As I needed to look into war diaries of NW Europe campaign, I built myself a list similar to the ones from Drew. (It involved several several searches, some copy/paste and a touch of Excel to make it usable and remove duplicates) Beware! This list is not complete. It includes ~5500 items, equivalent to 50% of the WO 171. There are random gaps everywhere, but probably enough items of each main unit to make it a convenient aid. I recommend to use filters or a pivot table to spot the unit you're interested in.
Hello, sorry, this is my first post. I am from Germany. I have more than 3.000 Rolls from NARA and others as jepg-Version. Now im looking for guides from TNA. The links to the WO-Guides WO 170, WO 173, WO 175, WO 177, WO 179, WO 199 are wrong. The files Content other material. If you want, i can send material via we-Transfer. Best regards. Michael
Hi Michael - send me a private message with your email address and let me know which ones you want and I'll email them to you. Cheers Andy
Hi Drew, Wondering if you possess the following, Reference: WO 218/102 Description: Raiding Forces Signals Date: 1943 Mar.- Dec. Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Reference: WO 218/110 Description: Raiding Force Signals Date: 1944 Apr.- Dec. Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Likewise any guidance on Rading Forces HQ Aegean late 43-44 or the SBS in Yugoslavia 1945 Zara Harbour and SBS in Italy running out of Monopoli (Bari) could I please ask you PM me if you have leads or general WO numbers to head towards
Search results: WO 218 | The National Archives Theres only 755 sub files for the period 1925 - 1949 - thats a lot smaller than some I have had the privilige to come across TD
Actually there's only 252 pieces in WO 218 ;-) : Search results: | The National Archives The whole lot can be exported as a CSV or XML file directly from Discovery. Lee
Must say many thanks again and again for your excel spreadsheets as TNA seems to making their search engines annoying again.
Hi there, You very kindly found the following information regarding my grandfathers unit war diary a few years ago (183 Field Company RE). I wondered if you have the information for these now? WO 171/1580 183 Company 1944 Jan.- Apr., June- Dec. WO 171/5492 183 Company 1945 Jan.- June. Thanks
I'm wanting a copy of National Archive File WO 205/972A... Notes on the operations of 21 Army Group, 6 June 44 to 5 May 45. Gary Prisk
I know it`s probably very unlikely, but does anyone have any details of the specific convoy numbers contained inside the following files? ADM 199/1027 WS, BM and MB convoys: reports 1943 ADM 199/1028 WS, BM and MB convoys: reports 1943 ADM 199/1029 WS, BM and MB convoys: reports 1943 I suspect I`m not alone in being driven mad by the number of such files which still aren`t fully indexed. Here`s hoping. Thank you
Hi Drew/Andrea, Do you know if TNA contain any information on Exhumation & re-burial of soldiers remains from the Anzio campaign area? Specifically exhumation & re-burial reports for individuals with grid references of locations? I think 26 Graves Registration unit were involved in this effort after the fighting had moved North away from the area. I assumed this type of info would be held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission archive. Regards Nigel
Wow just read this thread and realised that not only do I know much about ww2, I know less about how to use the discovery search and absolutely diddly squat about computers So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who puts in the masses of effort to find these things and shares them so total war novice/computer dummies such as myself can try to find out from a scrap of info we heard when we were kids what our great gandparents/ parents or “great uncle what's his name” did back in the 1940’s “ish” lol