Hello, This may be a longshot, but I'll give it a go. At the request of some inhabitants of Epron in Normandy, I am looking to locate a...
Looking for a map from WW2 that covers the area where the below gent was first buried before being exhumed and re buried in a CWGC grave? Plus do...
Army Number: 4079711 Rank: Trooper Name: Ralph BARBER Unit: 3 Commando ; 1st Special Service Brigade Army Number Block Allocations...
Hi all, My wife’s great great uncle served as part of the 1/6th Infantry during the Battle of Normandy. He died on 23/08/1944 and as far as we can...
The long initial post in this thread has been copied from several posts in the thread The Battles for Point 103 and St. Pierre (8th–18th June...
Award Military Cross Major Charles Peter Dryland, 7 Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers (137500) On the morning of the 17th July 1944 the Battalion was...
Personal Number: 426874 Rank: Colonel Name: Thomas Brian Ashton EVANS-LOMBE, OBE, MiD Unit: 8th Hussars London Gazette : 2 January 1920...
Award Mentioned in Despatches & French Military Medal Cpl. Wesley Roy Le Bar, (H62861), Royal Winnipeg Rifles, (M.I.9/S/P.G. (F) 2423). After his...
Award Military Medal L/Cpl. Charles Kensal Bailey, No. 13 Canadian Provost Company (A34922) On 25th November 1944 this NCO was in charge of...
Award British Empire Medal Sgt. George Blyth No. 13 Canadian Provost Company (O65232) During the fighting in and around Caen, in the latter part...
Award Military Medals L/Cpl. Gordon Daniel Berton (B87861) & L/Cpl. Ernest Alexander Mabee (B88867) No. 2 Canadian Provost Company On 25th July...
Personal Number: 180443 Rank: Major Name: Peter Challice WALTER, DSO Unit: 23 Hussars London Gazette : 15 April 1941...
Regimental Stretcher Bearers in Action by Gordon Scriven Being a true record of a British soldier's life on the battlefields of North-West...
I did a search and looked through the first 5 or 6 threads, but did not see mention of. Was it the intention of The Allies to bomb and destroy...
Hello, I am just reading the 4th Lincoln’s war diary and it mentions for the 25th June (Operation Martlet), additional troops under command “One...
I'm after some help please, regards the start line of 6 RSF in Operation Epsom. I have 'Operation Epsom - Over the Battlefield by Ian Dalglish'...
Prior to the Normandy invasion of 1944 Bogus Maps were produced with real place names replaced. For example Caen was named Poland. The idea was...
Hello, We are looking for the appendix referenced in the 15th war diary that contains the plans and orders for Operation Epsom specifically the...
My Uncle-in-law served with the 69th Canadian Tank Transporter Company R.C.A.S.C. in NW Europe. He would return home on Xmas day, 1945, on the...
Hi, I'm researching my Grandfathers army career with the 7th Battalion Machine Gunners of the Northumberland Fusiliers. I wondered if anyone had...
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