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...
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C9451615 Ash, John Garton Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 176664 Regiment: 86...
Hi All, I have only recently begun to research WW2, having been concerned with WW1 for a number of years. My wife's grandfather was Driver...
Hello, In the beginning of September 1944 the 231st Brigade was attached to the Guards Armoured Division. On the 3rd of September the GAD raced...
Hi, I'm trying to colorize these 2 pictures, representing soldiers from the 50th infantry division / REME, on their way to Gold Beach, June...
I have seen this division in several fronts during WW2. First in Western Front in 1940 then Syria and North Africa in 1941-42 , El Alamein 1942 ,...
Can you guys answer the same question for the 74th that I just asked about the 72nd? Thanks, David.
Planning the counterattack The eastern part of The Island, locally known as Over-Betuwe, virtually is my back-yard :) , so I decided to take some...
Hi, does anyone know what the 2nd Essex were doing on 9th July 1944? One of the men on our war memorial (Irlam and Cadishead) was lost on this...
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