Hi Tom The National Archives are VERY expensive as you can see! Ridiculous prices! Andy (Drew) will be along soon to offer help. Lesley
Just to clarify before Andy gets here, although the NA charge a lot for copying, it is a public archive with free access and photography is allowed. The best option is to visit yourself as it's a fascinating place to be. If that's not possible then the second choice is to call upon the services of a 'talented amateur' such as Drew.
Hi Andy, I just got a quote back from the Nat. Archives for a digital copy of WO 167/766 (5th King's Own Royal). They want an amazing 630£ or so. Is this what you paid for your copy? I would feel I should need to contribute to your cost if I asked you for a copy. tom They must have made a mistake - there is only 38 pages in this file.
Hi Andy, I just got a quote back from the Nat. Archives for a digital copy of WO 167/766 (5th King's Own Royal). They want an amazing 630£ or so. Is this what you paid for your copy? I would feel I should need to contribute to your cost if I asked you for a copy. tom So they are charging £630 for a 38 page document ! At my rate I would charge £3.80 for this file (Some folk think I'm expensive ) which is hardly worth the trouble - Send me a PM with your name and address and I'll send you a copy for free if you have a UK address I can ship the disc to. Cheers Andy
Hi My father who was killed in a mining accident in 1960 was I believe captured at St Valery in June 1940 so I'd be interested in finding out as much as I can about whether this is true and what is recorded about it. I'm pretty sure from Ancestry that his army number in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was 4271420. He appears to have been in (at least Stalag IX-C but as a child of about 9 or 10 I remember him telling me he had been in several POW camps and had escaped / attempted to several times. How can I get hold of the war diary mentioned - WO 167/801 - to see if he is listed there? Mel
Hi Mel Would this be the same person (search via Service number only) UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 about J Dodds Name: J Dodds Rank: Fusilier Army Number: 4271420 Regiment: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers POW Number: 1259 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: IX-C Camp Location: Mühlhausen, Hesse Record Office: Infantry and Army Educational Corps Record Office, York Record Office Number: 20
The 7 Northumberland's war diary stops at the end of May and June is missing. Whilst you are probably correct regarding his unit my first step would be to apply for a copy of his service records to confirm his unit as there were a few RNF battalions in France during 1940. A
As far as I'm aware these are all the diaries in the BEF WO 167 series - Best guess I have around 700 to 800 of them now. There are also some unit war diaries in WO 166 that went to France for a short period of time.
Hi Drew I have to confess I have discovered this Forum late in the day. I would be very grateful to receive the following diary in whatever form it might be available and can asure you that unlike it seems some people who have made similar requests a donation will certainly be made. WO 167/982 228 Fd. Pk. Coy. I am mainly interested in the months September 1939 until June 1940. Many thanks Chris
For those of you who don’t follow him on twitter, Andy (Drew5233) has started to follow the events of eighty years ago with daily extracts from the 2nd Division’s General Staff War Diary (WO 167/203 I presume). Thanks Andy. 10 May 1940 11 May 1940
Not sure if this thread is still active but I'm looking for the War Diary 1/9th Manchester Regiment May-June 1940. It was posted previously by Andy (Drew5233) the photos have disappeared from the original thread. Anyway wouldn't mind a repost. Been trying forever to find out what the heck happened to the 4 coys. Cheers, -Christian