Hardly news to many here but I thought this section should probably have a link to the excellent Pegasus Archive and their impressive collation of British Airborne War Diaries by operation: The Pegasus Archive The 1st Airborne Division in Sicily The 6th Airborne Division in Normandy The Battle of Arnhem Archive There's a wealth of other original material on there too, from orders to official reports, . Cheers, Adam.
Adam, Agreed. Mark Hickman has done an outstanding job. I've pointed several enquirers in his direction. Steve W.
Mark's websites are indeed excellent and I had the honour of providnig him with some of the information, including copies of citations fished out of the PRO (as it was then). Also have the War Diairies for the majority of Units who served at Arnhem. If anyone wants/needs copies please let me know and I can dig them out, although there are a number of citations that I have yet to dins. regards Andy
My great gradfather appears on both the Normandy photo section and the Arnhem section. I am waiting for the Airborne Signals war diary to go up on his website. Dont suppose yo have it? Donnie
Donnie Just PMd you. Also have just re-read my post, I have copies of the War Diairies for the month of September 1944 for tge majority of the units that fought at Arnhem with 1st Airborne Division. However the citations I have cover all known Airborne units. Hope that makes it a bit clearer. And for an afterthought also I am attempting to get photographs of the headstones/memorials to Airborne personnel, having started with Arnhem first! What an undertaking I seem to have set myself!! Regards to all Andy
Hi All Just wanted to add my website to this again Arnhem and yes a lot of diarys http://theairbornesoldier.com/ Cheers TomTAS
seconded, I've found Mark's sites invaluable. In particular I think they're very accesible if you're new to military history.
