Commander Lt-Col. Douglas Glendenning Thorburn, 2nd Bn Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) D.S.O., O.B..E., M.C. KIA 10th July 1943...
Award MBE Major John Graham Ross, 2nd Parachute Battalion (88111) Following his capture in SICILY on 17th July 1943, Major ROSS was sent to...
Award Distinguished Flying Medal S/Sgt. Frank Herbert White, 1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment (5500999) This Staff Sergeant Pilot reached...
Award Distinguished Flying Medal Sgt. Harold George Protheroe, 1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment (5254139) The above mentioned Staff...
Award Distinguished Flying Medal Sgt. William Masson, M.M., 1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment (2874921) This Warrant Officer was a pilot in...
Award Distinguished Flying Medal S/Sgt. Harold Norman Andrews, 1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment (2078059) This pilot showed great...
Award Distinguished Flying Medal CSM. Dennis Patten Galpin, 1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment (911619) This Sergeant Pilot has shown...
Award Distinguished Flying Medal Sgt. William John Bayley No. 1 Wing Glider Pilot Regiment (129586) In July 1943, Sergeant Bayley was first...
Army Number: 5051681 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: Jack BUCKLEY Unit: Special Air Service Date of Birth: 7 Sep 1917 Date of Enlistment: 15 Jan 1940...
Released 31/7/23 and not yet listened to the podcast (1h 12m). An alert today from BP:In 1943, when the guns fell silent in Tunisia, a lull fell...
Award Mentioned in Despatches Staff Sergeant John Ernest Peat Naden, E Squadron, No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment (3453001) Staff Sergeant Naden...
Award Distinguished Flying Cross & Mentioned in Dispatches Captain Gordon Thomas MILLS, E Squadron, No. 2 Wing Glider Pilot Regiment (220201)...
Award Croix de Guerre Sgt. Sidney Nuttall, REME Special Air Service (France) Unfortunately I am unable to find Nuttall's service number and...
World War Two sailor feared dead in torpedo attack turns 100 A Royal Navy sailor who was reported dead during World War Two has celebrated his...
Personal Number: 53746 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Robert Brian JAMES, DSO**, MiD Unit: Essex Regiment ; Cdg. 5 East Yorkshire Regiment...
Personal Number: 4551 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir John Fullerton EVETTS, CB, CBE, MC, MiD* Unit: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ; Royal...
Hi. Trying to track down a list of GPR pilots that took part in Operation Husky.
Hi all, I'm currently doing research into the landings of the British XIII Corps during Operation Husky - the invasion of Sicily. However, I...
Sad story about the father of Pvt. William H. O'Brien having to take down the message of his own son being killed in action. O'Brien was KIA 12th...
I know my grandfather in the 5th Recce was injured on the 5th August in Sicily. Does anyone know where the regiment would have been on that day so...
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