Army Number: 14265 Rank: Lance-Corporal (assumed rank of 2/Lieutenant whilst POW) Name: Raymond Thomson PORTER Unit: Long Range Desert Group, 2...
Does anyone have any further information on - Private 989990 Alfred Turton 211 Battery Royal Artillery 64th Medium Regiment. Killed in action on...
Hello, this is my first post on this forum. My late father served in the Royal Navy during WW2. He died 40 years ago, relatively young, and didn't...
Dear folks, Posted as result of a search for a photograph of Thomas Charles Tristain (LRDG G1 Patrol,late Scots Guards), and with all due...
Hereford &Worcester Archives World War II Reminiscences Some of my colleagues are enjoying the opportunity to listen to their...
I have been lucky enough to have been lent a typed account of a neighbour's grandfather's unpublished war memoirs. These were originally written...
I scanned this U.S. Army Signal Corps photo on 26 April 2022 at the NARA II. "Allied troops enter the town of Ferryville, Tunisia." 8 May 1943....
Having read the recent thread regarding Y Signals, I was reminded of a story (found in BBC Peoples War if my memory is correct) regarding the use...
German Flown Aerial Photographs, 1939ā1945 This series consists of captured German aerial photographic contact prints covering England, Norway,...
Came across some information which might be of interest to some people on here: In February 1943, the 8th Rifle Brigade together with the rest of...
Hi. My name is Sonia, and I joined WW2 Talk for help with abbreviations and terms in my Grandfather's diary. My grandfather died in the 1980s,...
Hi all i've recently come into possession of some wartime photos of my dad and one in particular is teasing. It shows him sitting outside a drill...
Hi all, I have just started researching my father-in-law's activity with RA in UK, North Africa, Italy and Greece. Visited National Archives and...
Good evening, I found this Op Order in the war diary of 1st B Royal Sussex Regiment (WO169/1748) and thought it might be of interest to those...
Moved from 3054349 Guardsman John EASTON, MiD, Scots Guards attached Long Range Desert Group: 12/02/1941 to create separate thread Jim, Do you...
Today I would like to celebrate the life of and pay our respects to 2458 2Lt Thomas James Higginson MM. Thomas Higginson was born on the 17...
Good morning, I was wondering if anyone has a copy of the missing personnel file for the Seaforth Highlanders? Iām researching CPL 2816757 C...
[ATTACH] A British soldier gives a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captured at El Alamein, 26 October 1942. Photographer Sgt. Len Chetwyn...
I am trying to track down the original source of the list of M13 tanks lost at Beda Fomm. I have a copy of the list from an Italian source, but I...
I have just received my Dad's war records and I understand some of the info there but certainly not all of it! [ATTACH] My dad Thomas Alexander...
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