Hello All, Instead of my continuously asking for help in order to understand the war diaries I'm reading I thought it would be welcome to share a...
8th Rifle Brigade - 4 September 1944 - Antwerp ‘The 4th of September was to provide the climax to our historic advance across France and Belgium,...
Hi, I am searching info or the war diary for the 49th Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery for december 1944. At Schoonselhof Cemetery, 6 of its...
Army Number: 2562410 Rank: Serjeant Name: Olaf OLSEN, BEM, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 20 December 1940...
Award Military Cross Lt. Robert Vekemans, Belgian Forces with 3 Royal Tank Regiment, 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division On the morning...
Personal Number: 243537 Rank: Major Name: Thomas Edward HARTE, MiD, Croix de Guerre Unit: 23 Hussars London Gazette : 25 September 1942...
Hello all, I am doing some research about the grave of the 'first British casualty' in the battle for the Stadspark (City Park), that used to be...
Army Number: 1469281 Rank: Serjeant Name: John GORDON Unit: 4 Ulster Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery London Gazette : 16 January...
Army Number: 1467938 Rank: Serjeant Name: Norman LEMON Unit: 4 (Ulster) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery London Gazette : 25...
Got this amateur film taken at Antwerpen and an other of battleships at an online auction. Very excited to share this absolute gem. Unfortunately...
Hi all, I am still piecing together the British units who were in the area of my hometown of Wommelgem, especially around fort2, just to the East...
Personal Number: 8267 Rank: Colonel Name: Ronald Streeter LAMBERT, MC, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards; Hampshire Regiment; Grenadier Guards London...
Hello, I am new member on this forum, and excuse me first for my bad English. I am looking for information about delivrance of Ath in Belgium, 3...
For anyone interested in the 8th Rifle Brigade and their campaign, from 13 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany:...
After 6 years of preparation it is finally finished: the illustrated autobiography of Don Gillate, an 8th Rifle Brigade and 11th Armoured Division...
Hi all, Can someone confirm my presumptions with these photos please? They are pictures from my grandads ( Harry House ) collection who was a...
Is there anyone out there who can help me finding any of the following WW2 British GSGS maps: - Map showing Antwerp, 1:25,000 of the GSGS 4427 or...
I have recently obtained an 11th Armoured division veteran's photo album containing some 25 photos taken during the liberation of Antwerp. Judging...
Dear reader, For an illustrated book on the memoirs of Don Gillate I am looking for any material I can use as illustrations. Don was a Rifleman...
Dear all, I am looking for witness stories (interviews, memoirs, diaries...) of Allied (mostly American and British) soldiers who came to Belgium...
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