Hi, I am a new poster to the forum and am trying to find out more information about the whereabouts etc of my father-in-law - Alfred (Alf)...
Yes....I'm slowly getting addicted to 1940. (I never thought it would happen) Ok first of many questions to come I'm sure before I go over for a...
Hello there. I want to find out as much information as possible about my great uncle, Edward Laughlan of the Royal Engineers Airbourne division....
From The Times, Monday, July 8, 1940 ARMY AWARDS GALLANT REARGUARD ACTIONS FINE LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE The War Office issues the following list...
Personal Number: 39271 Rank: Captain Name: St. John Oliver Alan William FORBES Unit: 3 Coldstream Guards London Gazette : 3 February 1931...
Major Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews, East Lancashire Regiment, was awarded the Victoria Cross in July, 1940, one of the first two Army V.C.s of the...
For information. I have been tracing my fathers records as he was captured in the rearguard actions toward Dunkirk May 1940. I have had all...
Hopefully I'm going to do another Dunkirk trip this year on my bike. It will probably be the same format as my last trip riding from Cassel to the...
Before my father died 2 yrs ago I taped some of our conversations about the war and transcribed them. Thomas Heald Mitchell No.1873128 4.5.1936...
Hi Guys, Do you have any stories regarding the BEF units that held up the Germans to keep the escape going? I'm looking for subject matter on...
Personal Number: 15446 Rank: Major-General Name: Sir Allan Henry Shafto ADAIR, Bt, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC*, MiD*** Unit: Grenadier Guards London...
Hi. Just reading 'Finest Hour' by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig. What a fantastic book on 1940. Can anyone recommend any more books written on events...
I have just finished reading McEwan's book 'Atonement'. In it he describes a scene where troops waiting to be evacuated turn on an RAF pilot,...
Hi. I have the war time reminisces of Pte H Parker of the above Battalion who was taken prisoner in the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and which then...
Hello My late grandfather was a pre-war territorial with the Queen's Regiment (West Surrey's) who served in France with the BEF April-May 1940....
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