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  1. AJayTR15
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    Dad and shipmates

    hi newbie doing his first post. My father was a stoker apparently after enlisting in 1943 , I’ve attached a picture in case anyone far more...
    Thread by: AJayTR15, Mar 8, 2025, 3 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
  2. Electranyx
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    6th November, 1939 - The call-up continues

    I am currently publishing scans and transcriptions of the 1,000 or so letters and documents exchanged by my Grandparents during WW2 online. Items...
    Thread by: Electranyx, Oct 1, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  3. RichyJ91
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    93rd Searchlight Regiment

    Good afternoon, I'm currently researching the all-female 93rd Searchlight Regiment (Basic Information Here) that my Grandmother was a part of,...
    Thread by: RichyJ91, Mar 26, 2024, 13 replies, in forum: The Women of WW2
  4. Ella Tanner
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    Help with Navy documents WW1 / WW2

    Hello: Could anyone please help me make sense of this Royal Navy record for my great grandfather. Family stories have been passed down saying he...
    Thread by: Ella Tanner, May 16, 2023, 22 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
  5. Rob Crane
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    Portsmouth harbour defences

    Hi all - is there a source that outlines (broad detail!) the Portsmouth harbour defences (anti-submarine nets, booms, etc.) I'm looking at a copy...
    Thread by: Rob Crane, Jan 3, 2022, 16 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
  6. brithm
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    Cpl. J.G. Dalgleish (5507071) No. 3 Commando Dieppe POW

    Cpl. John George Dalgleish (5507071) No. 3 Commando (Hampshire Regiment) captured 19th August 1942 at Dieppe, imprisoned Stalag 344. Took part in...
    Thread by: brithm, Oct 30, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Commandos & Royal Marines
  7. brithm
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    Normandy Wounded returning to England Photographs

    Whilst trying to find a photograph of two wounded paratroopers returning from Normandy either at Portsmouth or Southampton I have been coming...
    Thread by: brithm, Jul 3, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  8. Chris C
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    D-Day Experience in Portsmouth

    Is there anything in particular at the museum that I must not miss? Thanks!
    Thread by: Chris C, Feb 25, 2019, 18 replies, in forum: WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.
  9. JJ van Rooyen
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    Freedom

    1945 - England
    Uploaded by: JJ van Rooyen, Oct 19, 2015, 0 comments, in album: WWII / North Africa / Grandfather
  10. CL1
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    The Blitz Around the UK 7th September 1940 onwards

    The Blitz, was a sustained period of bombing raids inflicted upon the British by the Nazis between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941. If you wander...
    Thread by: CL1, Sep 16, 2015, 639 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  11. The Cooler King
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    D Day 1

    Uploaded by: The Cooler King, Jul 27, 2015, 0 comments, in album: D-DAY Museum - Portsmouth
  12. Little Friend
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    10th January 1941 Portsmouth Blitz

    [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/old-portsmouth/101-high-street.htm I took these photographs Thursday 26-06-14.
    Thread by: Little Friend, Jun 28, 2014, 6 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  13. 7mark
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    8742 Bernard Law MONTGOMERY, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL

    Maud (Farrar) Montgomery mother to Field-Marshall Montgomery Lady Montgomery lived in Moville, Donegal, Ireland, the same place my mothers...
    Thread by: 7mark, Jun 1, 2012, 85 replies, in forum: Higher Formations
  14. j22mdr
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    Royal marine Ronald John Rawlins

    Hi my grandfather a Royal Marine service no AA587832D joined 11/11/1943 eastney barracks Portsmouth. He was on various ships including: Hms...
    Thread by: j22mdr, Feb 1, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: Commandos & Royal Marines
  15. Medic7922
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    Lucky Escape after old Air Raid shelters collapses.

    I noticed this in the Portsmouth News, There are hundreds of old Air Raid shelters in peoples back gardens and around where I work in Bristol a...
    Thread by: Medic7922, Mar 25, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  16. Steve G
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    Portsmouth (Highbury Estate) Land Mine .....

    Might I have, perchance, cracked this one? During the war, a 'Land Mine' was dropped on the south east corner of the Highbury Estate, Cosham. It...
    Thread by: Steve G, Dec 4, 2009, 45 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
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