Personal Number: 15915 Rank: Brigadier Name: Eustace Aldford ARDERNE, DSO*, OBE, MiD Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 30 November...
Extracted from Journal of The Royal Highland Fusiliers – 2007 Edition. OBITUARY - LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN STEWART MAKEIG-JONES OBE HLI [ATTACH]...
Mersa Matruh Editing in progress ;-) Regimental-Histories_1936-1945 Bright_0151.jpg - The Royal Lancers Museum at Derby [ATTACH]
I've searched WW2 Talk for previous reference to Brian Dillon and been unable to find any, but if I have missed any previous reference please...
9th Lancers at El Alamein - October / November 1942 Editing in progress... ;-)
Award Mentioned in Despatches Lt-Col. Hugh Salisbury Kynaston Mainwaring, D.S.O. (30735) R.A., H.Q. 8th Army ESCAPES FROM CAMP 49 (FONTANELLATO)....
Alois was the rank of Obergefreiter. Throughout his military service he was awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords. Alois was with a...
Victoria Cross Paving Stone is outside Richmond station London [ATTACH][ATTACH] Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg - Wikipedia...
Award Mentioned in Despatches Pte. R. O’Connell, 7 Green Howards (4390604/4394604) Escaped POW CAMP 102 (Aquila) Italy Captured at FUKA on 30th...
Award Mentioned in Despatches Pte. Robert Bennison, 1st Bn King's Own Royal Regiment (3526666) 25th Division (3526666) Escaped POW CAMP 102...
Pte. James Anderson, (3710886) 1st Bn King's Own Regiment Escaped POW CAMP 102 (Aquila) awarded Military Medal Although ANDERSON tried to break...
123546 Lt. Colin Paddock, Royal Armoured Corps 46th Royal Tank Regiment awarded the Military Cross for Escapes made in North Africa Lt. Paddock...
Good afternoon, I am posting the Liberation Questionnaire of Dvr William Hagan 14 Company RASC and wish to draw your attention to two points that...
Morning all, I have attached the Military Cross citation for 2Lt Ivan Godfrey Stanley of 14 Company RASC actions on 28th June 1942. [ATTACH]...
Army Number: 2695796 Rank: Lance-Serjeant Name: Geoffrey DOWNES, MM, MiD Unit: Scots Guards & 1 Special Air Service London Gazette : 14 October...
Can anybody suggest books that focus on the sporadic fighting during the retreat from Mersa Matruh at the end of June 1942 to Ruweisat Ridge from...
Hello members, I am new to the forum and I am trying to find information on my Uncle George who fought in the Western Desert during WW2 and I...
Hi All Can anyone shed any light on the fate of these two airman from 252 Squadron RAF. I have checked the squadron history on line, Ancestry and...
My Dad, Peter Watson wrote this memoir a few years ago. I believe it was to send to James Holland for his excellent book "Fortress Malta". My dad...
Hi All, I have only recently begun to research WW2, having been concerned with WW1 for a number of years. My wife's grandfather was Driver...
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