Hi, I wonder if anyone has any experience in tracking down South African officers serving in the RAMC? I'm trying to track down an officer and...
I am trying to track down Patrick Callan. He was an escaped POW in Italy who spent several months in hiding with my wife's grandfather, David...
Hi everyone I'm looking for "Camouflage and Markings of the 6th South African Armored Division. Part 1" ISBN-10 : 8360672121 ISBN-13 : ...
A friend whose father died when she was very young has asked me to 'translate/explain' his service record, which she obtained from MoD....
In my current, if slow research I have encountered a South African military historian, David Brock Katz and was struck by this passage - in 2016 -...
Hi, I am trying to find out about my Grandfather's military service in the Royal Marines during WW2. I have recently been shown photos which...
My Grandfather Charles, fought in WWII as a Sapper. He was in N.Africa and Italy under the 8th Army with the British Army. He was awarded:...
Can any of the Naval experts on here give me an idea what medals my Grandad may have been issued for his WW2 service? Royal Marine Herbert Hill...
Hello everyone, I am looking for pictures of a WWII era Kaffrarian Rifles pith helmet. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I...
Hello everyone, I am looking for information about Regiment President Steyn. Among the questions I have is whether or not they were only deployed...
I have been shown this today (and I apologise if its linked elsewhere I did search :blush: ) The link is quite slow so I actually downloaded a...
Hello everyone, I was wondering if, even despite its name, the R&HB had some form of infantry during the second world war, and if they did,...
Hello everyone, I am looking for some information on the RWP. Primarily whether or not it was infantry during the second world war, and maybe...
Hello everyone, Does anybody here have some general information about the Indian & Malay Corps? For example; what their uniform was, its purpose,...
Hello everyone, I have been trying to figure out what type of revolver was the most common one used by the South African Union Defence Force...
Hi team :) I was hoping some people here could help my family find out more information on our granddads life as a POW in Italy, and then what...
An article by the book's author, Evert Kleynhans, a South African, which promises much even if many of the official records have disappeared in...
Hi Is it unusual that I cannot find any records on any website for James Windle who I believe was based in Simonstown South Africa in WW2 The only...
My uncle was in the Marines and the only information I have is a postcard sent in November 1943 from HMLCF.8.I have managed to discover that an...
Arriving Cape Town 25.08.1940
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