Do any of the UK archives hold reconnaissance photos of the Italian camps attacked during Compass? In fact, are there any reconnaissance photos...
Hello! I found a forum on here while googling my grandfather's exploits in the Western Desert. By the end of the war, he'd risen to Acting Major....
[ATTACH] Dr Thomas Somerville was born in March 1887 in Ceylon, the son of a successful tea planter and merchant. After attending Framlingham...
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Ajdabiya / Ajdabiyah Aka - Ajdabiya, Ajdabiyah, Agedabia Ajdabiya - Wikipedia "The area was the scene of heavy fighting during the Second World...
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I am currently looking at two chaps and trying to understand the context in which they were both killed. Pte Berwick died on 26 May 40 whilst...
This is taken from a comment on Flying to Victory on amazon...
Set of maps from 7RTR War Diary
Seroster submitted a new resource: Operation Compass maps - Maps from 7RTR Set of maps from 7RTR War Diary Read more about this resource...
I'm looking for a photo of the Italian camps first hit by the Western Desert Force in Operation Compass. Do any exist?
Hello to all, My grandfather was the captain of a Bersaglieri motorcyclist company in North Africa under the XXIII Italian Corp leaded by...
Hello. I'm looking for After Action Reports of the Operation Compass. Does this kind of document exist? Are there documents with materiel...
Hello all, and a happy new year to you! I am the 28 year old grandson of William Henry Wright and I have been researching his service with the...
Field Marshall Wavell and Gurkhas, New Delhi [IMG] The caption reads: "Investiture of His Excellency The Viceroy, Field Marshall Lord Wavell,...
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