Hello All, For Christmas I am gifting my Dad a copy of The Middle East Commandos by Charles Messenger. My Grandfather (Byron Jenkins 6468043) is...
Not sure if you will be able to help but I have recently received my grandad's service records. However, other than me knowing he was in the royal...
Hello! I am looking for information about my Grandfather, Charles Turner, who I was very close to but have very sketchy infomation about his War...
Hi, I am planning to visit the CWGC sites in Yangon next week. Recently it has not been the easiest place to visit. If anybody would like any...
Troops sent to Aberdeen included those from 6NR, presumably supported by 6NR personnel at a Base HQ facilitating their operational requirements....
Does anyone have any information about the 27th (WA) Field Dressing Station and its locations in mid-1944 please?
I scanned this U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph at the NARA II, College Park, Maryland on 25 April 2022. SC 196685, Credit NARA. [ATTACH]...
Hi All Just doing some research on Pte Kennedy above who is commemorated on the Wantage War Memorial in Oxfordshire (then Berkshire) and sadly...
Having spent a lot of time today compiling what follows - for a local Remembrance Day project - by accessing the diary entries made available...
Hi Pals, I'm researching Lt Harold Desmond Jack of the IGS. He died 6 April 1943 but I'm drawing a blank on further info. Was he a PoW?...
Hi Pals, 2IC but I'm drawing a blank on further details of his military career. Died 23 March 1945 and remembered on the Rangoon Memorial. If...
Just looking for confirmation if the actor Noel Coleman is one of the same as Capt. Noel Philip Coleman, 7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment, 74...
"Jungle warfare, consisting as it does of lonely treks and skirmishes - demands the highest degree of courage on the part of each individual"...
An Indian author who I follow has published a short article, referring to mainly Indian books, on this episode in the Burma campaign, although the...
I'll admit, this thread may well belong in the "India/Burma" section, but for me there is no better place it can sit than "The Lounge Bar" here....
Hi there just joined. Looking for info that will help me find the gaps in my dad's war story in Burma. He was a signalman and before he died in...
Lt Col Roberts was commissioned into the 67th Field Regt Malvern 266 Battery at about the same time as Major Tom Averill. They served together in...
Hello all, I'm not sure whether this is a good place to start but I'd appreciate any help that might be available from forum members on the...
I need a bit of help deciphering an entry please. Can anybody make out what the entry dated 12-6-43 is and what it means? It looks like '2 Bm' to...
Hi I'm looking for the Arm of Service plate used by British Indian Army 20th Division in 1944/45. With particular interest for the Combat...
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