Hi all, I am need of your help understanding the jargon and abbreviations in my dad's War Records. I know that he landed in Sicily but caught...
Army Number: 4398311 Rank: Parachutist Name: John JEFFRIES Unit: Green Howards ; Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment ; 2nd Special Air Service Date of...
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...
Army Number: 2927900 Rank: Corporal Name: Howard Herbert Cosens BUTLER Unit: South Lancashire Regiment ; Special Boat Service
Hello, this is my first post on this forum. My late father served in the Royal Navy during WW2. He died 40 years ago, relatively young, and didn't...
I have been lucky enough to have been lent a typed account of a neighbour's grandfather's unpublished war memoirs. These were originally written...
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...
The 1st Airborne's Troubled Glide into Sicily - The American Perspective Presentation by Mark C. Vlahos [MEDIA] Regards ...
Always remember, never forget, Jim. D Company 2nd (Airborne) Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
Hi everyone, If I put my wife's dads service record up, would you be able to point out a few things for me please? I cannot make out if he was...
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)...
While researching a relatives Royal artillery service I came across some interesting information relating to Botswanan troops serving with 8th...
Award Croix de Guerre Sgt. Sidney Nuttall, REME Special Air Service (France) Unfortunately I am unable to find Nuttall's service number and...
Personal Number: 73169 Rank: Brigadier Name: Henry Richard Wentworth VERNON, CBE, MiD Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps London Gazette : 27 August...
Personal Number: 34410 Rank: Colonel Name: Edmund Lewis Llewelyn VULLIAMY, OBE Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 2 February 1926...
Brigadier William Anthony* Sheil was on the General Staff, and originally in the Royal Artillery. He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,...
Personal Number: 130505 Rank: Captain Name: Dennis Arthur NEALE, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Ulster Rifles ; Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 17...
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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...
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