Unit History
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Higher Formations
For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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Latest: 10795 Major-General James Malcolm Leslie RENTON, CB, DSO*, OBE, MiD, Rifle Brigade Andreas, Jan 31, 2023 at 5:06 PM -
53rd (Welsh) Division
Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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Latest: 53rd Welsh Div - 285w Field Park Co. - RE Steeleyden72, Jan 24, 2023 -
British Army Units - Others
For discussions and documents relating to units which are not already listed separately under Unit History
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Latest: 78432 Lieutenant The Hon. Terence Cornelius Farmer PRITTIE, MBE, MiD, Rifle Brigade Guy Hudson, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:44 PM -
Airborne
For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
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Latest: Location of D-Day photos by Sgt. Jim Christie and Others Cee, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:28 PM -
The Brigade of Guards
Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards
'Honi soit qui mal y pense', 'Nulli Secundus', 'Nemo Me Impune Lacessit', 'Quis Separabit', 'Cymru am Byth'- Discussions:
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Latest: 71887 Michael FITZALAN HOWARD GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards Guy Hudson, Feb 1, 2023 at 9:33 AM -
Commandos & Royal Marines
18/10/42 - Hitler decrees that Commandos encountered by German forces should be killed immediately, even if in uniform or attempting to surrender.
A forum section for the discussion of chaps who were probably rather proud they'd got up his nose so...
Per Mare, Per Terram etc.- Discussions:
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Latest: New member researching CH/X101311 Leonard CHORLEY, RM service and boxing record G7PXA, Jan 29, 2023 at 5:40 PM -
Latest: Awards to DLI Soldiers serving in other units of 46 Division Cpl Hadaway, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM
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North Irish Horse
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Latest: Gerry Chester, 1922 - 2019 von Poop, Nov 11, 2022 -
Latest: Decorations and Awards to Members of the Reconnaissance Corps brithm, Jan 20, 2023
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Latest: 86th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Sheldrake, Jan 30, 2023 at 8:35 PM
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Latest: Help with war records Iain D Dewar, Feb 1, 2023 at 9:37 AM
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Latest: 2375938 Lance-Corporal E C T SMITH, MiD, Royal Corps of Signals dbf, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:00 PM
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RAC & RTR
Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
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Latest: 94896 Captain The Hon. Desmond Claud HAMILTON-RUSSELL, 1 Royal Dragoons, RAC: 19/04/1943 dbf, Jan 30, 2023 at 5:15 PM -
Latest: 114837 Lieutenant Edward GARTSIDE, MiD, Royal Army Medical Corps Guy Hudson, Dec 21, 2022
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Latest: 502 Coy RASC Gilberts Lad, Jan 28, 2023 at 5:22 PM
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Latest: Award MiD Cpl. W.G. Siggery, 14 Army Field Workshop, RAOC (France, 1940) brithm, Jan 14, 2023
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SOE & OSS
Special Operations Executive & Office of Strategic Services
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Latest: 2324021 Signalman Richard Robert Francis LANGMAID, MM, MiD, Royal Corps of Signals & SOE dbf, Jan 14, 2023 -
Special Forces
SAS, LRDG, Brandenbergers, Popski's Private Army, etc. Forum for discussion of the more unconventional or specialised Units and those that served in them.
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Latest: 55987 Captain The Hon. Alexander Hardinge Patrick HORE-RUTHVEN, MiD, Rifle Brigade & SAS: 24/12/1942 dbf, Jan 31, 2023 at 4:10 PM -
Allied Units - Others
For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
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Latest: R M Tessier - Forces Françaises Libres - translation and assistance papiermache, Jan 22, 2023 -
Australian
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Latest: 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion Association JDA, Jan 7, 2023 -
British Indian Army
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Latest: Short online histories Yasser, Jan 31, 2023 at 7:12 AM -
Canadian
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Latest: War Diaries through Heritage Canadiana Tiflo 62, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:14 PM -
New Zealand
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Latest: 75 Squadron, losses 24/10/1942 davidbfpo, Jan 16, 2023 -
South African
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Latest: Bombing of a leave train 26/03/1942 travers1940, Dec 23, 2022 -
US Units
The chaps will do their best, but in all honesty this place is better at Commonwealth stuff.
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Latest: US Army's experiment with negro platoons Dave55, Jan 25, 2023
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