Whilst trying to find a photograph of two wounded paratroopers returning from Normandy either at Portsmouth or Southampton I have been coming...
Hi, I stumbled across this forum recently as I'm starting to research about my grandad who I understand served in this Battalion and Regiment in...
Can anyone help me please? On behalf of the family I'm trying to trace 2 nd Lt Adrian Redman Collingwood's (Army number- 97659) early army...
Private Edgar Bolton of the 5th was wounded in an attack that killed a number of his mates some time after D-Day and before July 10th. All his son...
PrivateBROUGHTON, CHARLES ALFRED Service Number 4346669 Died 06/04/1943 Aged 26 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Son of Alfred and Sarah Ann...
I am conducting research into the men on the King’s School Worcester war memorials The intention is to produce a commemorative book to mark the...
NORTH, JOHN MICHAEL Rank: Major Service No: 109066 Date of Death: 17/03/1943 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment attd. 5th Bn. East...
Hi Everyone, Still researching my uncles war service and have come across an entry in his records which says ' Attd, HQ, 2nd Army Def. Pl.' which...
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a number of war diaries & whilst I've found their June 1944 contemporaries, I've been unable to spot the July...
Hi from Oz, I am trying to trace an uncle Serjeant Anthony Ernest ENGLISH of the 5th battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed on the...
How can I find out which company my uncle was in? According to his service records he was in the 5th Battalion East Yorks on DDay but it doesn't...
Private HARRY FEARNLEY 4348943, 5th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died age 27 on 14 November 1942 Son of Gertrude Fearnley, of Mirfield,...
Hi All, I am researching my uncles war records, he was in the South Staffords, West Yorks and the 5th Battalion East Yorks for most of the war...
I am looking for the War Diaries of the 5th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment for June and September 1944. Is there perhaps anybody on this...
Captain (temporary Major) Herbert Noel Wallace, the East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York’s Own), was awarded the Military Cross. During March...
Hi, Does any one have an account / WD entry of what they were doing on or around 1st/2nd October 1944. Regards, D
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