I've been trying to work out what my father was doing in Algiers. He had been a junior civil servant in the Ministry of Aircraft Production and...
M.I9/S/P.G.(-) 2005. LEFT CAMPO 70 (MONTE URANO) BEFORE GERMAN OCCUPATION. STATEMENT BY 1526144 A.C.1 SPENCELEY, Ronald, 2805 Squadron, R.A.F....
My Grandfather Major Bill Potts escaped from the Germans having been captured at St Valery in 1940. He escaped via Marseilles with the French...
Personal Number: P/62882 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Sir Peter Allix WILKINSON, KCMG, DSO, OBE Unit: Royal Fusiliers ; SOE ; No 1 Special Force...
Personal Number: 77591 Rank: Major Name: Alexander John CLARK KENNEDY, MC, MiD* Unit: 12 Royal Lancers London Gazette : 26 August 1938...
Award Distinguished Service Order Major Robert Stephen Crossley Fletcher, 360 Battery 138 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 36 Infantry Brigade, 78...
Award Military Medal Pte. Francis Welsh, 2nd Parachute Battalion (2885157) taken prisoner Arnhem For gallantry and devotion to duty. After an...
Award Military Medal Guardsman John 'Jack' Dow Simpson, 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards (2658349) During the evening attack on LONG STOP HILL on 24th...
Personal Number: 2499 Rank: Brigadier Name: Arthur Leslie Walter NEWTH, CBE, DSO, MC, TC, MiD Unit: Gloucestershire Regiment ; Cheshire Regiment ;...
With the 80th anniversary coming up, I'm trying to pull together a page about beach reconnaissance ahead of this. A document in the IWM archives...
Personal Number: 312076 Army Number: 2330443 Rank: Serjeant ; Captain Name: Gavin Symington Watt LAWSON, BEM, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals ;...
Award Military Cross Captain. Paul Lieven, Royal Canadian Artillery Fortress attached No. 6 Commando On 8th November 1942 during the attack on...
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 © IWM NA 9973 Object description Original wartime caption:...
From Imperial War Museum collection E 2823 - 06/05/1941 NA 1106 - 12/03/1943 NA 1107 - 12/03/1943 NA 3016 - 20/05/1943 NA 5197 - 01/08/1943 NA...
Personal Number: 176731 Rank: Captain Name: Sir John LAMBERT, KCVO, CMG Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 28 March 1941...
Personal Number: 102946 Rank: Major Name: Arthur Douglas DODDS-PARKER, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 8 November 1939...
Morning all, Does anyone happen to have copies of: WO 175/1343 - War Office: Allied Forces, North Africa (British Element): War Diaries, Second...
Hi, Does anyone have any information they could share on 6 Base Supply Depot, RASC, Italy? We know my grandfather served in Algiers as part of...
I'd be interested to hear from anyone with connections to and/or knowledge of WW2 experiences of 76th HAA Regt RA. I have carried out some...
Lieutenant (temporary Captain) John Joseph Hartigan, Royal Army Service Corps, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Captain J.J....
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