" - the Story of a USAAF B-24 crew, their Missions, their Aircraft and the Tragedies. Fifty years later they are remembered....." His XYL Celia is G6DFA and his brother is G3DRL

It is estimated that within five years, over 600 million Chinese citizens will be connected to the 'Net, which is more than double the entire population of the USA. Such an extraordinary expansion in the use of telecommunication is, however, only the most recent development in a radical 100 years of telecommunications growth Now a revolution is occurring that is destined to change our lives far more dramatically than the Industrial Revolution which utterly changed the lives of people living in the 18th and 19th Century. From the Wireless to the Web. The Evolution of Telecommunications 1901-2001 by Peter R. Jensen (VK2AQJ - RSARS 3615) is a fascinating story of endeavour - from the discovery and development of wireless and early radio to the technological developments and events that have given the World instant mobile personal communications, the Internet and the World Wide Web. This lavishly illustrated book aims to show how, from the earliest days, the present complexity of the World Wide Web was created, based on cable, radio and more recently, satellites and tire microcomputer. From the Wireless to the Web marks the centenary of the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu in the United Kingdom to Marconi in St John's, Newfoundland. The book leads the reader on a voyage: from Babbage, the frustrated genius, through Marconi's development of early radio telecommunication, Mawson's Antarctic expedition, wireless in the First World War, radio dinosaurs from the first wireless age, early airborne radio, radio at war (1939-1945), codes and cryptography, the silicon chip, creation of the computer, the microcomputer revolution and on to the future of micro communications. Illustrated with more than 350 photographs, many not previously published, this book also describes how the threat of world war and the need to transfer data from computer to computer in a secure manner has contributed to a fundamental change in the technology of communications. Peter R. Jensen, architect and town-and-country planner, has enjoyed a thirty-year involvement in electronics, amateur radio and microcomputers. During that time he has been President of the New South Wales division of the Wireless Institute of Australia, the Sydney Progressive Amateur Radio Club (SPARC) and the Australasian Microcomputer Users Society (AMUS). He is currently the President of the Australasian Communications and Computer Association (ACCA). During the last fifteen years Jensen has been researching the history of telecommunications and the link between computers and radio communications. He has written numerous articles for electronics and radio periodicals and is the author of the award-winning book, In Marconi's Footsteps 1894 to 1920: Early Radio, published in 1994. Jensen lives in Sydney. The book is 260 x 190 mm HB 320pp, ISBN Ø 86840 458 6 and published by UNSW (University of New South Wales Press Ltd.) (Telephone: 02 9664 0902) of Sydney NSW 2052 Australia where it is priced at $49.95. The United Kingdom distributors are Gazelle Book Services Ltd. Falcon House, 4 Queen Square, Lancaster LA1 1RN (Telephone: 01524 68765) from whom the book is available at £26.99. Cost of delivery depends upon the total weight of books ordered, destination of delivery and method of delivery.

"Wartime News" is the title of a quarterly publication produced by The Wartime Company It was launched in December 1995 as the continuation of a series of Newsletters produced by Marilyn J. Ward (the present Editor) during her role as Co-ordinator in Dorset of the 50th Anniversary of D-Day through to the end of WWII. It is produced on a non-profit making basis in response to the wishes of Veterans that the events of WWII should continue to be told for the benefit of future generations. Readers are encouraged to write to Marilyn with views, opinions and reminiscences which may be of interest to others. A 16-page well presented and illustrated complimentary copy sent to us for review confirms its availability on application to its Editor. A subscription to 4 quarterly issues is £8.50 (Overseas £14, Europe £11 payable by International Money Order in Sterling) can be made to the Company at 4th Floor, Studland House, 12 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3NA (Tel: 01202 503902) and back numbers are also available at £5.50 per year (4 issues) inclusive of p&p.
Marilyn can be contacted by Email
The issue under review contains:

• Victory off the River Plate by George Deacon who served in HMS Ajax at the Plate.
• My Lucky War by Frank Stilwell who was one of the BEF shipped to France in 1939.
• Eight down - One to go by Mike Henry DFC - ex Royal Signals TA then RAF and tells of his "near miss" on returning from bombing invasion barges in Boulogne Harbour.
• Parlez Vous Français? by Dorothy Gait who worked with the cryptographers at Bletchley Park (French department).
• Gang Show Get-Together by Elsa Page a No.2 WAAF Gangsteress.
• Beneath Mount Etna by Bernard Cooke who spent 6 years with 91st Field Artillery Regiment and who was shelled on the lower slopes of said volcano!
• The Strathallan Coincidence by Bill Pratt telling of the troopship of that name and it being torpedoed whilst he was 8 decks down.
• Balloons over Britain by Norah Park - tales of the Cardington Balloon Training Station and elsewhere whilst in the WAAF.
• The Brigade of the Gurkhas (183 years of service with the British Crown) - detail from their Museum at Winchester.
• Early Wartime Days in the RAF by Ron Hicks.
• The Liberation of Ghent by Derrick J. Watson.

"HamRad is the Amateur Radio Operators guide to manufacturers,dealers, and organisations as well as the home of the HamRad Trader. HamRad is one of the most popular non-commercial sites on the World Wide Web." John - WA7RHK.

Click here for a wealth of militaria from the famous JANE'S of Jane's Fighting Ships etc. fame, including their Defence Review and so on.

OSPREY is the world's leading publisher of illustrated books in the military, aviation, and automotive fields. The title series include Men-at-Arms, Campaign, Order of Battle, Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft, Colour Car Classics, Car Restoration and Maintenance, Elite, Warrior, Classic Aircraft, New Vanguard, Civil Aircraft, Aircraft Cutaways, Motorcycles, Automotive Histories and Reference, among others.
Their web site is regularly updated and has a complete online database of Osprey titles, classified by series and subject and is an excellent place to browse.
Contact them at PO Box 140, Wellinborough, Northamptonshire NN8 4ZA or by telephone on +44 (0)1933 443863.

Stuck for a component? RS COMPONENTS have appeared on the Web and list 100,000 products in their catalogue there - it is said that their inbuilt search engine has a 2-second response time!! Your Editor “gave it a whirl” to test before telling you - loading time for the Home Page was a mere 45 seconds and there is a Product explorer Menu, a free access Data Library and many other things worth viewing. Their E-commerce is clearly building up rapidly.

Technical help is available online. Thanks to the kindness of MACMILLAN the leading publisher of Computer Information. In addition to their other considerable resources you can have an online Personal Bookshelf free, which gives unlimited access to more than 200 complete computer books — 100,000 pages of valuable information. From Access to X Windows, they've got your online computer reference needs covered.

For BOOK WORMS: a site promoting secondhand military, naval and aviation booksellers in the UK is on line. With 15,000 titles available, a Guest Book in which you can list your requirements and the ability to join their Mailing List - a very useful Site for the military-minded.

And MORE BOOKS can be discovered at a specialist mail order secondhand books business available your screen. They too have a "Wanted List", a Catalogue request, links to specialst areas and other interactive items.COMPUTER PUBLISHING you can register at their Web site, indicate your computer interests and they set up a Personal Bookshelf for you. From this you can search and read the full text of up to a maximum of 5 books online - FREE! You are enabled to use this facility for 90 days after which you may start again. The site offers a menu giving Resource Centers, WWW Yellow Pages, Industry Information, Online Catalog, Downloads, Online Learning and Site Search as well as the Personal Bookshelf.

Spit and Polish and other stories by "Sustainer" are a good laugh for a good cause - The Army Benevolent Fund. 19 of these yarns by the well-known Army humourist, are illustrated by "Piscator" and form the second collection of these funny, in full colour, bringing-to-life of "Sustainer's" memorable characters. The first series was entitled "Reveille & Retribution" and sales achieved benefits totalling £6,000 for the Army Benevolent Fund. The cost of this recent publication is £12.95 which includes p&p and the earlier collection is still available at £10.95 inclusive of p&p. Telephone sales are available on 07000 777 789 or send an order to Spit & Polish, Freepost LON15206, London SE1 7BR. There is a Web Site which will give you further details including sample stories and there is also information on the Army Benevolent Fund and The Officer magazine both of which are closely linked to Sustainer. Please remember that a high proportion of the proceeds of these books goes to the Army Benevolent Fund.

Written by an Intercept Operator, Joan Nicholls, "England Needs You" is the story of Beaumanor Y Station. Joan served there. Priced at £17.50 plus £3 p&p - ISBN: Ø-9538186-Ø-8 - it will be obtainable from the author at 51 Hilldale Road, Cheam, Surrey SM1 2JA following the expected publication date of 10th April 2000. Cheques (Sterling only) payable to "Joan Nicholls" please. For further information visit the dedicated page on the Garats Hay Internet Site [the home of the 'Y' (Wireless Intercept) Services].

A considerable range of Training Manuals and Books on most of the wartime radio sets also on all the Army motocycles, Army or Signals' pamphlets are available from Rob van Mee via his GROUCHO PUBLISHING presence.

"I'm sure there are many who are in the services or ex-Servicemen and women who would like to read the following tribute to all those who have fallen and served to maintain peace in our times: it is written by a young lady.

Maybe more MANUALS for downloading than you'd bargained for or expected are to be found here. An obviously Russian website but covering Yaesu, Kenwood, Trio and many, many more in its listing. Quite a number in PDF format and some in a rather strange format but the Reader therefor is available for download from the site.

LILI MARLEEN
Vor der Kaserne Vor dem großen Tor Stand eine Laterne Und steht sie noch davor So woll'n wir uns da wieder seh'n Bei der Laterne wollen wir steh'n Wie einst Lili Marleen.	Deine Schritte kennt sie, Deinen zieren Gang Alle Abend brennt sie, Doch mich vergaß sie lang Und sollte mir ein Leids gescheh'n Wer wird bei der Laterne stehen Mit dir Lili Marleen?
Unsere beide Schatten Sah'n wie einer aus Daß wir so lieb uns hatten Das sah man gleich daraus Und alle Leute soll'n es seh'n Wenn wir bei der Laterne steh'n Wie einst Lili Marleen.	Aus dem stillen Raume, Aus der Erde Grund Hebt mich wie im Traume Dein verliebter Mund Wenn sich die späten Nebel drehn Werd' ich bei der Laterne steh'n Wie einst Lili Marleen.
Schon rief der Posten, Sie blasen Zapfenstreich Das kann drei Tage kosten Kam'rad, ich komm sogleich Da sagten wir auf Wiedersehen Wie gerne wollt ich mit dir geh'n Mit dir Lili Marleen.	THE OFFICIAL LILI MARLENE PAGE gives much information including the entire history of the lyrics, song and English translation.

An invaluable tome and much other information are available from the website of John W.Alcorn, VK2JWA (email him) under the intriguing heading of PHONETIC ALPHABETS - HISTORIC, ENGLISH & OTHERS.