In the churchyard of Waarmaarde Church are the graves of 18 men. 17 have been identified and they all served in the 2 Lancashire Fusiliers and my...
Hi, I am researching the story of six sappers that died attempting to defuse a bomb in Nantwich in Cheshire on 17th August 1940. I was wondering...
Army Number: 7522956 Rank: Serjeant Name: Francis G McLARDY Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps Date of Birth: 17/11/1915 . Place of Birth:...
Following on from Aixman's epic work on War Establishment tables, and the comments posted recently about the non availability, and high cost of...
Evening all, I've been putting together a full BEF uniform, webbing and personal kit issue for a couple of years now. So far in tackling the kit...
I am hoping to discover what I can about Gnr. J. Woods T/65104, RASC. He was attached to the Royal Artillery and was posted in 1940 as part of the...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help qith understanding my grandads RAF service records. It is slightly hard to read due to the handwriting and...
Personal Number: 5813 Rank: Brigadier Name: Henry Dinham DREW, OBE, MC, MiD Unit: Devonshire Regiment ; Machine Gun Corps ; Royal Tank Regiment...
Personal Number: 143926 Rank: Major Name: Martin TERRITT, MBE, MiD* Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 8 July 1941...
Personal Number: 73199 Rank: General Name: Sir Richard Erskine WARD, GBE, KCB, DSO*, MC, MiD*** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 27...
Personal Number: 132388 Rank: Colonel Name: Christopher Montague WOODHOUSE, DSO, OBE, MiD* (5th Baron TERRINGTON) Unit: Royal Artillery ; General...
British troops entering Belgium between 26 August 1939 and 10 May 1940 would have been interned for the duration of the war. Until March 1940...
Personal Number: 16001 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Geoffrey Anthony HARRISON changed by deed poll to Geoffrey Anthony GORDON-CREED, DSO, MC...
I've posted previously about Major Ronald Cartland MP RA who was KIA whilst on the breakout from Cassel on 30th May 1940 and a short bio is...
Hi My Grandad served in the Royal Engineers training at Ripon at the beginning of 1940 and being sent to the Isle of Sheppey until September...
67th Field Regiment were based at Freiston moving from Leeds after their return from Dunkirk. I have located and contacted an interesting museum...
Mod. edit: moved from 108203 2nd Lieutenant John Forbes Campbell ASHBURNER, DLI: 27/05/1940 See also GHQ Liaison regt - Phantom - member look ups...
Looking for any information on the Unit name of the Pioneers that were based in Lerwick, Shetland during WW2- thanks
Given there is a 1940 section and this section, I pondered for a bit of of time on the best place to post this query. I am interested in...
Hello, I was wondering if somebody could help me decipher this service record? There are a lot of pages but here is my summary so far: Enlisted:...
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