I'm looking for some help / information regarding the postings shown on my Gt-Uncle's RAF service record. He's listed on his discharge docs as a...
My father Roy Henry Swann was posted to Ceylon with 222 Group in December 1941 until the end of 1944. He spent the last four or five months at the...
Hello all, I'm not sure whether this is a good place to start but I'd appreciate any help that might be available from forum members on the...
My grandfather was a career solider commissioned by Edward VIII in 1936, he went into the Lincolnshire Regiment. I am not sure what he did in his...
Lt Gen Sir Henry Pownall arrived in Singapore on December 23rd 1941, and replaced Air Chief Marshal Brooke-Popham as Commander-in-Chief Far East,...
Award Distinguished Flying Cross Wing Commander Arthur Murland Gill, 84 Squadron [ATTACH] Gill, Arthur Murland (Oral history) British officer...
Personal Number: 10009 Rank: General Name: Sir Ouvry Lindfield ROBERTS, GCB, KBE, DSO, MiD** Unit: Royal Engineers London Gazette : 1 July 1938...
Personal Number: 12284 Rank: Major-General Name: William Alfred DIMOLINE, CB, CMG, CBE, DSO, MC, MiD* Unit: King's Regiment (Liverpool) ; East...
Personal Number: 4407 Rank: Major-General Name: Sir Harry Edward de Robilliard WETHERALL, KBE, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, MiD Unit: Gloucestershire...
Personal Number: 4970 Rank: Major-General Name: Cyril Ernest Napier LOMAX, CB, CBE, DSO**, MC, MiD* Unit: Welch Regiment London Gazette : 3...
Not sure which forum it's best to post this in – this, a naval one or a Far East one ... I was having a closer look at my grandfather's box from...
I purchased this tin this morning from a house clearance man who was stalling out at the local flea market. It would appear to have an interesting...
This post is Dedicated to those 13 women who, during WW2, served with the WRNS, FORCE 136 and WAAF, and who are now interred in the CWGC...
In the interests only of bringing research findings to your notice, I have today published on my website the history of Royal Marines formations...
I have my dad's army records and to summarise he was: Until Jun 1943 - in England Jun-Oct 1943 - in Bombay, India Oct 1943-Sept 1944 - in Ceylon...
Hi I was looking for information about my uncle Earnest Allan Service num : 987278 who was with his unit and the 19th Indian Division in Ceylon...
I am researching the circumstances leading to the death of the above, a distant relative of mine. Horace was the son of Horace and Florence...
Remembering those 19 men whose names appear on panel 9 of the Colombo Liveramentu Memorial Tablets and who served with the Cochin State Civil...
Just seen a post on the Cumbria Museum of Military Life Facebook feed with a book about this unit Fifty First Field - The story of the 51st Field...
Does anyone have any details about this regiment and it's service in Ceylon and Burma. Did it ever equip with M3 tanks and armoured cars? I think...
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