Good morning All, I've read with great interest the posts by Trux and Paul Reed on the organisation of Motor Battalions in Normandy. In trying to...
Personal Number: 4554 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir Montagu George North STOPFORD, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC, MiD Unit: Rifle Brigade London...
Personal Number: 113658 Name: Merlin MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT Rank: Second Lieutenant Unit: 2 Rifle Brigade London Gazette : 16 January 1940...
Personal Number: 144627 Name: Patrick Maitland WILSON, MiD Rank: Major Unit: Intelligence Corps ; Rifle Brigade London Gazette : 31 December...
Personal number: 17547 Rank: Field Marshal Name: Sir Henry Maitland WILSON, GCB, GBE, DSO, MiD Unit: Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) London...
Did a presentation earlier this week for WW2TV. So, for those interested in the 8th Rifle Brigade in Normandy and in Operations Epsom, Goodwood...
With the green light from a Forum moderator here's a synopsis of a book just published. "My Wartime Wanderings" by Kenneth L Phillips, 6969044, B...
For their bravery during a fierce battle with several hundred German "Fallschirmjager", at Helchteren, Belgium, on 10 September 1944 (see D-Day to...
http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/archives/ww2.pdf
Hi all, I have seen quite a lot of posts on here about 10th Rifle Brigade and I was wondering if anyone had any information on A Company's...
Personal Number: 86139 Rank: Captain Name: Michael Francis Vandeleur CUBITT Unit: Rifle Brigade London Gazette : 28 February 1939...
Personal Number: 296785 Army Number: 14407601 Rank: Captain Name: Charles Desmond CUBITT Unit: Rifle Brigade London Gazette : 26 November 1943...
Personal Number: 304388 Army Number: 14404258 Rank: Captain Name: The Hon. Gerald David LASCELLES Unit: Rifle Brigade London Gazette : 8...
After discovering Lt. M.M.J. Raymond MC, of F Coy., 8th Rifle Brigade, was a KRRC officer, I finally found the file for his MC recommendation... I...
I recently found this fragment of a casualty report and see these contain very valuable information. Does anyone on here know where I might find...
Hi all Just a quick question. I received this picture in my FB feed today. A beautifully coloured rendition. It's been niggling me, should the...
I recently bought a nice group of items, including a Rifle Brigade side cap. Now wondering what the other (military?) badges are. I do recognize...
Does anyone out here have other copies of 'Mercury'? It was the Journal of the 8th Rifle Brigade while still in Germany, immediately after the...
A recent thread reminded me of an outstanding item on my 'I should really know that' list. Several Battalions of the Rifle Brigade used...
Was the 8th Rifle Brigade unique in having published unit histories at Company level? With this, I mean contemporary unit histories, published by...
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