My Great uncle died at El Alamein fighting with The Queens in Egypt. The family history is he killed climbing out of a tank. However I think that...
Tomorrow will be the 80th anniversary of the Battle of SIDI NISR one of those magnificent defeats that supposedly exemplifies all our Army's most...
I am working on the events of the Italo-German attack against Djebel Abiod on 21-22 November. In an post discussing the earlier fight on 17 Nov.,...
I am trying to locate the crossing point of the Rhine by the 15th Scottish at Xanten. Does anyone know where it is please? I have attached a...
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[ATTACH] 62942 Captain Sir John Hargreaves PIGGOTT-BROWN 2nd Coldstream Guards 1913 - Killed in Action 25th December 1942 Longstop Hill, Tunisia...
Evening all I’m helping (or at the moment failing to help) a friend track down information about his Great Uncle who was killed at Dunkirk. I’m...
Hi, I'm reading the war diary of 214 HAA Bty/57 HAA Regt RA for September 1943 and struggling to transcribe this extract: [ATTACH] I think it...
Source: WO171/2252 for 1944 & WO171/6743 for 1945 – 46 Transport Column RASC Commanding Officer Lt. Col. W.H. Taylor and Lt. Col. D. Sawyer as...
Hello all, I'm looking for some information (Or even better, a war diary) for my uncle (Pte Alexander Gordon Ellis - 14436178) and his friend...
Would units operating in Egypt and Libya have recorded time stamps as BST, UTC, or EET? All the best Andreas
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...
Hello, I recently learnt that the men on a famous picture representing a column of C15TA were from the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Is it...
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