Hi guys You might be interested I have recently stumbled on the overgrown grave of a Thomas Albert Woodcock MM who died in 71 aged 59. He would...
Whilst trying to find a photograph of two wounded paratroopers returning from Normandy either at Portsmouth or Southampton I have been coming...
Hi, All, For some years I have been researching the War Dead of Areley Kings, Worcestershire in the Great War (15), the Second World War (5) and...
Some 10 years ago I bought this grouping of medals, medal box (and sheet), dog tags and insignia. I have always believed these may have belonged...
[IMG] Operation Bluecoat: July 30 to August 7, 1944: Operation Bluecoat, better known as "The Breakthrough in the Bocage", was launched from...
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...
I have been reading the newly published '50th At Bay' by B.S. Barnes which was recommended to me by Mel Junior from these very pages. I have had...
Hi all newbie here looking into getting some information on my grandfather. I have emailed the DLI records office but so far no response. I am...
As promised elsewhere, here are the loading schedules from 50 Division RASC Operation Order No 1 of 20 May 44 contained in WO171/2481: [ATTACH]...
I was looking at this series of colour pictures on the IWM site: THE VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER, WINSTON CHURCHILL TO CAEN, NORMANDY, 22 JULY...
I've been working on an OCR application to transcribe Overlord/WW2 documents from the UK National Archives, I've started uploading my progress so...
Hello all, I'm brand new so please be gentle. I have started (this week) to research my Grandad and what he did during WW2. Thankfully my Grandad...
Members may like to know that I recently had coffee with Wilf Shaw. He's 96 and still going strong. I've posted my recording of the chat on...
Looking for a full listt of regiments tat were in both the 50th Division and 51st Highland division. I understand that both were in my area of...
Hello, I am searching for information on the 151st brigade of 50th division. I know it was made up of the 6th, 8th and 9th DLI battalions along...
Hello, My Grandfather James Patrick Casey (B. 1925) served in Egypt during WW2, I am aware that I can apply for records but I was wondering if...
Hello, My Great-Grandfather was in the "D Section" of the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals. I know he was awarded the Dunkirk Evacuation...
Hi All, I am new to this forum and I am desperately trying to trace the steps my grandfather made in WW2. I am planning to travel to France and...
Hi, I posted a while ago about my wife's grandfather Driver Rowland Thompson Marshall and in the process got a massive amount of information...
Hi Guys, Looking for more help please. In December 1944 the 50th Northumbrian Division was disbanded and became an infantry training formation...
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