Here's a screen shot from the the drone footage I had taken this week of Longstop. I shall be walking the ground there shortly. I also had done...
Just wondering how many people researching people or events of WW2 still visit archives, museums, battlefield sites, cemeteries, etc these days?...
[ATTACH]This is 'Edinburgh Hill' in the middle of the Medenine battlefield, Tunisia. It was also Montgomery's recce OP. Looking north towards the...
Trying to find anyone who might know where the 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment were in Italy late September 1944. I'm looking into Lt Thomas Theo...
Hi all, I was talking with a coworker today who is from Tunisia and it put a bit of a bug in my head (is that the right expression) to see if...
Hello we are visting the British War Cemetary at El Alaamein in May next year (2025) from Australia. We have a 1st Cousin buried in the Cemetary...
My Tunisian friends took this video of our recent day out. 10.30 mins is Massicault cemetery (Sgt Salt etc), 17 mins is Tiger 131 capture site, 22...
Hello I am hoping to visit Italy as part of research into Cpl. Tom Spilman,a relative who was killed. Has anyone used Leger Battlefield Tours...
In May this year I am travelling from Rotterdam to Ypres but travelling down the coast rather than motorway and wondered if anybody knew of any...
My first post will be about the town of Adrano. I wanted to visit as it had made such an impression on the men of 78th Division in the accounts I...
If anyone is interested, this October I am running a Guadalcanal 80th anniversary expedition to the WW2 heritage-rich Solomon Islands. 27-day,...
I am hoping to visit Normandy this September. I want to visit Gold beach as my father landed there on D+1. Has anyone got recommendations for...
I toured the battlefield of Cambrai (Nov - Dec 1917) a couple of weeks ago and paid a visit to the Flesquieres tank memorial where the British Mk...
Personal Number: 117965 Rank: Captain Name: Thomas Bernard CAMMIADE, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment London Gazette : 16...
Hello all, I'm currently on holiday in Brittany and came across this whilst out exploring a nearby beach. As you can see part of it has collapsed...
D.Day. One of the biggest events that changed the World. Many of us on this forum had relatives involved. Many of us have been to Normandy...
Just going through some photos my trip to Italy in August/September - thought I'd share a few that relate to WW2 (and some WW1 too)
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A well attended day at Cassino CWGC cemetery today, 16th May 2019, at the British Embassy organised...
Hello all - I have been looking out for a battlefield tour to Myanmar to study the Burma Campaign and 'The Cultural Experience' has just announced...
Hello All, I recently visited Myanmar [Burma] and had the opportunity and local assistance to visit towns and villages in Katha District; that are...
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