Hi guys, I'm a newbie on here, so please excuse me if I ramble on. I am tracing my father's service in the Burma Campaign. He was Sgt John...
Can anyone please tell me which Brigade and Division the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment were allocated to after the Chindits disbanded? I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with my grandfathers WW2 history? I have his service records and know that: From 1939 to 1944...
Hello all, Has anyone ever happened across a reference to a: "205 Reception Camp near Pierre Artus" circa June/July 1944. Normandy. France....
I thought this might be of interest to the RASC and DUKW community! WO171/2365 – 50 Company RASC 5 March 1944 1030 Ship [HMT BOISSEVAIN]...
Has anyone any information on any of the British Army Battle Schools near Barnard Castle in Teesdale? There was; Bradford Camp Humbleton Camp...
Does anyone have information on the uses Kinmel Camp served during the war and in the later 40s? There seems to be basically no information...
The 24th Lancers war diary for 17th May 1944 has: 17/5/44 Personnel and vehicles to land for operation Overlord on D+1 moved to camp T2 Canning...
Hi guys, I wonder if I can pick your brains... For many years I have been piecing together the story of the above camp. Sadly as in the...
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I know that the 5th Bn DLI was split into 1/5th and 2/5th and became searchlight regiments in October 1938. Before this change came about the...
My father was stationed in Trinidad. He was in Hq & Hq Co 33 Inf. He told me his ship was hit and he was injured. Later transferred to La Garde...
Hi all, There's a very brief entry in the 24th Lancers war diary: on "18/5/1944 - Assault party moved to camp C13 Hursley" And this matches with...
I am following the career of Arthur Franz Smith who joined the RAMC in 1922, trained as a Nursing Orderly, Masseur and in 1933 was appointed as an...
Dose anyone know of this camp, at Chigwell, Essex. from my other thread: 12 Medium Regt RA never got to Normandy! Cheers Rob
Hi everyone, I'm doing some research about the camps in South East England which troops involved in the Normandy Landings were locked down in...
It ain't alf' hot Mum! I've been reading a WW2 pamphlet about repatriation from India to the UK at the end of hostilities in 1945. Contained...
Hello, I am looking for information Re; RA 123. OCTU. Battle Practice Camp Ullswater (Cumberland) WW2 The Admin Address was The Bungalow,...
Hey Blokes ~ I had a suggestion from Dave B in Brisbane regarding bottles in the camp sites I work ~ As I said I find HEAPS of smashed...
I received an enquiry recently regarding 1 / 5th Battalion the Welch Regiment. The relative of an old soldier had asked where Holts Barracks was...
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