I am looking into any information on my paternal grandfather, the details that I have are below - would really like to know how I can obtain his...
[ATTACH] I am trying to determine where the following four casualties of the 6th Battalion were killed. I know it was during the battle for...
Since it is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tebourba I thought I would upload a six-page report written by the Adjutant of that battalion...
Hi, I am currently down a deep rabbit hole of what the 8th battalion Royal Scot’s did all the way from Normandy to Germany. My great uncle...
WO171/2379 – 94 Company RASC (Bulk Petrol Transport) – Jan – Dec 44 C.O.: Major H.T.B. Worthington 1 January 1944 PUDSEY 1 3-ton lorry to...
Good morning everyone, I'm looking for some help about an interesting story happened in Casentino. Approximately on the very last days of...
This is from a WW2 report (54th Anti-Tank Regiment) and I don't know what this "C.W." means. It could I suppose be the man's initials but it seems...
Does anyone know what DMGA is an abbreviation for. I'm confident that it is a department within the War Office but I can't figure it out. Example...
Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the start of Operation TORCH and the British landings at Algiers that morning by 11th Infantry Brigade of...
Evening all, Does anyone have copies of the 12L War Diary WO 166/1362? Particularly interested in Appendix E, a report by Lt Redhead, but could...
Hi, Is there anyone on here good at reading hand written war diary entries as I am trying to research my grandfathers time during ww2 but large...
Gary. By chance, do you have the WD for 16 DLI on 10-12 Sep 43? Regards Frank
I am trying to understand the rank circled in the image below which appears in the Unit Diary. [ATTACH] Further reading of the diary suggests...
Ancestry are showing WW2 War Diaries as "new" on their card catalogue - looking at UK, World War II War Diaries, 1939-1946 | Ancestry® they have...
Hi all, I thought I'd start a thread describing the ops of 23 Armd Bde at SALERNO in September 1943. I'll start with this Staff Table from 19 Sep...
Hi all, I have recently come across a photo of my relative, Laurence (born Lawrence) Henry Hunt on Ebay. Unfortunately it was bought by somebody...
Hi, Can anyone shed any light on what the following acronyms mean with the context of War Diaries. movement control, MQL. moved off from BYS....
Does anyone know what 'AO' or 'AO Tps' might refer to in an armoured regiment? The term appears several times in an after action report by a...
Two weeks ago I visited Kew and copied the war diaries for the above unit from its formation on 2nd April 1943 to disbandment in May 1946. Happy...
Good day. I am attempting to put together a family history for my Grandson. My father in law, Frank Stuttard enlisted in 1939, did some training...
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