Mike is about to start posting an account of the landings on Utah Beach by US VII Corps on D Day 1944. The core document is the Landing Table for...
Does anyone have or know how to obtain a list of men who jumped with the 12th Yorkshire parachute BATTALION on the 5th /6th june 1944. Into...
Hello, My grandfather, William(Bill) Leslie Hosker, was an Able Seaman on LCI(s) 523 at Sword Beach and I am looking for any information,...
Hi all, Whilst researching LCT 7074, I’ve been trying to find out more about LST 165. Part of the Royal Navy’s 8th LST Flotilla, 165 was assigned...
I doubt you can watch this clip without firstly smiling and then finding a tear in your eye: BBC One - Breakfast, WWII veteran Harry Billinge...
Looking for the date for Sgt Rennie (KIA), Sgt Stock(WIA) and Ian Greenway(WIA). C Squadron June 26th 1944 according to Stuart Hill's book and...
Hi, I am looking for a report, diary, especialy dated 26 October 1944, with information on LSgt Ronald SNELLING please.
I apologise if this has already been posted or if it should be placed in `news articles` Sad news,tragic considering the circumstances and what...
In the next couple of days I will be seeing an old friend Abbie (Albert) Keir. A lovely guy who is 94 years of age. He was present on June the...
Hi, I am researching the above soldier who was killed in Normandy in June 1944, his service number indicates he first served with the Duke of...
Does anyone know if the equipment of 55 (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment was unusual in the period from D-Day until November 1944? My...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Gentlemen. Attached is a photograph of my grandfather (far left) during WW2. My family and I have very little details about...
From Border News today the story of a WW2 Veteran who finally collects his medals after 75 years. 75 years later: Veteran collects his Second...
When i watch some of the popular videos about D-day, they stress the two areas of Calais or Normandy. I never hear why the other spots were not...
I am trying to find out which beach my father landed in on D Day. He was in the 1st Batt Rifle Brigade. The 50th Division landed on Gold but The...
Hello , probably a tall order but here goes . I wondered if it was possible to find out which beach a William Wringrose or possibly Ringrose }...
‘A Boys Own Adventure’ doesn’t even come close to describing Leslie Young’s war. Nicely retold by his son, Nicholas, this memoir ticks all the...
My husband's grandfather was posted to No 1 Assault Sqn RAC then later to Westminster Dragoons. He was a flail tank driver but I would like to...
Just stumbled across this Twitter BBC iPlayer - D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special “George Stevens's remarkable film is acclaimed by historians...
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