The naturalisation application records held at Kew in the HO 405 series contain background details relating to applicants, including their...
It appears that the ‘Arrival in UK’ date on a FEPOW’s army Service and Casualty form matches the date of arrival of the ship he was on. For...
Hi Pals, Whilst researching soldier from the 2nd Loyals who was taken prisoner of war at Singapore 15/2/1942 i have discovered he was moved to...
Hi Everyone, I am researching a Soldier who was in the above Regiment and no matter how I try I cannot find any information on this Unit of the...
Army Number: 5825229 Rank: Warrant Officer Class II Name: A H NEWMAN, MiD Unit: Suffolk Regiment London Gazette : 12 September 1946...
Personal Number: 21053 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Ernest Leo Victor MAPEY, OBE, MiD, TD Unit: Cambridgeshire Regiment London Gazette : 1...
Personal Number: 17823 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Lionel John BAKER, MC, MiD* Unit: Suffolk Regiment London Gazette : 18 May 1915...
Hi, I am trying to interpret the RAF units that someone I am researching served in. I have attached the screenshot of the units, but I am just...
Billy Young was the last survivor of the most atrocious and neglected chapters in Australia's wartime history. Of 2,500 Commonwealth prisoners...
Hi I'm trying to find out some information on my grandfather John Wesley Jacks who was a POW in Thailand. I know his service no 847494 and he was...
Hi All thanks in advance for any assistance you are able to offer. I am looking for any information/ hints on how to find information relating...
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYMORE INFROMATION REGARDING MY GRANDAD- KENNETH GELDARD? KENNETH GELDARD (Grandads) WW2 JOURNEY 30/Oct/1941- 23/Oct/1945...
I'm completely new, so apologies in advance... If anyone's reading this though, I'm desperately trying to find out information on my Great Grandad...
Personal Number: 143785 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Charles Antony Russell SMALLWOOD Unit: Royal Artillery London Gazette : 23 August 1940...
I have recently become aware of a family member, cousin of my grandfather, who served in the 49 Coast Observer Det. He was captured by the...
Evening all I’m trying to find some information about a friend’s great uncle. Harold James Wills served with the Royal Artillery 9th Coastal...
Hi Can anyone help me with the name of the POW camp on the attached, from January to April 1944. Looks like Canbrui no 3? Thanks Steve[ATTACH]
My Uncle lost his life when the Tomahoko Maru was torpedoed by submarine USS Tang on 24th June 1944. I have a death certificate issued by Japan...
Anyone else interested in this subject? it's almost never talked about- but that's probably due to the information being so scarce and the...
hi there! ive started my research on my great grandfather, Edward Butler, who was a POW in thailand during the war. ive been okay with finding...
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