Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
    Discussions:
    258
    Messages:
    3,186
    Latest: Map of Operation Blackcock: update - many posts deleted incl map Penders, Jan 7, 2020
    RSS

  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
    Discussions:
    66
    Messages:
    578
    Latest: East Lancashire Regiment, Belgium Owen, Jan 12, 2020
    RSS

  3. British Army Units - Others

    For discussions and documents relating to units which are not already listed separately under Unit History
    Discussions:
    1,370
    Messages:
    10,695
    Latest: The Lincolnshire Regiment ramacal, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:02 PM
    RSS

  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
    Discussions:
    816
    Messages:
    10,350
    Latest: 1st (Airborne) Royal Ulster Rifles - Military Medal's 16th July 1944 John Dempster, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:30 PM
    RSS

  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:
    4,687
    Messages:
    16,547
    Latest: 2695932 Aaron Woodhouse BROWN, 2 Scots Guards dbf, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:10 PM
    RSS

  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:
    162
    Messages:
    1,476
    Latest: Major Reginald Middleton INGLETON - Detachment 385 Royal Marines Simon_Fielding, Jan 25, 2020 at 7:24 PM
    RSS

  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
    Discussions:
    120
    Messages:
    1,706
    Latest: KOSB / 6 DLI - J. Robson (3191213): any details? AB64, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:26 PM
    RSS

  8. North Irish Horse

    Discussions:
    95
    Messages:
    405
    Latest: Tiger 131 Uncle Target, Dec 2, 2019
    RSS

  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
    Discussions:
    432
    Messages:
    6,642
    Latest: Trying to get details - Recce 1944 Tricky Dicky, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:17 PM
    RSS

  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    1,471
    Messages:
    19,108
    Latest: Info on 147th RA Regt photos requested Michel Sabarly, Jan 26, 2020 at 4:42 PM
    RSS

  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    606
    Messages:
    5,509
    Latest: Sapper Harry LEADBETTER, Royal Engineers Tony56, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:47 PM
    RSS

  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
    Discussions:
    182
    Messages:
    1,987
    Latest: Help researching Cpl William Coates, Royal Signals Craig coates, Jan 2, 2020
    RSS

  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
    Discussions:
    424
    Messages:
    5,798
    Latest: 17th/21st Lancers Photos required Kevin Shannon, Jan 27, 2020 at 9:03 AM
    RSS

  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    125
    Messages:
    800
    Latest: 14th Light Field Ambulance RAMC Tom OBrien, Nov 25, 2019
    RSS

  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    275
    Messages:
    1,875
    Latest: War Diary - 9 Coy RASC (GT) - DUKW Tom OBrien, Jan 14, 2020
    RSS

  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
    Discussions:
    236
    Messages:
    1,844
    Latest: AE's in the RAOC RFC01, Jan 28, 2020 at 8:31 AM
    RSS

  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & The Office of Strategic Services
    Discussions:
    210
    Messages:
    1,744
    Latest: The SOE in Malaya: World War II and the Path to Independence. davidbfpo, Jan 10, 2020
    RSS

  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:
    293
    Messages:
    2,660
    Latest: Info request: first names of SAS men active in Holland Tim4848, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:15 AM
    RSS

  19. Allied Units - Others

    For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
    Discussions:
    202
    Messages:
    663
    Latest: Identification of Polish military unit Temujin, Dec 20, 2019
    RSS

  20. Australian

    Discussions:
    453
    Messages:
    2,779
    Latest: Australians in 7th Armd Div in Italy - Sep 43 Tom OBrien, Dec 29, 2019
    RSS

  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
    571
    Messages:
    2,616
    Latest: Indian Light AA/Anti Tank Regiments Mikeb4472, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:27 PM
    RSS

  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
    624
    Messages:
    5,097
    Latest: Good news for Canadian researchers Chris C, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:35 PM
    RSS

  23. New Zealand

    Discussions:
    95
    Messages:
    565
    Latest: Kiwi Armour 3 ropey, Nov 7, 2019
    RSS

  24. South African

    Discussions:
    113
    Messages:
    798
    Latest: South African records bamboo43, Jul 25, 2019
    RSS

  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:
    297
    Messages:
    2,002
    Latest: 1941 US/Raf eagle units Orkney Sarah Burwood, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:33 PM
    RSS

  26. Axis Units

    Discussions:
    253
    Messages:
    3,867
    Latest: German uniform help hucks216, Oct 25, 2019
    RSS
Page 1 of 2
Sort By:
Title Start Date
Replies Views
Last Message ↓
  1. 51highland
    Sticky

    War Diary humour.

    51highland, Jul 19, 2017
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,653
    gmyles
    Nov 1, 2019
  2. LeeSteventon
    Sticky

    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
    Replies:
    14
    Views:
    2,244
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  3. von Poop
    Sticky

    Where are all the War Diaries Then? Hidden on yer Hard Drive, that's where.

    von Poop, Jan 21, 2011 ... 2 3
    Replies:
    41
    Views:
    10,384
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  4. dbf
    Sticky

    War diaries: annotations, corrections & things that make you go hmm

    dbf, Sep 18, 2018
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,373
    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  5. Wiffer
    Sticky

    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,576
    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
  6. dbf
    Sticky

    WW2 Commonwealth Army War Diaries, Info Thread

    dbf, Sep 27, 2014 ... 2 3 4
    Replies:
    60
    Views:
    13,483
    dbf
    Nov 26, 2017
  7. SDP
    Sticky

    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
    Replies:
    20
    Views:
    3,134
    Pete Ashby
    Mar 3, 2016
  8. Ben_Mayne
    Sticky

    Maps to match the war diaries

    Ben_Mayne, Nov 13, 2015
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,473
    ramacal
    Nov 14, 2015
  9. Gerry Chester
    Sticky

    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    1,586
    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  10. hutt
    Sticky

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,738
    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  11. Skoyen89
    Sticky

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    2,648
    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  12. Malte Rabe

    7th battalion Seaforth Highlanders Unterlüss, Germany

    Malte Rabe, Jan 22, 2020 at 4:26 PM
    Replies:
    11
    Views:
    127
    51highland
    Jan 25, 2020 at 7:58 AM
  13. Steve Fuller

    Rules for posting war diary pages?

    Steve Fuller, Dec 9, 2019
    Replies:
    6
    Views:
    349
    Steve Fuller
    Dec 10, 2019
  14. Alex1975uk

    AFPU? Help with names.

    Alex1975uk, Nov 18, 2019
    Replies:
    0
    Views:
    316
    Alex1975uk
    Nov 18, 2019
  15. Buck-Compton

    Battle of the Scheldt - War diaries, AAR and Kriegstagebucher

    Buck-Compton, Oct 24, 2019
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    359
    Tolbooth
    Oct 25, 2019
  16. Ramiles

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

    Ramiles, Feb 16, 2018
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,467
    Richelieu
    Feb 18, 2018
  17. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,621
    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  18. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    1,450
    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  19. Owen

    PW, DP and VP

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006
    Replies:
    17
    Views:
    3,758
    PsyWar.Org
    Jan 15, 2016
  20. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,414
    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  21. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    2,127
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  22. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,612
    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  23. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    1,817
    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  24. chingoo

    War Diary language

    chingoo, Sep 15, 2013
    Replies:
    6
    Views:
    1,744
    chingoo
    Sep 15, 2013
  25. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    1,677
    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  26. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    1,813
    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
  27. jamesmurrow

    T.E.W.T. Abbreviation

    jamesmurrow, Jan 12, 2012
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    2,090
    jamesmurrow
    Jan 13, 2012
  28. Andreas

    Abbreviation help needed

    Andreas, Sep 1, 2011
    Replies:
    11
    Views:
    1,972
    Andreas
    Sep 19, 2011
  29. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
    Replies:
    9
    Views:
    2,367
    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  30. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
    Replies:
    9
    Views:
    2,672
    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
  31. 107 Bty 27 LAA Regt

    War Diary abbreviation help

    107 Bty 27 LAA Regt, Nov 16, 2009
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    1,669
    von Poop
    Nov 16, 2009
Showing threads 1 to 20 of 21

Thread Display Options

Loading...
Page 1 of 2