Hi all . Could anybody tell me if my Grandads medals have already been claimed, there is a date stamp stating 1988 on his records, would that be...
I found him as MO to the 7/9 Royal Scots in 1940. But he's left that Battalion at some point as he has an Africa Star clasp1st Army and an Italy...
I live in Sesto Fiorentino, a little town North of Florence. I am studying the events of the liberation of the city. The witnesses and two...
Long time no post here (but I did see Owen recently!). I’m in Italy with a group and one of them has a relative Capt Grigsby who was killed...
I have the below diaries for 280 battery and 87 HAA regiment for anyone interested. They are; 87 HAA July - Dec 1941 WO 169/1581 87 HAA Jan - Dec...
Hello, I recently came across my great-grandfathers service record and was wondering if anyone could help me decipher/transcribe some of the...
I purchased the medals to P.O. Bayliss a while back, and I figured now would be a great time to research them a little further. As I mentioned in...
Looking Specifically for details on the British Military Mission commanded by Captain Prior RA. In connection with the Massacre of Civilians at...
I came to register today and discovered I'd made an account years ago and never logged in! My name's Alistair, formerly from the UK now living in...
My father was a SAfrican captured at Tobruk and sent to a POW camp in Italy. I think the ship left from MersaMetru N Africa. He was from East...
Hello everyone, I've posted here previously about my grandfather and his military service, but wanted to make more of a general thread. I'm...
I'm trying to establish if war diaries exist for 'J' Service, Royal Signals for the period October 1943 - October 1944 - and in particular for 1...
Hi everybody, I am currently my family tree and looking into my Great Uncle and his time served during WW2, I wondered if anyone may be to able...
I'm researching my great-granduncle's military records and found his medal card. His regiment given on the card is: 532 (M) Hy. A. A. Bty. R. A....
Hi All My uncle Rudolph Gardner was captured at Tobruk and sent to Italy and then went on the long march to Germany . He never talked about the...
Hi all. Newbie researcher here. I'm trying to find information on the differences between how food was handled in Italy: 1. Before the allies...
Hi wanted to introduce myself as I am going to Italy in July and my father was there at the end of 1944/45. I have been to the War graves at...
Hello, I am trying to find more about the fate of Lieutenant Walter Wallace Pollock whose unit was (according to CWGC) "King George V's Own Bengal...
The IWM digitized this video. I'd seen a still of it in a Tank Museum video on the Archer but knew nothing of its origin....
While recognising that we have other threads covering Operation Buckland, I think it's worth being reminded that today marks the 80th anniversary...
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