Personal Number: 77372 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel (Staff Quartermaster) Name: Ronald Charles Eric MINES, MBE, MiD* Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent...
As mentioned elsewhere, my great-aunt has recently passed away, and in her wake a great wealth of old paperwork has surfaced. These are the...
Whilst trawling through the newspapers looking for articles regarding members of the 1/King's Regiment who served in Burma, I came across this...
Hi, First time I've posted here ! Not sure if I've posted in the right place. My father served in the Royal Artillery as part of a 25 -pounder...
I've been working through my paybooks to wounded men trying to put into context where they were when wounded and what their units were doing and...
Personal Number: 95228 Rank: Major Name: The Honourable Sir Francis Michael LEGH, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 4 July 1939...
Personal Number: 219039 Rank: Captain Name: Archibald Evariste YUILL, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 19 December 1941...
Hi I found a pic online of what pertains to be 7 Platoon of A Company of 6 Para Btn in Greece in 1944. Question is, if there are three platoons...
Hi everyone. Just found a reference to the cancellation of 34 Inf Div being sent to Greece in late 1944. First time I have heard of this but...
Hi All, I am just starting out on my quest to discover more about my Grandad’s involvement in the war, his name was Victor Lesley Denyer. He...
Hi, Can anyone help please. I am attempting to find citations for the above named who was at one stage CO of the 6th Battalion. As a Lt/Col he...
Award MBE Captain Norman David Melville Johnstone (45363), Grenadier Guards Captain Johnstone, who throughout the campaign showed great resource,...
Hi According to SBS: The Invisible Raiders by James D Ladd, The Filibusters by John Lodwick, Raiders of the Sea, The Story of the SBS in WW2,...
Personal Number: 102946 Rank: Major Name: Arthur Douglas DODDS-PARKER, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 8 November 1939...
Hi Can anyone help identify the name of the rating killed in paragraph c ? [ATTACH] Source: Admiralty War Diary for 28/12/44 Thanks in...
Morning, Researching Maurice FANTHAM Marine PO/X 114817 40 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines Maurice was mortally wounded on 10 October...
This is a bit of a long shot but does anyone know which `Graves Registration Unit` operated on Kos in 1945 following the German surrender in 1945....
Hi Been asked to help clear up the death of a SBS member in Greece in October 1944 and the only reference I can find is in The Filibusters: The...
Army Number: 2822381 Rank: Private Name: David GUNN, MM Unit: 5 Seaforth Highlanders attached Long Range Desert Group London Gazette : 22 July...
Personal Number: 2720347 Rank: Serjeant Name: Patrick HENDERSON, MM Unit: Irish Guards attached SBS London Gazette : 4 January 1945...
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