Goodevening everyone, At the moment I'm working my way trough the 2nd Canadian Corps Signals war diary. These diaries are loaded with...
Hi all Could anyone help decode some of the abbreviations from a service record? On the mustering column there is an entry I can't understand....
Hello there, Hoping someone may be able to assist with any suggestions regarding some details on a copy of a page from my late grandfather's army...
Looking for a little Polish translation and 1940’s France knowledge…These two records pertain to my Grandfather (In-Law) time in France. I have...
Does anyone know what DMGA is an abbreviation for. I'm confident that it is a department within the War Office but I can't figure it out. Example...
Hello! Acting Lieutenant William Waite was a member of DAAG[PS] Echelon.. any idea what this is? I am also trying to piece together his service...
Hi, I am pretty good with abbreviations, but a couple have got me flummoxed. one is AII (Capital A followed by two capital I’s). This is on a...
I am trying to understand the rank circled in the image below which appears in the Unit Diary. [ATTACH] Further reading of the diary suggests...
I`m currently reseaching a convoy in which the report from the log of HMS Capetown states: "Ocean escorts carried out R.I.X., R.C.X. and V/S...
Hi, Can anyone shed any light on what the following acronyms mean with the context of War Diaries. movement control, MQL. moved off from BYS....
I have my great-grandfather’s B103 form and I just want to have a few more pairs of eyes on it to check I have interpreted the dates right! Not...
Does anyone know what 'AO' or 'AO Tps' might refer to in an armoured regiment? The term appears several times in an after action report by a...
Hi all, I thought this might mean "Forward Defence Localities" but I've checked one set of meanings which gives it as Forward Defended Localities...
Here are a few examples of the use of N.M.S. in a war diary for Burma 1944. "1330 Hours - DOLLUANG O.P. reports enemy bunkers 364853 and 368842...
Hello, I'm researching my father's war service. Can anyone tell me what the circled letters on his papers means? Or even what the letters are. CIA...
I've come across the unit 'DMT school, RAF Secunderabad', anyone any ideas what it was / did ? Thanks, Mac.
Hello All, I'm currently busy reading Canadian world war 2 war diaries. Now I'm halfway an artillery regiments war diary. I've come across a...
I am looking at a 2/5 Battalion Leicestershire Regt. War Diary entry for 1-7 March 1943 (Tunis Campaign) in which it refers to ......positions at...
Hello everybody, I was going over a war diary related to signals in North Africa and I found a traffic report which mentions the acronyms ELS and...
I am transcribing the War Diary of the 1st Armoured Division Workshop and would appreciate help understanding some acronyms/abbreviations which...
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