For the local heritage group in Budel, liberated i september 1944 by the 11th armoured division as part of op market garden, we are looking for a...
Hi, I am trying to find out more about this young man in WW2 for a friend. He was in the 11th Armoured Division born in 1923 in Kingston.. Any...
Hello - would anyone be able to point me in the right direction? I am trying to locate details of the initial assembly areas in Normandy to which...
Hi everyone, my name is Emiel and I live in Tilburg, The Netherlands. I will try my best to write in the best English possible, sometimes with the...
I would like to find citations for Mentioned in Despatches for the following members of the 8th Rifle Brigade. I suppose these were made, before...
The goal of this thread is to keep you informed of events and ceremonies taking place in the Operation Bluecoat and in the British Breakout area...
Does anyone know more about the story that goes with these pictures. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Last Saturday, 20 January 2024, Nathanial Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele - or 21st Baron Saye and Sele - passed away. During the war he was known as...
I have got this July 1943 photo of 8th Rifle Brigade's HQ Company. They were the Motor Battalion in 29th Armoured Brigade and part of the 11th...
[ATTACH] What do you make of this battledress combination? Spotted this in a film, which, according to the caption provided by IWM, shows 159th...
To find names of those killed in a certain unit, I can check the CWGC-register. Is there anywhere I can look for those that went (and remained)...
Came across some information which might be of interest to some people on here: In February 1943, the 8th Rifle Brigade together with the rest of...
Looking for the location of this floating bridge (or raft bridge, what's the proper name?). Photo was taken by a member of F Company, 8th Bn. The...
Hi chaps This is a Comet of the 2nd Forth and Fife Yeomanry, 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division dated 01.03.1945. Reputedly carrying...
8th Rifle Brigade - 4 September 1944 - Antwerp ‘The 4th of September was to provide the climax to our historic advance across France and Belgium,...
11th Armoured Division - South Downs - Exercise "Black Bull" - 6d-7d8m1942... IWM images... IWM H22161 Object description Original wartime...
Gnr. Eric Manley, 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1140134) On 3rd August when 11th Armoured Division had broken through to the village of...
Army Number: 2340078 Rank: Serjeant Name: Charles Frederick CONNOLY, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 22 March 1945...
Army Number: 2340078 Rank: Serjeant Name: Charles Frederick CONNOLY, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 15 December 1942...
Award Military Cross Lt. Robert Vekemans, Belgian Forces with 3 Royal Tank Regiment, 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division On the morning...
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