Award Military Cross Major Frederick Bell, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment Maj BELL commanded “D” Coy in the opening and...
Hi there, I'm trying to piece together my father's war history. He was typically reticent to discuss it and I never found out much beyond that he...
Rev Thomas James Trail (160767) R.A.Ch.D. attached 5th Bn The Black Watch (R.H.R.) At the Wadi Akarit on 6th April 1943, the Battalion suffered...
Hi all, I am looking at the mention of initial losses / damage of DD tanks in The Story of 79th Armoured Division. Unfortunately it only lists...
I’m sorry to report that Jim Holder-Vale, who posted here on WW2 Talk as Driver-Op, has died at the age of 98. Jim was a member of my late...
Are you interested in seeing an interactive day by day account of British troop movements in Normandy after D-Day? Would you be interested in...
Can anyone tell me when 49 Div was moved from XXX Corps to 1 Corps and became part 1 Canadian Army Probably sometime in July 1944 (maybe late...
This is a Then and Now photo I put together of Basilika Maria Loreto which is a Catholic Church in Austria. [ATTACH] The WW2 photo was taken in...
I may be looking at things through an overly narrow lens, but some elements of the British Army seem to have been caught off guard by the degree...
I applied for both grandads service records in 2020. The records for Clifford Phelps arrived only a short time ago. They don't really clarify our...
Hello, I am starting this thread to discuss in more detail some of the photos I found on Flickr quite a while ago. Crossing the Rhine, March 1945...
Thanks to a pointer from a friend I found this lengthy article, part of a series of three, and this is for Italy: UK Military Bridging - World War...
Hi all, I am reviewing what I've written on Veritable and find myself needing to check the following: Were all the British divisions which...
Hello My late Dad, GNR John Morrison served in 325/111 (old no540//158) HAA regiment RA from 1942 and I am looking for any information anyone may...
Gnr. Eric Manley, 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1140134) On 3rd August when 11th Armoured Division had broken through to the village of...
Good morning All, I've read with great interest the posts by Trux and Paul Reed on the organisation of Motor Battalions in Normandy. In trying to...
I am wondering if any forum member as the war diaries for this regiment please. Especially for the date of around the 19th February 1945. Regards...
Army Number: 1470817 Rank: Serjeant Name: David Durrans FIRTH, MM, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 22 March 1945...
Serjeant Charles Arthur Ayscough | War Casualty Details | CWGC SERJEANT CHARLES ARTHUR AYSCOUGH Service Number: 2617890 Regiment & Unit:...
Army Number: 2562410 Rank: Serjeant Name: Olaf OLSEN, BEM, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 20 December 1940...
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