Hi all, can anyone help me out with uniform identification for a man named Thomas Frederick Spickett who his son believes served in the Queen’s...
Enlistment Date: 16 June 1936 Army Number: 2718480 Rank: Warrant Officer Class II Name: William Rankin WATTON Unit: 1st Battalion Irish Guards ;...
Hi My Dad (Alexander George Bewers) was a regular army soldier in 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards. He was with them in France and was wounded on...
Im looking for any info on my uncle, Thomas [Sandy] Adams.born in Belfast 1906 i think he enlisted in the R I R sometime in the 1920s the went to...
Can anyone help with the date that the SS Cameronia departed Liverpool in September 1935 (arriving in Port Sudan on 17th October 1935). My...
Field Marshall Wavell and Gurkhas, New Delhi [IMG] The caption reads: "Investiture of His Excellency The Viceroy, Field Marshall Lord Wavell,...
Hello, New to this forum and perhaps a bit of a longshot, but after my Grandad recently died i have come to find limited information about an...
Hi All, Prompted by a question on another forum: does anyone know of written accounts by members of the 'Special Night Squads', formed by Orde...
Hi, I am trying to research 2325111 Signalman, later WO2, PF Mcadam who served in palestine in 1938/39 and was later taken POW during WW2 (POW...
Evening all, A colleague has asked for help re. the 1st War tank and ?field gun photographed here beside Deal Castle in Kent. One photo appears...
In my research I discovered that 53rd Divisional Arty was motorised with Fordson tractors in 1920, and in 1921 recieved six wheeled transport...
This has been something that has bothered me since as long as I can remember. As everyone knows the CWGC covers the 1st and 2nd world wars. Or to...
Hello my esteemed forum collegues. I have just applied to get my Grandfathers service records. While filling out the forms I have noticed there...
Found this in the back of the drawer. Its an original programme from RAF Aldergrove Empire Air Day 1938. It includes the programme of events,...
Now I just know that one of you clever people out there will tell me all I need to know about this chap. Prisoner of war No 7971 RSM Robert McLean...
Hi, I am interested in any information relating to 1stDLI during the periods 1931-1939 I am aware of their locations during this time frame...
Great little program on R4 this afternoon, worth checking on Listen again: 16:30 Great Lives 16 September 2008 Series of biographical...
Hi all. Has anybody read these two books. Could you please give me a short review or let me know if they are any good, please. Really itching to...
Up to 1937 Irish Army troops wore German style coal-scuttle helmets manufactured by Vickers in the UK. Malcolm could anyone direct me to some...
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