Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    Latest: GHQ Liaison regt - Phantom - member look ups available. IrisT, Jun 20, 2019
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    64
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    561
    Latest: War Diary: 2 Monmouthshire Regiment Dave Williams, Jun 26, 2019
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  3. British Army Units - Others

    For discussions and documents relating to units which are not already listed separately under Unit History
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    1,313
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    9,982
    Latest: Website 8th Rifle Brigade (11th Armoured Division) 8RB, Jul 21, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
    Discussions:
    787
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    10,004
    Latest: german vehicles used by british 6th airborne dday? Dave55, Jul 21, 2019 at 2:16 AM
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  5. 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:
    639
    Messages:
    11,188
    Latest: 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade september 1944 Morancé, Jul 20, 2019 at 6:36 PM
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  6. 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:
    155
    Messages:
    1,370
    Latest: DAVIES, Albert Stanley Mavis Williams, Jul 21, 2019 at 7:27 PM
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
    Discussions:
    112
    Messages:
    1,566
    Latest: BERNARD JOSEPH GILDEA 6th DLI Kia between 21/03/1943 and 23/03/1943 Atnomis, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:28 PM
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  8. North Irish Horse

    Discussions:
    92
    Messages:
    377
    Latest: Tiger 131 idler, Jun 13, 2019
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  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
    Discussions:
    430
    Messages:
    6,585
    Latest: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment Tony56, Jul 18, 2019 at 2:45 PM
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    1,396
    Messages:
    18,040
    Latest: Maritime Royal Artillery Michel Sabarly, Jul 21, 2019 at 12:36 AM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    597
    Messages:
    5,352
    Latest: 621st Field Squadron Royal Engineers 7th Armoured Div. Research. Historic Steve, Jul 14, 2019
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
    Discussions:
    179
    Messages:
    1,954
    Latest: Help on unit titles/diaries please GnrGnr, Jul 9, 2019
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
    Discussions:
    406
    Messages:
    5,520
    Latest: 1 RTR. idler, Jul 20, 2019 at 10:20 PM
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  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    116
    Messages:
    749
    Latest: 129 Field Ambulance, 43rd Div - Normandy, Market Garden & crossing the Rhine. Jonathan Ball, Jul 8, 2019
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  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    257
    Messages:
    1,713
    Latest: 904 Coy RASC (GT) Karen Hicks, Jul 20, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
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    233
    Messages:
    1,814
    Latest: Uncles REME Egypt photographs Mr Bradbury, Jul 3, 2019
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & The Office of Strategic Services
    Discussions:
    206
    Messages:
    1,684
    Latest: Andrzej Kowerski aka Andrew Kennedy M.B.E. :Special Operations Executive Tricky Dicky, Jul 19, 2019 at 9:15 PM
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  18. 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.
    Discussions:
    284
    Messages:
    2,556
    Latest: Crete Kidnap Gang Jonathan Ball, Jun 29, 2019
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  19. Allied Units - Others

    For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
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    Messages:
    649
    Latest: Do you regcognize their units / ranks? AJ Jones, May 19, 2019
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  20. Australian

    Discussions:
    451
    Messages:
    2,755
    Latest: 172 squadron heather1966, Jun 19, 2019
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  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
    564
    Messages:
    2,526
    Latest: Short online histories AndrewP, Jul 4, 2019
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  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
    604
    Messages:
    4,930
    Latest: Canadian Military Headquarters, London at Heritage Canadiana dryan67, Jul 19, 2019 at 7:26 PM
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  23. New Zealand

    Discussions:
    93
    Messages:
    555
    Latest: Pvt. Robert Bryson, 27th Machine-Gun Battalion (New Zealand) dave500, Jun 23, 2019
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  24. South African

    Discussions:
    113
    Messages:
    792
    Latest: Vaccarino, Italy, April 1945 dave500, Jun 29, 2019
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  25. US Units

    The chaps will do their best, but in all honesty this place is better at Commonwealth stuff.
    You may wish to try our 'sister' forum WW2F.com for queries on US units - link below.
    Discussions:
    282
    Messages:
    1,848
    Latest: Battle of Tarawa remains returned Owen, Jul 20, 2019 at 12:53 PM
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  26. Axis Units

    Discussions:
    248
    Messages:
    3,806
    Latest: combat histories of the German divisions Stanislav1986777, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:16 AM
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  1. LeeSteventon
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    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
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    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  2. von Poop
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    Where are all the War Diaries Then? Hidden on yer Hard Drive, that's where.

    von Poop, Jan 21, 2011 ... 2 3
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    8,598
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  3. dbf
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    War diaries: annotations, corrections & things that make you go hmm

    dbf, Sep 18, 2018
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    7
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    740
    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  4. 51highland
    Sticky

    War Diary humour.

    51highland, Jul 19, 2017
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    912
    51highland
    May 30, 2018
  5. Wiffer
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    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
  6. dbf
    Sticky

    WW2 Commonwealth Army War Diaries, Info Thread

    dbf, Sep 27, 2014 ... 2 3 4
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    10,076
    dbf
    Nov 26, 2017
  7. SDP
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    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
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    Pete Ashby
    Mar 3, 2016
  8. Ben_Mayne
    Sticky

    Maps to match the war diaries

    Ben_Mayne, Nov 13, 2015
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    907
    ramacal
    Nov 14, 2015
  9. Gerry Chester
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    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
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    1,004
    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  10. hutt
    Sticky

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
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    1,181
    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  11. Skoyen89
    Sticky

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    2,074
    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  12. Simon_Fielding

    1/RTR casualty Le Quesnay 14/6/1944?

    Simon_Fielding, Jun 23, 2019
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    183
    idler
    Jun 26, 2019
  13. James Atkinson

    Norfolk Yeomanry (65th Anti-Tank) diary

    James Atkinson, Jun 12, 2019
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    109
    Tricky Dicky
    Jun 12, 2019
  14. James Atkinson

    55th A/T Suffolk Yeomanry , 49th West Riding Division (Infantry) information.

    James Atkinson, Jun 8, 2019
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    183
    James Atkinson
    Jun 9, 2019
  15. Simon_Fielding

    1st Hampshires - Acting Corporal *Ralph Webber Lucas*

    Simon_Fielding, May 24, 2019
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    143
    Simon_Fielding
    May 24, 2019
  16. AJ Jones

    April 1945 Photo Wilts

    AJ Jones, May 20, 2019
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    Views:
    206
    Tullybrone
    May 21, 2019
  17. Ramiles

    It seems - perhaps - that there is a page missing from the War Diary?

    Ramiles, Feb 16, 2018
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    893
    Richelieu
    Feb 18, 2018
  18. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
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    Views:
    912
    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  19. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
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    892
    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  20. Owen

    PW, DP and VP

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006
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    17
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    3,118
    PsyWar.Org
    Jan 15, 2016
  21. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
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    868
    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  22. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    1,553
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  23. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
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    993
    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  24. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
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    1,243
    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  25. chingoo

    War Diary language

    chingoo, Sep 15, 2013
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    1,142
    chingoo
    Sep 15, 2013
  26. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
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    2
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    1,132
    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  27. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
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    8
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    1,237
    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
  28. jamesmurrow

    T.E.W.T. Abbreviation

    jamesmurrow, Jan 12, 2012
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    13
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    1,502
    jamesmurrow
    Jan 13, 2012
  29. Andreas

    Abbreviation help needed

    Andreas, Sep 1, 2011
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    11
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    1,389
    Andreas
    Sep 19, 2011
  30. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
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    9
    Views:
    1,780
    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  31. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
    Replies:
    9
    Views:
    2,139
    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
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