[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...
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...
It is believed that Driver Corporal Rowland Thompson Marshall is fifth from the left at the back. Mel Jnr says: "I can say for certain that...
Hi Could someone who knows please tell me what uniform patches 50 Div Signals wore ? I know the TT patch but I saw a pic of some DLI at the museum...
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