Just joined this interesting forum. I have been tracing my late father's ww2 service with the Royal signals. He served from September 1939 to...
Researching the involvement of the (2nd Echelon) 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment. From his service records, Pte J D Gilbert, was posted to Egypt...
24th February 1941 HMS Hasty had sailed from Tobruk in company with HMS Dainty and then recovered survivors from that destroyer, after it was...
Gents, M.V. Scottish Prince was damaged after an air attack on 26th April 1941. It appears to have been at Alexandria on undergoing repairs on...
123546 Lt. Colin Paddock, Royal Armoured Corps 46th Royal Tank Regiment awarded the Military Cross for Escapes made in North Africa Lt. Paddock...
Personal Number: 130079 Rank: Major Name: Harry Crispin SMITH, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment London Gazette : 24 May 1940...
Personal Number: 113515 Rank: Colonel Name: Donald Friswell EASTEN, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment London Gazette: 16...
Hey All! Does anyone know what Ship the 1st Battalion Hamsphires took when they left Malta 30th March 1943 to Egypt (arriving Alexandria April...
Personal Number: 77372 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel (Staff Quartermaster) Name: Ronald Charles Eric MINES, MBE, MiD* Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent...
[ATTACH] Forcesnews An 100-year-old veteran – the last surviving officer from the Battle of El Alamein – has visited 7 SCOTS barracks. Retired...
Personal Number: 30822 Rank: Colonel Name: Kendal George Fleming CHAVASSE, DSO*, MiD Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers; CO 56 Recce London Gazette :...
I came across the attached record, referring to the death of a distant cousin in Libya in 1942. It was in the Croydon, Surrey Roll of Honour. I...
Personal Number: 31864 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Francis Godfrey Bertram ARKWRIGHT, DSO, MC Units: 12 Royal Lancers; CO, 4 County of London...
In seeking some further information regarding an American chap who served with the American Field Service prior to joining the RAMC I came across...
I am in the process of researching dad.s postings in the Middle East , 1941-1944 .His name is Eric Martin Winter and worked with 53 RSU, 51RSU,...
I have recently been passed a small selection of photos belonging to my Grandad from his time in the RTC. I have done some work to restore them...
I am modelling a Morris CDSW in 1/76 scale and would like to do it in NA theatre colours. I have a photo showing a column in Egypt but unit and...
Hi I am interested in what the 3rd Coldstream Guards may have been doing on 6th February 1941. I read elsewhere on the forum they were based in...
Hi there I am new to here and am researching my father's wartime experience. He passed on a few years ago, but never really related much about his...
Personal Number: Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir James Handyside MARSHALL-CORNWALL, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC Unit: Royal Artillery London Gazette :...
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