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  1. Uenue
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    Return to Dieppe 1944 - who were the first?

    Hello folks, perhaps the experts here can lend me a hand again ;) It's about the recapture of Dieppe on September 1st, 1944. Most sources...
    Thread by: Uenue, Feb 3, 2025, 8 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  2. Mighty T
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    Last shot?

    President Truman signed on December 31, 1946 a Presidential Proclamation (2714) ending all hostilities of World War Two. With that in mind I am...
    Thread by: Mighty T, Dec 17, 2022, 43 replies, in forum: General
  3. redtop
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    Passing of Last Man Standing

    Vic Gregg last surviving WW2 member of 10th bn. Para .Reg laid to rest. (Cut and pasted from friends of the Tenth FB.) [ATTACH]
    Thread by: redtop, Nov 22, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Airborne
  4. Guy
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    85164 Lt.Col. Charles Alexander CAMERON, MC, 100 year-old Camerons veteran visits 7 Scots Barracks

    [ATTACH] Forcesnews An 100-year-old veteran – the last surviving officer from the Battle of El Alamein – has visited 7 SCOTS barracks. Retired...
    Thread by: Guy, Aug 6, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Italy
  5. dbf
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    Staff Sergeant Ralph Norbury, Glider Pilot Regiment: RIP

    WWII Glider Pilot Regiment hero dies aged 100 | Daily Mail Online Last surviving hero from WWII Glider Pilot Regiment who dropped Allied troops...
    Thread by: dbf, Jan 20, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Airborne
  6. bamboo43
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    Flight Lieutenant Maurice Mounsdon

    Sad news today on the BBC: Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 101
    Thread by: bamboo43, Dec 9, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  7. canuck
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    The First of Ten Thousand

    4 Sept. 1939 The first Canadian airman is killed while serving in the RAF in WW 2 The first Canadian combatant to die in the Second World War was...
    Thread by: canuck, Sep 6, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  8. Chris C
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    Last battle of the Valentine?

    Here's another historical snippet I ran across. I posted it on my blog, but I thought I'd repost the text here. The Military Cross was given to...
    Thread by: Chris C, Aug 30, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Weapons, Technology & Equipment
  9. 4jonboy
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    Major Richard (Dick) Hargreaves MC, 4 Para. RIP

    Picked up Richard's passing on Paul Reed's/WW2talk Twitter feeds yesterday. I met Richard on my Leger visit to Italy in May 2014. Much more about...
    Thread by: 4jonboy, Aug 18, 2019, 6 replies, in forum: Veteran Accounts
  10. DunkirkDude
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    Surviving Dunkirk Veterans

    Sadly with a lot of deaths of Dunkirk veterans lately there are only three confirmed living are left according to wikipedia. All are over 100....
    Thread by: DunkirkDude, Mar 18, 2019, 42 replies, in forum: 1940
  11. 17thDYRCH
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    The last Canadian to die in WW1

    Perhaps another topic on another forum but the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 is fast approaching. Private George Price: Paying homage to a...
    Thread by: 17thDYRCH, Nov 9, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Canadian
  12. Little Friend
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    The last airfield concert by Glenn Miller.

    74 years ago today was the very last airfield concert given by the Glenn Miller Band. This took place within the hangar at King's Cliffe airfield,...
    Thread by: Little Friend, Oct 3, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: General
  13. Little Friend
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    First WW2 Bomb on London Remembered.

    [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I took these today in Fore Street, London. EC2.
    Thread by: Little Friend, Jul 20, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research
  14. Markyboy
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    Wing Commander Paul Farnes DFM

    Battle of Britain ace Paul Farnes: “I didn’t think we were going to lose, it never occurred to us” | All About History Paul is the last Battle of...
    Thread by: Markyboy, Jul 16, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  15. allanair
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    Japanese holdouts fought for decades after WWII

    just read a story in the newspaper this morning,about a man looking for war time remains on the island of mindanao,he came accross two japanese...
    Thread by: allanair, May 28, 2005, 36 replies, in forum: War Against Japan
  16. CL1
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    The last dogfight in Europe WW2

    The last aerial dogfight on the western front of WW-II was very odd. On April 12th, 1945, two Americans were scouting in a low-flying Piper...
    Thread by: CL1, Dec 18, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  17. Peter Clare
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    Plaque for Cardiff's first VC.

    The first Cardiff man to be awarded the Victoria Cross is to be honoured with a plaque at the city's Cathays cemetery. Company Sgt Maj Frederick...
    Thread by: Peter Clare, Nov 10, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: Prewar
  18. jemgee2
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    First Arnhem casualties?

    Don't know if this has been mentioned before. I recently enjoyed a gliding trial at RAF Keevil which I learned was one of the airfields used for...
    Thread by: jemgee2, Oct 27, 2015, 6 replies, in forum: Airborne
  19. smdarby
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    First Allied Troops in The Netherlands

    Does anyone have a definitive answer as to who were the first allied troops to enter The Netherlands in 1944? I have 3 references: 1. Sept 11:...
    Thread by: smdarby, Sep 5, 2015, 5 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  20. Ramiles
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    First British trooper or "troops" into Germany ?

    Hi all, .....at Beek a recce troop of the SRY were "amongst the first British troops to enter Germany". i.e. :...
    Thread by: Ramiles, Apr 24, 2015, 44 replies, in forum: NW Europe
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