Can anyone please clarify the meaning of RN/MDU? I'm thinking it could be something like Royal Naval mine dispersal unit or related to...
Hi all, I am currently rummaging through WO166/7216 (Jan 42 to Oct 42) for the 54th Heavy Regiment. I have come across the following entry: "23rd...
Hello. My name is Peter. My late father served with the RAMC during the latter part of WW2. His war records were part of a sample sent to the...
Please can anyone tell me what unit 50 M.C.E. might have been? I have a KOYLI Lt Col awarded the GSM whilst attached to this unit. Lionboxer
I'm trying to unravel my uncle's war story: served with the Rifle Brigade and the 1st Armoured Division, captured in May 1940 during the fall of...
Hi. New here. Researching family history. My Grandfather entered the RAF as a Gunner U/T in 1941 before going on to be a ACH/GD. I now know this...
Despite looking "everywhere", I've been unable to decode the meaning of a couple of unit codes in my grandad's service record. He was an armourer...
No.120 Squadron. On 12 September 1941 Liberator I AM925 X/120 flew from base ( Nutts Corner) to Limavady, Northern Ireland. On the same day the...
I am researching a naval rating. His service record contains a stamp as in the attached file. The reference D.N.A. is a 1942 number - what is...
The more you know the more you know you don't know anything... So... my Grandad was attached to the 12th RTR (being the 12th Battalion of the...
Whilst perusing grandad’s service record again just now, I noticed that on 3 September 1942 he was “granted S.P.P.” In an old thread from 2010,...
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Good morning, I am part of the Lympne airfield history society and I was privileged to be able to visit a forward observation post in Lympne...
Hi, I am hoping someone will be able to help. I am transcribing some war diaries and the following acronym/phrase keeps catching me out and can't...
Bottom line as I see it reads.......does this make sense? Tia 35/9 2RWF Forfeits SPP (special proficiency pay) + LS+GG (Long service and good...
I have recently obtained 6 pages of messages from the National Archives that were sent to the Admiralty from ships participating in one of the...
Hello. Reading en translating War Diaries from OPS LOG MAIN HQ2 CDN INF DIV. In the column Action Taken There are some I can not place. Such as...
My Grand Uncle Gerald Mitchell 6142813 was rescued from Dunkirk. I have been trying to find service information on him. I have a couple of photos...
I have a document which looks like it's my fathers army discharge record. It's pretty basic . I'm trying to work out what unit he served with -...
Hey, I believe the following list contains the correct, exact abbreviations used in the U.S. Army during WWII; exact right down to every space,...
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