[ATTACH] Leicester Daily Mercury 16th April 1945 Major Charles Philip Sharp, 113 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light...
I know the Wiltshires of the 43rd Wessex Division received reinforcements from the Green Howards in early 1944 (see Barron's "From the city, from...
Army Number: 7947142 Rank: Lance-Serjeant Name: Thomas LONSDALE, MM, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 9 August 1945...
The goal of this thread is to keep you informed of events and ceremonies taking place in the Operation Bluecoat and in the British Breakout area...
[ATTACH] 250161 (Temporary) Captain James Douglas ANDERSON Royal Devonshire Yeomanry attached 220 Battery, 112 Field Regiment, Royal Corps of...
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Personal Number: 73095 Rank: Brigadier Name: Gordon George REINHOLD, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) London Gazette : 23 June...
Army Number: 2587818 Rank: Serjeant Name: Ronald Arthur JOLLIFFE , MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 22 March 1945...
Award Distinguished Conduct Medal C.S.M. Reginald John Philp, 5th Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Bude) (5437087) At approximately 1900...
Does anyone know where I can find who the Divisional Artillery commanders were for 43rd Wessex Division, 51st Highland Division, 53rd Welsh...
Personal Number: 40742 Rank: Major-General Name: Dennis Edmund Blacquiere TALBOT, MID Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment; 7 Hampshire...
25th January 1945 The night otherwise quiet, was enlivened by an element of comedy. The air photographs issued on a lavish scale before the...
Hi all, I've finally got round to reading David Render's "Tank Action" and come across a large anomaly between his description of the capture of...
A fellow on twitter shared a still from this video of 43 Division in Haselünne on 10 April 1945. I love seeing any new footage of Archers because...
My Dad CSM Frederick George Westwood was an ambulance driver in the RASC attached to 130 Field Ambulance from March 1943 to May 1944. I have...
Newspaper clipping from 14th November 1944 on 43rd Wessex/Dorset Regiment in attempt to relieve 1st Airborne Division . Operation Market Garden.
Hi all, I've been browsing the site for the last few weeks as I've been trying to piece together where my grandfather might have been during the...
[IMG] Operation Bluecoat: July 30 to August 7, 1944: Operation Bluecoat, better known as "The Breakthrough in the Bocage", was launched from...
I was wondering if infantry battalions kept any record of the vehicles they held, and if such records still exist? I am looking for the specific...
I am searching for personal accounts by veterans who served with the 43rd Wessex Division. Are there any others besides these? Has anyone read...
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