Geoffs Search Engine for ww2

museumtom · 20-11-2007, 10:06 PM

This will blow your mind;
http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/search39-47.php

You can search the CWGC with this new search engine from geoff. Its ten times better than the CWGC itslef.
Kind regards.
Tom.

Paul Reed · 20-11-2007, 10:35 PM

Was just about to post this myself. Have certainly found it very useful already. Top marks to the man himself for getting this online!

Ron Goldstein · 20-11-2007, 10:43 PM

Hi MuseumTom

I tested both Search engines by entering my late brother's details:

Goldstein as the surname
Royal Air Force as the Service
1945 as the year

The CWGC gave the correct answer immediately, Geoffs search engine returns "not found"

Ron

Owen · 20-11-2007, 10:50 PM

To test it I looked for cousin Bill.
I entered Dadge and Royal Air Force.
The real CWGC site was instant, Geoff's was very slow.

EDIT, just did Wiltshire Regiment and get 1000 results, now you can't do that on CWGC.

Rich Payne · 20-11-2007, 10:55 PM

Tom, That's fantastic - The possibility to search on line by unit and date range - Great stuff !

I can see me spending quite a bit of time there !

Owen · 20-11-2007, 10:57 PM

mm just done, RECONNAISSANCE CORPS. again with 1000 results.
Think it is maxing out at 1000?

It is.
Search results for: + GRENADIER GUARDS. records found: 1000
Search results for: + LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. records found: 1000
Search results for: + OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. records found: 1000

Rich Payne · 20-11-2007, 11:00 PM

I've been looking at Royal Engineers for 10/5/40-1/6/40 and the results are credible (540 if I remember). Searching per year might help keep things to a reasonable level.

Owen · 20-11-2007, 11:08 PM

Find it hard to believe there are only ROYAL WILTSHIRE YEOMANRY. records found: 4
I thought they saw action in the Desert at Alamein?
No casualties? Unless they recorded under another Corps? RAC maybe?
yeomanry.co.uk

Quote:

At 1800 hours the Regiment were pulled back with orders to re-equip. They had sustained seven killed, three missing believed killed and thirty-two wounded, including the Commanding Officer who had to be evacuated.......
....The Regiment had fifteen killed, twenty seven missing and twenty wounded.

Total for WELSH GUARDS. records found: 696.
So any unit who had under 1000 casualties comes out OK it seems.

Paul Reed · 20-11-2007, 11:30 PM

Remember it's a search engine guys, not a database. I expect it will take some tweaking before it is running as well as the WW1 version he has produced.

Cpl Rootes · 20-11-2007, 11:30 PM

I couldn't find any resuslts for my relitives via Geoff. It does say that his records may be incomplete so I won't blame him that much.

20-11-2007, 10:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
museumtom Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 85	Geoffs Search Engine for ww2 This will blow your mind; http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/search39-47.php You can search the CWGC with this new search engine from geoff. Its ten times better than the CWGC itslef. Kind regards. Tom.

20-11-2007, 10:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	Was just about to post this myself. Have certainly found it very useful already. Top marks to the man himself for getting this online! __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

20-11-2007, 10:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 684	Hi MuseumTom I tested both Search engines by entering my late brother's details: Goldstein as the surname Royal Air Force as the Service 1945 as the year The CWGC gave the correct answer immediately, Geoffs search engine returns "not found" Ron __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947

20-11-2007, 10:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,593	To test it I looked for cousin Bill. I entered Dadge and Royal Air Force. The real CWGC site was instant, Geoff's was very slow. EDIT, just did Wiltshire Regiment and get 1000 results, now you can't do that on CWGC. Last edited by Owen; 20-11-2007 at 10:53 PM.

20-11-2007, 11:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	Remember it's a search engine guys, not a database. I expect it will take some tweaking before it is running as well as the WW1 version he has produced. __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

20-11-2007, 10:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 621	Tom, That's fantastic - The possibility to search on line by unit and date range - Great stuff ! I can see me spending quite a bit of time there !

20-11-2007, 10:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,593	mm just done, RECONNAISSANCE CORPS. again with 1000 results. Think it is maxing out at 1000? It is. Search results for: + GRENADIER GUARDS. records found: 1000 Search results for: + LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. records found: 1000 Search results for: + OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. records found: 1000

20-11-2007, 11:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 621	I've been looking at Royal Engineers for 10/5/40-1/6/40 and the results are credible (540 if I remember). Searching per year might help keep things to a reasonable level.

20-11-2007, 11:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
Cpl Rootes Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: With Puff the Magic Dragon, living by the sea Posts: 1,052	I couldn't find any resuslts for my relitives via Geoff. It does say that his records may be incomplete so I won't blame him that much. __________________ Regards, Alex http://rootsie.wordpress.com/

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