The photo below is one from a series of an 8th Rifle Brigade mortar sergeant. The question I have is: what is the apparatus mounted on this...
Hello WW2Talk members, I just wanted to introduce myself and my new project called The Silent Generation. My name is Tom and my grandfather,...
Hi, My father became a member of 9 platoon G Coy 8RB in August 1944 after transferring from 8 KRRC. His platoon O/C was James Ramsden. I have a...
I wonder if anyone can help me with my search for my father’s record. All I have is a photo of him in uniform & his army number - 6917647. I have...
After 6 years of preparation it is finally finished: the illustrated autobiography of Don Gillate, an 8th Rifle Brigade and 11th Armoured Division...
Hello All, I have seen a few Veteran Soldiers welcomed to the Forum and it has just occurred to me that there might be some of The Rifle Brigade...
Hi All , This is probably in the wrong section, so apologies first of all. My Grandfather Robert Bradford 6912790 was captured at the fall of...
Hi, Hoping someone here can help me out. I'm researching the history of my grandfather who served, according to his service file, in the 8th RB...
This photo of G Company, 8th Rifle Brigade was taken in May or June 1944 in Aldershot. Who knows in front of which building or barracks and if it...
I am looking for a good digital file of attached photo. Attachment has been copied from a book in which it is shown over 2 pages, so quality is...
Tracing photos of my grandfather, George Henry Bayley (6916097) so hoping someone may have images from family members that were part of the same...
Only yesterday I learned that Captain Brian Neill, CO 13 Platoon, H Company, 8th Rifle Brigade, 11th Armoured Division has passed away last...
Looking for information for the 2nd Rifle Brigade from 1941/42 and the 7th Armoured 1942. My grandfather was killed in action in North Africa on...
Hi I am new to the forum and am trying to trace my Fathers footsteps through Tunisia and Italy. (Rfm Richard Day). I know he was a signaller in B...
I have recently obtained an 11th Armoured division veteran's photo album containing some 25 photos taken during the liberation of Antwerp. Judging...
I am writing up the story of a rifleman from D Coy 1st Bn, Tower Hamlets' Rifles (9RB) from Mersa Brega to Gazala for his family. I have read the...
Does anyone know the actions and whereabouts of the 7th Rifle Brigade between November 1942 and July 1944. Any help will be appreciated Terry
Hi all My uncle served with H Coy 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade in Normandy and was killed in action on 31st July at St Martin Des Besaces. I am...
Remembering Today https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2093004/CLARKE,%20WALTER%20GEORGE/CLARKE, WALTER GEORGE Rank:...
Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC O'CONNOR, DENNIS JOSEPH Rank: Rifleman Service No: 6923421 Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade, 10th (2nd...
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