Personal Number: 22474 Rank: Major-General Name: Horace Leslie BIRKS, CB, DSO, MiD* Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 6 May 1932...
A place for some links, and associations with Boroughbridge (Yorkshire, UK), especially, but not only, during WW2. Rm. (More to add in edit -...
Personal Number: 15298 Rank: Major-General Name: George Warren RICHARDS, CB, CBE, DSO*, MC, MiD**** Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers ; Royal Tank...
Hi, I was asked by a member (Mark Abbott) on "17 Field Company Royal Engineers" to start this thread. On "17 Field Company Royal Engineers" a...
Saw this recently on flickr: 6th November 1941 - Helmsley, Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, England. [IMG] [ATTACH] With the caption: "6th November...
Hi - I've looked into CS tanks for than a few times over the years, but a rcent thread on AHF has dragged something kicking and screaming to my...
Can anyone recommend a good WW2 Autobiography/biography please. I've read most of the Band of Brothers type ones, and Forgotten highlander,...
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 197/91 Context: British Expeditionary Force, France: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War Scope and...
Is there such a thing? If anyone has them, are there any references to British 'Funnies' in them? Or meetings with Percy Hobart?
I did search and either I am not using the proper search terms or nothing exists or what does exist is buried in other topics. Were landmines ,...
can any one put me in the right direction to find out more about the hobarts funnies as my granda drove one on d-day please i have an idea of what...
infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by large British naval and Allied air force contingents. The objective was to seize and hold a...
Much is written about the use of DD Tanks on 6th June 1944, and I thought members here would be interested in this document from the 'G' Branch HQ...
Good Morning Everybody, I have spent many an happy hour reading your wonderful stories and being very impressed by your knowledge and commitment...
Hello every one , need some help please. I am reading a book about the normandy landings, and a referance to a Petard Morter has come up twice but...
Hi Adam, Have you any idea what the 11 Royal Tank Regiment was doing in Germany doing WW2 especially A Sqn, as I don't seem to be able to find...
'Hobo', before Lee manages to work his way through all of the Generals :) I thought I would start a thread in praise of one of my favorites. Being...
I have only recently found out that Eisenhower had a long-term mistress during WW2 (Kay Summersby) but had long known of the RKKA tradition of...
Heres one from Port-de-bassin all these tanks have been recovered from the sea and are part of the american DD's that got swamped they are...
Is that what is going on here? Attach some 3" rockets to a Churchill and see if it blows the mines out of the way? Or strap a big jet engine to a...
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