NAVAL FORCE āLā. (and Preloaded Coasters and Motor Transport Ships.) This thread will attempt to describe Force 'L' and its loading timetable at...
Does anyone have definite information on the movements of 40th R.T.R (Royal Tank Regiment), R.A.C. during 1944 - 1946, please? So far as I am...
Personal Number: 5821 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir Brian Gwynne HORROCKS, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, MiD** Unit: Middlesex Regiment London Gazette...
Thanks to Wills, for the link. Transcribed from...
VERITABLE: 15th Scottish Division in the Reichswald battle (Feb 1945) In the Summer of 2011 I cycled through the Reichswald area to take...
Part I : The assault across the Rhine: Operation TURNSCREW "Over the Rhine, then, let us go. And good hunting to you all on the other side."...
Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC HOPWOOD, MAURICE BLEACKLEY Rank: Corporal Service No: 2340070 Date of Death: 23/07/1942 Age: 24...
Just thought i would try and see if anyone may of had reletives whom may of served with Sgt Nevile V Purdy Royal Signals during WW2. His unit was...
Object description: Nijmegen and Grave 17 - 20 September 1944: Vehicles of the Guards Armoured Division of the British XXX Corps passing through...
Dear all, I wanted to share an account from a member of my family (Jack Lewis b.1914) in the hope that it might provide some interest and that...
A straw poll to see how many ww2talkers might be interested in getting copies of the 30 Corps war diaries. From time to time I get enquiries...
The role of Captain Lord Carrington After the Waal Crossing by the Americans on 20 September, Captain Lord Carrington joined Sergeant Robinson's...
Hello everyone, Just a quick hello to introduce myself and a question or two if you don't mind. My Dad served during WW2 along with his...
Remembering today, the Officers and men of the 6th Bn Grenadier Guards who fought and died on the 16th / 17th March 1943. This was the Battalions...
WO 106/5843Context: Directorate of Military Operations and Military Intelligence, and predecessors: Correspondence and Papers, NORTH WEST EUROPE,...
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 205/1130 Context: 21 Army Group: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War, G (Operations) Scope and content:...
In reading various accounts of Market Garden and the Battle for the Schelte, I've noted some interesting observations from Sir Brian Horrocks....
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