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At just 18 years old, Max Embury commanded a scout car in the Household Cavalry as the Allies advanced through Italy in 1943.
His was in the first British armoured car to enter Rome during its liberation in June 1944.
He later witnessed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Near the end of the war, he also was forced to make difficult decisions when his unit came under fire from Hitler Youth in Germany.
We Were There aims to collect as many first-hand accounts as possible by 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, to preserve veterans accounts for future generations.