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  1. Stuart cross
    Thread

    Finding location of a 'Bailey Bridge'

    Hello all. Im trying to find a location of a bridge built. My Great uncle served with the Royal engineers. Ive been told it was over the Rhine,...
    Thread by: Stuart cross, Dec 3, 2024, 68 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  2. ometei
    Thread

    Churchill's Varsity Battlefield Tour

    Whether in texts, photos or clips on the subject of Varsity - Winston Churchill appears again and again. No wonder, he had a good sense of where...
    Thread by: ometei, Jul 20, 2024, 367 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  3. ometei
    Thread

    The Lower Rhine at war. February - March 1945

    A new website containing a collection of film footage from the final months of the Second World War is now available. More than 60 video clips...
    Thread by: ometei, Mar 25, 2024, 15 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  4. Cee
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    A Xanten Crash

    A Xanten Crash … ? We were discussing various photos in the back channels (PMs) here when this one came up. [ATTACH] Originally from Paradata....
    Thread by: Cee, Nov 16, 2023, 466 replies, in forum: Airborne
  5. Mick Thompson
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    Crossing point of the Rhine by the 15th Scottish Division at Xanten

    I am trying to locate the crossing point of the Rhine by the 15th Scottish at Xanten. Does anyone know where it is please? I have attached a...
    Thread by: Mick Thompson, Feb 16, 2023, 18 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  6. alberk
    Thread

    Op Plunder: Role of 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment

    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...
    Thread by: alberk, Dec 4, 2022, 6 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  7. Rod_M
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    Op Plunder - question on XXX Corps OOB plus questions answered

    Hi, after reading two outstanding threads on this forum: Crossing the Rhine. | WW2Talk Bridging the Rhine for 12th Corps - March 1945 | WW2Talk...
    Thread by: Rod_M, Jul 28, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  8. alberk
    Thread

    Bridging the Rhine for 12th Corps - March 1945

    This thread will concentrate on the role the Royal Engineers played during the Rhine crossing in the 12th Corps sector in March and April 1945....
    Thread by: alberk, Sep 2, 2020, 58 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  9. Chris C
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    15 Division in Op Plunder - published accounts?

    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....
    Thread by: Chris C, Aug 12, 2020, 35 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  10. stolpi
    Thread

    Help: 4 Somerset Light Infantry in fight for Xanten

    I'm looking for the 4 Somerset Light Infantry (129 Bde) regimental history for the chapter on the fight for Xanten (Rhineland, 7 - 9 March 45)....
    Thread by: stolpi, Oct 12, 2014, 6 replies, in forum: British Army Units - Others
  11. stolpi
    Thread

    Major Frederick Albert TILSTON, VC, Essex Scottish Regiment

    I am planning a small thread on Major Tilston's action of 1st March 1945 in which he, as commander of 'C' Coy The Essex Scottish Regiment, won a...
    Thread by: stolpi, Sep 24, 2014, 8 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  12. marketc47
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    Xanten area, Varsity operation

    Hello, For a friend, John Baldwin, I am looking for information on his fathers B-17 crash during Operation Varsity. He himself tried to find...
    Thread by: marketc47, Oct 7, 2013, 23 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  13. Joe Brown
    Media

    7th/9th RS Signals Diagram: Xanten, Rhine, 10 March 1945.

    It was on Saturday 10th March 1944 that the 7th/9th Battalion The Royal Scots reached Xanten, a small town three-quarters of a mile from the west...
    Uploaded by: Joe Brown, Apr 26, 2013, 0 comments, in album: Joe Brown
  14. Techniker
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    Hello from Operation Varsity area 1945

    Hello to all... First, I want to thank you all for sharing your Informations. My Name ist Stefan and I`m 33 Years old. I`m from Germany, live in...
    Thread by: Techniker, Mar 7, 2012, 10 replies, in forum: User Introductions
  15. Angelaw
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    2126063 Corporal Thomas Duncan BROWN, 85 Field Coy, Royal Engineers: 09/06/1944

    Hi there, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this thread, but does anyone know anything about this unit of the Royal Enginners? My...
    Thread by: Angelaw, Jun 8, 2009, 25 replies, in forum: Royal Engineers
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