Hi, I wonder if anyone has any experience in tracking down South African officers serving in the RAMC? I'm trying to track down an officer and...
Award: Croix de Guerre with Silver Star Service No: 7590222 W/AQMS (WOII) George William Henry Jackson, 6 Recovery Company, REME, 30 Corps This...
This is a sets some data on the 77 ships of this class who were at the landings, 40 of them being British Merchant Navy Ships
[ATTACH] Award Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Lieutenant-Colonel James Melvin, O.B.E., M.C., T.D., (RAMC) HQ 50 (N)...
Award Croix de Guerre with Silver Star Lt. Arthur Hughes, 3rd British Infantry Divisional Signals (22854) This Officer commanded the Divisional...
I have started to 'decipher' my great-grandfather's war records and have come up with the following details: He was a Private with the 4th...
Private DESMOND ADAMS 14422299, Dorsetshire Regiment and No. 6, Commando who died age 19 on 06 June 1944 Son of Stanley and Daisy Adams, of...
Hi, I’m doing a bit of research on my grandfather who when demobbed in 46 was part of 257 battery of the 65th Antitank regiment, part of 7th...
Hello - would anyone be able to point me in the right direction? I am trying to locate details of the initial assembly areas in Normandy to which...
Good afternoon dear Forum User, i want to share a wonderful story with you all effecting the 661 AOP Squadron (C-Flight) issued with AOP Auster...
1923134 W/Sgt. Dylwyn Williams, 295 Field Company, Royal Engineers, 231 Brigade, 50 (Northumberland) Division, 30 Corps Military Medal (Sicily)...
I was looking at this IWM image of a 6pdr anti-tank gun crew in Normandy (© IWM (B 5642) THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944 - 7th...
After a few years wallowing in unit war diaries where both terms describe the same thing, I'd come to think there was no difference. Then I found...
My great uncle Pte was tragically killed in Normandy as part of the 7th Black Watch. (His name and rest of post deleted as don't want this top of...
Afternoon everyone. I have been recommended that this is the place for help with research I have been conducting for many years. My father in-law...
Hello, I'm planning a trip to Normandy which will include a visit to Hill 112. I'm particularly interested in 5 Battalion Duke of Cornwall LI (I'm...
802762 Frederick WATTS, Dunkirk to VE Day Hi Everyone - Im just starting to try to research my Grandfather, Frederick Watts, war record. He was a...
Personal Number: 42251 Rank: General Name: Sir Harold English 'Pete' PYMAN, GBE, KCB, DSO*, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 5...
Personal Number: 49798 Rank: Major-General Name: Ronald Frederick King BELCHEM, CB, CBE, DSO, MiD*** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette :...
Personal Number: 73199 Rank: General Name: Sir Richard Erskine WARD, GBE, KCB, DSO*, MC, MiD*** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 27...
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