http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3540665.ece From Times Online, September 28, 2000 Soldier who deserted from the...
Personal Number: 34928 Rank: Brigadier Name: Lord Charles George Vivian TRYON, GCVO, KCB, DSO, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 5...
Personal Number: 64506 Rank: Major Name: Michael Duncan David CRICHTON-STUART, MC Unit: 2 Scots Guards London Gazette : 29 January 1937...
Personal Number: 200089 Rank: Captain Name: Alan Keith BARLOW, MC Unit: 4 Coldstream Guards London Gazette : 19 August 1941...
Remembering things my father JB Smethurst 1 RTR did and out pops this memory of (as a child so 1970s) visiting Peggy Holliman (spelling may be...
From The Times, April 6, 1945: SCARS OF FLORENCE SURVEY OF DAMAGE TO BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS FIRST AID ALONG THE ARNO From Our Special...
Personal Number: 52592 (LG); 52952 (CWGC online record, but Concentration reports concur with LG) Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Sir William...
Some people seem unaware that in the darkest days of WW2, Greece was fighting on the side of Britain and the Commonwealth, the only country so to...
Was looking for information on the eruption of 1944 as i seem to remember my father saying they were involved in the evacuation of civilians in...
Soldier of the 1st South Stafford Battalion and his friend after an 8 mile march, Palestine 1939.
In Rome'44 by Raleigh Trevelyn is a photo from the IWM. I can't find it on-line so here's a scan from the book. If anyone has a sharper image...
The “V Sign” The age-old ‘V sign’ comes in two formats: one with the palm faced outwards, and one with the palm inwards. In America the two hand...
Has anyone been to the IWM Lambeth (annexe) to search for and purchase Photographs. If so, how good is the help amd service you received. I have...
Jasper Maskelyne was the main planner and designer of the deception in the desert. He set up dummy pipelines, ammo dumps and railheads to...
A thread to think of Christmas in the War years. Found this here. Nice and Christmassy. The Photo Section (Part Two) [IMG] View from...
The Battle for Gemmano and the Coriano Ridge A Tragic Decision By 4th September 1944 only the lightly defended village of San Savino stood in...
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