A reminder (largely) to myself that it was 77 years to the day, during the morning of 25th April 1945, that my Dad and his mates reached the banks...
Army Number: 14348027 Rank: Signalman Name: W FARRAR, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 29 November 1945...
Army Number: 5498781 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: Cyril Douglas OCCOMORE, MM, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals. London Gazette : 23 September 1943...
Personal Number: 117965 Rank: Captain Name: Thomas Bernard CAMMIADE, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment London Gazette : 16...
Sjt. P. Lynch (7043341) 6th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers MiD M.I.D. London Gazette 29 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and...
Well its only taken about 9 years but I have finally managed to complete my book about the 78th Infantry Division's operations in April -May 1943...
Over the past few years, I have been tracing my father, CQMS Edmund O'Sullivan's war time service with the 2nd Bn, London Irish Rifles who were...
[ATTACH] My grandfather James Wright (top of photo 5th from left). Born Belfast 17-5-21, joined age 17 the Royal Ulster Rifles. Overseas service...
During a visit last week to Tunisia, I was able to visit Beja and Medjez-el-Bab CWGC Cemeteries to pay my respects to my father's friends and...
An article which may be of interest: The Irish Brigade in WWII
Hi Does anyone know if there was an operation code name for the crossings? Cheers Perry
In the spirit of highlighting the continuing slog on the Italian front during the autumn of 1944. In a period when 78th Division were under 5th...
Continuing the theme that bitter fighting in Italy continued, without pause, after the liberation of Rome, I attach a link to an excerpt of a...
On the Senio river floodbank, not exactly then and now,as the 'now' pictures were taken infront of S.Severo,the location of the 2 Innisk's,...
The Ford at San Clemente, this area, including the town, was under constant enemy observation, so artifical smoke was utalised to cover daytime...
Seventy years ago today at 1840 hrs on the evening of 30th March 1944, my father, CQMS Edmund O'Sullivan, started off from San Michele towards pt...
As a slight reminder, today is the 70th anniversary of the 8th Army's attack on the German Winter Line to the north of the River Sangro. The...
In the spirit of a continuing search of what my dear father got up to during his 3 1/2 years in Algeria, Tunisia and Italy (and Egypt) from Nov...
I spent yesterday (6th October 2013), following some of the path that my father CQMS Edmund O'Sullivan, who served with the 2nd Battalion London...
In the spirit of commemorating the actions of the friends and comrades of my father, CQMS O'Sullivan, who 70 years ago fought with great endeavour...
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