Hello, an entry in the war diary of a medical unit (11 Lt. Field Ambulance) pointed me to the fact that the 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment was...
Personal Number: 73095 Rank: Brigadier Name: Gordon George REINHOLD, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) London Gazette : 23 June...
Sir David Butler, pioneering election analyst, dies aged 98 In 1942, he arrived at New College, Oxford. He joined the Conservative, Labour and...
Hello, I am trying to find out what the exact work of Graves Registration Units (GRU) was. Aftre the Rhine crossin by XII and XXX Corps two GRU...
The one subtitled "The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing" (2007) I am just after the number of the page that refers to the 30th Corps crossing...
Hi all, I was just wondering about the origin of the timing of the 30th and 12th Corps crossings. stolpi mentions that 30th Corps crossed early...
From my great-Grandfather's collection of his WW2 photographs he took. One is labeled "Emmerich Rhine Railway Bridge". I have been attempting to...
Personal Number: 180270 Rank: Captain Name: Maurice Farquharson JUPP, MID* Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ; HQ REME, 6th Airborne...
Hi, after reading two outstanding threads on this forum: Crossing the Rhine. | WW2Talk Bridging the Rhine for 12th Corps - March 1945 | WW2Talk...
Hi all, I am (tsk tsk) finally going through the War Diary of 102 Anti-Tank Reg't which I have had for a while but overlooked finishing reading....
[ATTACH] This picture was shot on March 27th or 28th, 1945, after the Rhine Crossing - in the sector just south of Wesel, Germany. The 30th US...
Hello, does anyone have copies of (or a link to) the war diary of the 44th Bn/Royal Tank Regiment for the month of March 1945? And if so, would...
Hello, this boat was found in the river Rhine near Bislich/Xanten, where 15th Scottish division crossed the river on 24 March 1945 and where Royal...
SSM. Lawrence William "Buck" Turnbull (4343733) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) Operation Varsity On the 24th March 1945 during the airborne...
OPERATION PLUNDER. Crossing the Rhine by XII Corps.
In Alan Cooper’s book Wot! No Engines F/Sgt. John Crane, an RAF Glider pilot, identifies himself as the man on the left of the Hamminkeln sign...
Whilst visiting the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery earlier this month, a group of people approached myself and another guy I was talking to. They...
With the 70th Anniversary of the Rhine Crossing fast upon us I thought this segment from Canadian Army Newsreel No. 67 might be of interest. Many...
I'm planning to take my 94 year old father back to the Nijmegen/Kleve/Goch area next month to re-visit some of the route he took in 1945. He was...
Brigadier Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 9th Bt, who has died aged 100, was a highly experienced gunner officer who played a notable part in the Battle of...
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