[ATTACH] 250161 (Temporary) Captain James Douglas ANDERSON Royal Devonshire Yeomanry attached 220 Battery, 112 Field Regiment, Royal Corps of...
Capt. Gerald Lester 330 Battery, 83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 158th Infantry Brigade, 53(W) Division, 30 Corps (190794) During the...
Award Military Medal Pte. (A/L/Cpl) Issa Dagomba 'B' Coy 1 Gold Coast Regiment Royal West African Frontier Force (GC14048) Arakan, At 0730 on...
Gnr. Eric Manley, 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1140134) On 3rd August when 11th Armoured Division had broken through to the village of...
Hi all, Someone on Twitter who I want to help was asking for more detailed information on the work of FOOs. Anyone have suggestions? Were there...
Award Military Cross T/Major. Eric Newton Hunter, 129th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (92471) In The Chin Hills On 23rd March during an attack...
Hello, I am hoping that someone might be able to assist me with some research regarding the role of Forward Observers during World War 2 (in all...
Found this image on Alamyi ... [IMG] with caption ... British and Gurkha soldiers enter Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma's second city on 10th...
Major Robert Surridge 1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Division Like many men of his time my Father spoke little about the war,...
Can anybody help me understand how this might have worked. My father was a Wireless OP/Signaller from the 147 Field (Artillery) Regiment who had...
Hi, there is a casualty for the 5th June 1944 in Ranville war cemetery in Normandy. Does anybody know the circumstances in which Bdr Hall lost his...
Does anyone have access to their War Diary for April 1945? My particular dates of interest are 10-15th April 1945. Note: 13(HAC)RHA served at...
Hello, Re: Guns in a RA and RCA field, A/T batteries. In a topic related to my previous post, but aimed at RA and RCA experts, how were...
Stumbled on to these radio sets. Wonder if someone knows how they were distributed among the troops in an infantry battalion. No 38 Set: [IMG]...
I am about to start posting my offering on Juno Beach. Four parts eventually: The crossing and naval Force J. The assault. The offshore...
I am starting this thread on behalf of the Berkshire Yeomanry Museum. We hold a large number of records for the WW2 period so please ask if you...
Visited Gold beach and saw where the Herfordshire Yeomanry came ashore in their Sextons. Capt. Arthur Platt was killed on the 6th and we paid our...
HI My great Uncle ron recently died and because he didn't like talking about the war it is only recently that we have found out about his part in...
I attach two photos of Maurice Stanbury Rowdon (265247), who was mentioned in despatches in 1946 but served as a Forward Observation Officer with...
Good evening, Can anyone help with the 29th Armoured Brigade war dairy for Normandy 1944. On or around the 18th July 1944 near Bourgebus a...
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