Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    Latest: War Dairy - 29th Armoured Brigade, Operation Goodwood, Normandy AB64, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:05 PM
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    Latest: Dutchman serving in the 53rd (Welsh) Division Jan B, Mar 1, 2020
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  3. British Army Units - Others

    For discussions and documents relating to units which are not already listed separately under Unit History
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    1,381
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    11,225
    Latest: 3963443 Gwyn DAVIES, Welch Regiment PeteT, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:50 AM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
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    Latest: 224th Parachute Field Ambulance and Le Mesnil Farm Grimbobby1996, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:33 PM
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  5. The Brigade of Guards

    Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards

    'Honi soit qui mal y pense', 'Nulli Secundus', 'Nemo Me Impune Lacessit', 'Quis Separabit', 'Cymru am Byth'
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    17,339
    Latest: 2657764 Jack T SMITH, Coldstream Guards - POW Info request vitellino, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:08 PM
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  6. Commandos & Royal Marines


    18/10/42 - Hitler decrees that Commandos encountered by German forces should be killed immediately, even if in uniform or attempting to surrender.
    A forum section for the discussion of chaps who were probably rather proud they'd got up his nose so...
    Per Mare, Per Terram etc.
    Discussions:
    165
    Messages:
    1,523
    Latest: 27th Battalion Royal Marines 25th April 1944 - 8th Jan 1946 The_Stonker, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:55 PM
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
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    120
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    1,771
    Latest: KOSB / 6 DLI - J.W. Robson (3191213): any details? 8RB, Mar 7, 2020
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  8. North Irish Horse

    Discussions:
    96
    Messages:
    411
    Latest: North Irish Horse - recognise Anyone? ww2ni, Mar 6, 2020
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  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
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    435
    Messages:
    6,688
    Latest: Unknown Regt Reconnaissance Corps Roll of Honour Recce_Mitch, Mar 29, 2020 at 2:10 AM
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
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    1,499
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    19,406
    Latest: 8th Medium Regiment RA - Yindaw - Burma ? JITTER PARTY, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:27 PM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
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    609
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    Latest: 228040 John Holland SAUNDERS, 1 Troop, 80 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers dbf, Apr 2, 2020 at 9:55 AM
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
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    186
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    2,021
    Latest: Middlesex Yeomanry 2nd Armd Div Signals Mechili 1941 Tymeric, Mar 11, 2020
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
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    438
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    Latest: 3 RTR B Squadron Frank Flattery, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:36 AM
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  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    125
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    812
    Latest: 14 Field Dressing Station in NW Europe 1944-45 Albert10, Feb 11, 2020
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  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    280
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    1,908
    Latest: T/74645 William BANKS, Royal Army Service Corps: POW; Various questions about Service dbf, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:20 PM
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
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    241
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    1,910
    Latest: AE's in the RAOC Sheldrake, Mar 31, 2020 at 9:09 AM
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & The Office of Strategic Services
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    211
    Messages:
    1,750
    Latest: SOE/partisan drop zones in Italy, Austria, Balkans 1944-45 Pat Atkins, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:10 AM
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  18. Special Forces

    SAS, LRDG, Brandenbergers, Popski's Private Army, etc. Forum for discussion of the more unconventional or specialised Units and those that served in them.
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    294
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    2,689
    Latest: Operation Squatter travers1940, Mar 30, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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  19. Allied Units - Others

    For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
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    Latest: 5th Seaforths January 1944 51highland, Mar 12, 2020
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  20. Australian

    Discussions:
    455
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    2,801
    Latest: 6th Australian Infantry Division Artillery Gerard Buckley, Mar 30, 2020 at 2:49 AM
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  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
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    2,656
    Latest: Pictures of the Officers of 2nd Heavy Ack Ack Regiment, Indian Army shees, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:55 AM
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  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
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    Latest: 4th Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery dryan67, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:16 PM
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  23. New Zealand

    Discussions:
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    565
    Latest: Kiwi Armour 3 ropey, Nov 7, 2019
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  24. South African

    Discussions:
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    Messages:
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    Latest: South Africans in Italian POW Camps micky, Mar 25, 2020
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  25. US Units

    The chaps will do their best, but in all honesty this place is better at Commonwealth stuff.
    You may wish to try our 'sister' forum WW2F.com for queries on US units - link below.
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    Latest: 716th Tank Battalion 716_Grandson, Mar 29, 2020 at 5:39 AM
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  26. Axis Units

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    Latest: What about the Italians? TriciaF, Mar 16, 2020
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  1. 51highland
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    War Diary humour.

    51highland, Jul 19, 2017
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    gmyles
    Nov 1, 2019
  2. LeeSteventon
    Sticky

    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
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    2,484
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  3. von Poop
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    Where are all the War Diaries Then? Hidden on yer Hard Drive, that's where.

    von Poop, Jan 21, 2011 ... 2 3
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    11,045
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  4. dbf
    Sticky

    War diaries: annotations, corrections & things that make you go hmm

    dbf, Sep 18, 2018
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    1,568
    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  5. Wiffer
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    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
  6. dbf
    Sticky

    WW2 Commonwealth Army War Diaries, Info Thread

    dbf, Sep 27, 2014 ... 2 3 4
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    14,492
    dbf
    Nov 26, 2017
  7. SDP
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    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
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    Pete Ashby
    Mar 3, 2016
  8. Ben_Mayne
    Sticky

    Maps to match the war diaries

    Ben_Mayne, Nov 13, 2015
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    1,678
    Buteman
    Nov 14, 2015
  9. Gerry Chester
    Sticky

    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
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    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  10. hutt
    Sticky

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
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    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  11. Skoyen89
    Sticky

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    2,840
    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  12. Hoody321

    6th Battalion Cameronians - War Diaries for 1940

    Hoody321, Mar 27, 2020 at 7:18 PM
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    Hoody321
    Mar 27, 2020 at 7:18 PM
  13. SteveB

    1/6th Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) - 6th March 1943

    SteveB, Feb 26, 2020
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    223
    SteveB
    Feb 29, 2020
  14. Sarah Laine

    1st Hampshires September 44

    Sarah Laine, Feb 7, 2020 ... 2
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    676
    Tom OBrien
    Feb 17, 2020
  15. Osborne2

    1940 Instructions on completing War Diaries - Army Form C2119A

    Osborne2, Feb 16, 2020
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    Osborne2
    Feb 16, 2020
  16. Lorenzo -- Campus

    10th ind. & 4th ind. Division Arezzo

    Lorenzo -- Campus, Feb 4, 2020
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    vitellino
    Feb 6, 2020
  17. Malte Rabe

    7th battalion Seaforth Highlanders Unterlüss, Germany

    Malte Rabe, Jan 22, 2020
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    396
    51highland
    Jan 25, 2020
  18. Steve Fuller

    Rules for posting war diary pages?

    Steve Fuller, Dec 9, 2019
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    587
    Steve Fuller
    Dec 10, 2019
  19. Alex1975uk

    AFPU? Help with names.

    Alex1975uk, Nov 18, 2019
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    504
    Alex1975uk
    Nov 18, 2019
  20. Buck-Compton

    Battle of the Scheldt - War diaries, AAR and Kriegstagebucher

    Buck-Compton, Oct 24, 2019
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    570
    Tolbooth
    Oct 25, 2019
  21. Ramiles

    It seems - perhaps - that there is a page missing from the War Diary?

    Ramiles, Feb 16, 2018
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    1,687
    Richelieu
    Feb 18, 2018
  22. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
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    1,863
    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  23. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
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    1,669
    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  24. Owen

    PW, DP and VP

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006
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    3,974
    PsyWar.Org
    Jan 15, 2016
  25. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
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    1,631
    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  26. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    2,345
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  27. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
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    1,797
    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  28. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
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    4
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    2,004
    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  29. chingoo

    War Diary language

    chingoo, Sep 15, 2013
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    1,936
    chingoo
    Sep 15, 2013
  30. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
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    2
    Views:
    1,890
    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  31. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
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    1,996
    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
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