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Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    Latest: 5899 Major-General Hetman Jack PARHAM, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MiD, Royal Artillery Wapen, Dec 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    Latest: 7th Battalion 53rd Royal Welch Fusiliers - Joseph Ronald Fearnhead CL1, Nov 17, 2025
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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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    Latest: Non Combatant Corps Mark Richmond, Dec 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
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    Latest: Eric Stainthorpe 1 Airborne Recce Sqn Cee, Dec 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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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'
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    Latest: 2692247 C.Q.M.S/C. Sjt George TEMPLETON , 1 Scots Guards: 15/11/1945 Tullybrone, Dec 4, 2025 at 6:39 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.
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    Latest: Army and Royal Marine Commando's during OP Infatuate DannyM, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
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    Latest: 8th Bn. DLI - J.W. Robson (3191213): any details? Stephen Keoghane, Nov 16, 2025
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  8. North Irish Horse

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    Latest: Gemmano DCoy, Sep 2, 2025
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  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
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    Latest: 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment General Lee, Dec 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
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    Latest: DEMS gunner losses Steve49, Dec 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
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    Latest: WW2 Royal Engineers vehicle markings Rich Payne, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
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    Latest: Royal Signal units help reqd Historic Steve, Nov 12, 2025
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
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    Latest: 5512834 George W Poate- 42nd RTR, C Sqdrn 3 RTR Nick P, Dec 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    Latest: 140 Field Ambulance RAMC - N Africa and Italy davidbfpo, Dec 2, 2025
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  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    Latest: 22 Coy RASC in Normandy ClémentH, Nov 28, 2025
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
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    Latest: Help deciphering faint typed names on a nominal roll of RAOC men. Adam Petipher, Dec 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & Office of Strategic Services
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    Latest: Force 133 Mike89, Nov 24, 2025
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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.
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    Latest: IWM and Cecil Beaton; The Long Range Desert Group photos. davidbfpo, Nov 28, 2025
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  19. Allied Units - Others

    For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
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    Latest: Soviet Troops 4th Tank Army: Liberation of Stalag IIIA, Luckenwalde (April 1945) RiverdaleDIY, Nov 18, 2025
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  20. Australian

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    Latest: Tomahoko Maru John Duresky, Nov 30, 2025
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  21. Indian Army

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    Latest: Indian Long Range Squadron davidbfpo, Nov 25, 2025
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  22. Canadian

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    Latest: 17th Canadian Field Regiment, RCA History Pat Stowe, Nov 23, 2025
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  23. New Zealand

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    Latest: 2nd New Zealand Division Engineers davidbfpo, Nov 15, 2025
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  24. South African

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    Latest: Technical Service Corps - 'T' SC TomP.1994, Nov 26, 2025
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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.
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    Latest: 1 (US) Infantry Division in the Netherlands 15th Scottish, Dec 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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  26. Axis Units

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    Latest: My dads interpreter was a Stuka Pilot Lindele, Oct 15, 2025
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  1. Drew5233
    Sticky

    How Do You Store Your War Diary Files?

    Drew5233, Jul 1, 2010 ... 2 3
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    Drew5233
    Aug 23, 2010
  2. dbf
    Sticky

    WW2 Commonwealth Army War Diaries, Info Thread

    dbf, Sep 27, 2014 ... 2 3 4
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    dryan67
    Jun 20, 2020
  3. andalucia

    WW2 War Diaries - available?

    andalucia, Jul 19, 2006
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    Brian C
    Nov 2, 2006
  4. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
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    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
  5. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
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    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  6. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
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    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
  7. Skoyen89

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  8. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
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    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  9. hutt

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
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    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  10. Gerry Chester

    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
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    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  11. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
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    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  12. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
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    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  13. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  14. Ben_Mayne

    Maps to match the war diaries

    Ben_Mayne, Nov 13, 2015
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    Buteman
    Nov 14, 2015
  15. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
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    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  16. SDP

    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
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    Pete Ashby
    Mar 3, 2016
  17. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
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    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  18. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
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    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  19. Wiffer

    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
  20. dbf

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

    dbf, Sep 18, 2018
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    6,083
    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  21. von Poop

    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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    24,219
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  22. LeeSteventon

    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
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    7,191
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
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