"Boy" Browning's comment in A Bridge Too Far, of course... I'd heard it before, and remember simmilar comments about U.S. Airborne drops in Band...
I am trying to find out the positions of the 6th Gordon Highlanders at the river Dyle. I have looked at their war diary and all there is a...
Hi I wonder if someone can help me please? My father was with the 8 Battalion A&SH, transferred to them on 14.6.43, 78th British Division. He...
Hello Firstly I would like to say thank you .I have gained so much information reading these forums and have a much better understanding of what...
http://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk//page.cfm/area/information/page/Admission Charges/pkey/ Enniskillen Castle, situated beside the River Erne in...
Last L.A.A Regiment, the 99th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) Movements & Batterys for 1940 - 1942 please.
Dear Fellow Members, I am trying to determine the historical picture regarding 11th Armoured Division’s fighting passage between the rivers Weser...
Hello My Grandad Private James Lockett of the 9th Battalion DLI 3390907 fought and died at the battle at Primisole Bridge (his memorial is at...
Hi, I have this picture, taken in the village of Avelgem during the battle of the Escaut. I cannot see insignia, and I'm wondering what unit...
For info of members, the attached shows the above memorial, erected by the battalion following it's action Jan. 1944. The vet who gave me the copy...
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 205/1130 Context: 21 Army Group: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War, G (Operations) Scope and content:...
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Name Morris, Owen David Rank: Captain Service No: 133184 Regiment:, Royal Army...
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Name John, Thomas Henry Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2 Service No: 2733359 Regiment: 3...
Personal Number: 27192 Rank: Major-General Name: Julian Alvery GASCOIGNE, KCMG, KCVO, CB, DSO, DL Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 1...
Personal Number: 19114 Rank: Brigadier Name: Richard Beale Rous COLVIN, DSO, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 26 November 1929...
Personal Number: Rank: Captain Name: Thomas Reginald Dumaresq BATT, MC Unit: Coldstream Guards ; 1 Guards Brigade Head Quarters London Gazette...
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Name Arnold, Thomas James Llewellyn Rank: Guardsman Service No: 2737253 Regiment: 3...
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Name Alderson-Smith, James Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 255731 Regiment: 3 Battalion...
Seems like an approriate time to post this section from my grandfather's war memories: The 225 Field Company RE at Dunkirk by Thomas J Garrett...
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Name Miller, Robert Nairn Rank: Guardsman Service No: 2697173 Regiment: 1...
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