Hoping you guys can help me. I have recently discovered that the 7th armoured division passed through our village, Lyons La Forêt, on August...
Hello all, Can someone clarify where General Montgomery's HQ vehicles were bought from and who built/designed the interior? The question stems...
Hi all, I have this account by my grandfather (written years after the war) of an accidental "stumble" into Monty's HQ. By context I assume that...
I'm wondering if someone can tell me the reason for Montys' near sacking. I've read/heard of a few reasons and wondered if anyone has a definitive...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30679406 Why does the military insist on saluting? [IMG] The UK's Ministry of Defence has...
Monty inspects 1 RTR in WW2 parade
Hi, As you probably know, Field Martial Bernard L. Montgomery proposed a plan to seize several bridges from a point near the Belgium-Holland...
Have seen Monty's Grant in the IWM but don't think I've seen this photo of it before. The Grant tank of 8th Army Tac HQ's Defence Company, 27...
Can anyone explain to me why the staff sergeant's shoulder flash and division flash are in white,and also anyone know what medal ribbon some are...
Greetings to everyone here. I've been lurking around, surreptitiously reading everyone's posts for several months now and have finally taken the...
Spotted this in Driffield ORB for February 1944. Twelve thousand seems a lot, surely an extra nought has crept in. Whoever compiled it can't spell...
Hello. Since this forum is more about British Commonwealth side of war I would like to meantion about Bernard Montgomery and controversy...
VERITABLE: 15th Scottish Division in the Reichswald battle (Feb 1945) In the Summer of 2011 I cycled through the Reichswald area to take...
Maud (Farrar) Montgomery mother to Field-Marshall Montgomery Lady Montgomery lived in Moville, Donegal, Ireland, the same place my mothers...
So, with a bit of luck I'll be able to get to El-Alamein in 2014, has anyone been lately? I know about the museum and the cemeteries, what else...
Large Object Recant and conserving the Humber Super Snipe Staff Car...
One for Bamboo Again the IWM turns up trumps with many hours of interviews with the remarkable ' Mad Mike ' Calvert James Michael Calvert The...
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