Hello folks, First post, just got my late Grandad's (Henry Thomas - EX3949) service records through and I'm now methodically building up a...
Gnr. Walter James Burton, 277/68 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery captured 20th June 1942 Stalag 4B POW No. 279719 [ATTACH]...
Bdr. Alexander Eric Hannah, H.Q. 68 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery captured 20th June 1942 Cyrenaica POW No. 154083 Stalag 17A...
Hi I am researching my great uncle, David Cohen, who was a POW in Italy after being captured in Tobruk. I have correspondence sent from him in...
Hi all, I'm researching a Great Uncle of mine; James Hector Reeves,1763811, Royal Artillery - 88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment - 282 Battery...
I thought members might be interested. http://rommelsriposte.com/2022/05/01/shell-shock-bomb-happy-and-the-tobruk-garrison/ All the best Andreas
Army Number: 855208 Rank: Corporal Name: David C M SHARPE, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 30 December 1941...
I have recently returned from the National Archives where I was able to view the War Diary for the 101st Bn Royal Tank Regiment (Dummy Tanks) to...
Hi could anyone answer the following: after the siege of Tobruk in 1941 why did the Allied high command then make the decision that it was no...
The Death of "Strafer" Gott On 7th August, Lieutenant General William "Strafer" Gott was shot down by German Planes as he was flying out to take...
Major General Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh KBE, MC (16 May 1892 – 14 December 1970) Michael O'Moore Creagh - Wikipedia Major General Sir Michael...
Award Mentioned in Despatches Pte. R. O’Connell, 7 Green Howards (4390604/4394604) Escaped POW CAMP 102 (Aquila) Italy Captured at FUKA on 30th...
Personal Number: 8306 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Ronald MacKenzie SCOBIE, KBE, CB, MC, MiD* Unit: Royal Engineers London Gazette : 26 June...
Personal Number: 180294 Rank: Captain Name: Kerr Robertson STANDING, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders London Gazette : 15 April...
Personal Number: 203457 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Edward Malcolm ROSS, MC, MiD* Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders London Gazette : London...
Army Number: 2656312 [from block allocation Coldstream Guards 2646001 - 2688000] Rank: Serjeant Name: John Miller DAVIDSON, MM, MiD Unit: Queen's...
Personal Number: 137928 Rank: Captain Name: Alan George CAMERON, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders London Gazette : 5 July 1940...
Personal Number: 8905 Rank: Brigadier Name: Gerald Knocker DIBB, CBE, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Artillery London Gazette : 16 November 1914...
As noted in ADM199/799, on 19th August 1941 HMT Thorbryn and was towing (probably, the sources are confused) landing craft LCT12 [A12] and LCM25...
Hello, I'm trying to find more info on (WW2) 4975744 Pte Leonard HACK, 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 201 m/g group. According to his Mentioned in...
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