Another extract from the diary of Frank Wallbank, a fitter in the 3rd King's Own Hussars. ( 7899116) 20th October 1942. At long last things are...
I am starting this thread to drag together a few bits & pieces concerning this unit - I started by looking for some details on a casualty from...
Searching through the war diary for the Australian 2/23rd Battalion and came across these newsletters from the El Alamein period. I don't know if...
Hi All, Has anyone got a copy of The London Rifle Brigade 1919-1950 - I'm looking for a very quick reference for what 7th Battalion were doing on...
German prisoner captured by Noel's unit in October 1942 at El Alamein.
Hi Guys, My name is Luke Greville and I'm on a bit of a quest to find out as much as I can on my late grandfather (Gnr Colin Reginald Greville)...
Personal Number: 5821 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir Brian Gwynne HORROCKS, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, MiD** Unit: Middlesex Regiment London Gazette...
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...
IWM Desert Victory (58.14) Object description Desperate situation following fall of Tobruk. 8th Army conducts a fighting retreat of 400 miles,...
Whilst browsing the old copies of the Goole Times newspapers today at the library, I found this article about Major Leslie Francis Williams and...
Giuseppe Torcasio in uniform with the Heavy Artillery Regiment insignia on his peaked Visor Cap World War II North Africa.
Object description: whole: the 15 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in green. The text is...
Monty's handwritten notes for his adress to senior officers before the battle, dated 19/20 October 1942. [ATTACH]
Can anyone help with this units movements in 1939-1942 please?
45TH RTR took part in the battle of Alamein (the last) but I canot find any information of their part in the fighting. It looks loke they were...
Good evening, in an old Osprey Book, Montgomery's Desert Army, I found the Order of Battle of 8th Army on October 23, 1942. It seems as if the...
hi all, new member here. I've started doing research on the men who appear on my hometown's war memorial and one of them fell whilst serving with...
After a successful operation against the Italians, the British weakened in Egypt by the diversion of troops to Greece. Then, in March 1941 the...
Mods: You can move this to Memorials however I think it fits pretty well with the other threads giving a good overview of the area that cost so...
:huh: Suprised to find 'Op Plunder' (realy the 2nd part of Veritable), gun state wise was bigger than 'Veritable' itself. Rob [IMG]
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