I wonder if anyone can help with this. I am looking for information on a “Supply Petty Officer William Knox Orkney P/MX 58599" recorded in the...
Wonder if anyone can help please. My son in law knows almost nothing about his grandfather except the following:- He was in the Royal Navy...
Hi all, been researching my local war memorial and come across this man - T/177343 Private Joseph Henshall of the Royal Army Service Corps who...
Has anybody heard of this operation and know what it was/was planned to be (in very broad terms)? WO 169-24877 mentions it twice but provides no...
Hi everyone I mentioned on the other thread. My Dad's sadly passed away and his best friend Dave Mitchell (83) has become a dear friend of mine....
I am trying to track down any leads for family connections of the following pilot. I have checked the normal family sites and nothing comes up. I...
I am looking to compile a full list of those lost when St David was sunk off Anzio on 24/01/1944. I have seen various figures for numbers lost in...
S.S. Nordeflinge was sunk on 30th May 1944 after being attacked by Axis aircraft 38 miles northeast of Algiers. Lloyd's says 11 crew and 1 gunner...
Hi, I am looking for information about Roy Davies, I know for a fact that he served in the Royal Marines starting as a band boy around 1935 and...
The ex-British Army officer and now a military historian, plus a consultant and author Jim Storr is a friend and he recently posted a provocative...
The catalyst for this was a comment on a recent thread about the bravery of Italian Navy frogmen and then an offline exchange with an enthusiastic...
Lydia Sutcliffe Patton was widowed in 1927 and went to sea as a Stewardess on various Elder Dempster ships. During 1942 and 1943 she was on the...
Personal Number: 56748 Rank: Colonel Name: Nicholas Edward Owain WATTS, OBE, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 1 September 1933...
In the later months of 1941, the Luftwaffe set about developing an airfield in the south of Crete, close to the town of Tymbaki (Tympaki). An...
Hi all, I was hoping someone could help decipher my Grandfathers war record during 1943/1944. He was part of the “new” 2nd battalion Royal...
The folowing is part of appendix 8, NAVAL WARFARE AND INTELLIGENCE ALONG THE NORTH AFRICAN COASTS, JANUARY – JUNE 1942, from Michele Palermo's...
I am trying to find further detail on the military career of William Donald Tarr - he may have used the name Donald. He was born 11 July 1909 in...
Hi, I am trying to find out about my Grandfather's military service in the Royal Marines during WW2. I have recently been shown photos which...
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Any information please about Gunner 14532100 Roy Sanders 805 Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery killed in action on Tuesday 16th November 1943 aged...
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