Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    3,186
    Latest: Map of Operation Blackcock: update - many posts deleted incl map Penders, Jan 7, 2020
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    578
    Latest: East Lancashire Regiment, Belgium Owen, Jan 12, 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
    Discussions:
    1,367
    Messages:
    10,616
    Latest: 2 RUR Activity Around Dunkirk in May 1940 From Regimental Diary (November 1944) Quis Separabit, Jan 22, 2020 at 2:42 PM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
    Discussions:
    814
    Messages:
    10,341
    Latest: Staff Sergeant Ralph Norbury, Glider Pilot Regiment: RIP dbf, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:49 AM
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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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    4,666
    Messages:
    16,504
    Latest: Guards Chapel V1 Bomb, 18th June 1944 CL1, Jan 20, 2020 at 7:14 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:
    161
    Messages:
    1,473
    Latest: Royal Marines Armoured Support Regiment (2RMAS) Juno, D-Day Sotonian, Jan 14, 2020
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
    Discussions:
    119
    Messages:
    1,665
    Latest: 14660730 George GROOME-LAXTON, 9 DLI: 19/07/1944, Normandy robcunningham, Jan 22, 2020 at 11:15 AM
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  8. North Irish Horse

    Discussions:
    95
    Messages:
    405
    Latest: Tiger 131 Uncle Target, Dec 2, 2019
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  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
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    431
    Messages:
    6,629
    Latest: 13118381 Frank De ANGELI, 56 Recce, (78 Division - BattleAxe) bookwormwmb, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:52 PM
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    1,468
    Messages:
    19,090
    Latest: Help/Advice - Gunner Charles Hampton 9th Coast Regt Royal Artillery Helen bedford452, Jan 22, 2020 at 1:28 PM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    605
    Messages:
    5,503
    Latest: 2191864 James DELANEY, Royal Engineers: 04/03/1942 ChrisR, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:08 AM
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
    Discussions:
    182
    Messages:
    1,987
    Latest: Help researching Cpl William Coates, Royal Signals Craig coates, Jan 2, 2020
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
    Discussions:
    424
    Messages:
    5,795
    Latest: 142 Regiment RAC Plym0uth, Jan 19, 2020 at 12:28 PM
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  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    125
    Messages:
    800
    Latest: 14th Light Field Ambulance RAMC Tom OBrien, Nov 25, 2019
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  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    275
    Messages:
    1,875
    Latest: War Diary - 9 Coy RASC (GT) - DUKW Tom OBrien, Jan 14, 2020
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
    Discussions:
    236
    Messages:
    1,843
    Latest: AE's in the RAOC RFC01, Jan 8, 2020
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & The Office of Strategic Services
    Discussions:
    210
    Messages:
    1,744
    Latest: The SOE in Malaya: World War II and the Path to Independence. davidbfpo, Jan 10, 2020
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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.
    Discussions:
    293
    Messages:
    2,659
    Latest: The 'Tobruk Four' - One of the SAS original Originals Cee, Jan 18, 2020 at 6:07 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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    202
    Messages:
    663
    Latest: Identification of Polish military unit Temujin, Dec 20, 2019
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  20. Australian

    Discussions:
    453
    Messages:
    2,779
    Latest: Australians in 7th Armd Div in Italy - Sep 43 Tom OBrien, Dec 29, 2019
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  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
    571
    Messages:
    2,609
    Latest: 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History IKE26, Jan 22, 2020 at 9:46 AM
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  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
    623
    Messages:
    5,095
    Latest: 13th Field Rgt RCA WW2 History Schmart, Jan 20, 2020 at 1:06 AM
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  23. New Zealand

    Discussions:
    95
    Messages:
    565
    Latest: Kiwi Armour 3 ropey, Nov 7, 2019
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  24. South African

    Discussions:
    113
    Messages:
    798
    Latest: South African records bamboo43, Jul 25, 2019
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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.
    Discussions:
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    Messages:
    1,994
    Latest: Racial Segregation In US Forces Ramiles, Dec 17, 2019
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  26. Axis Units

    Discussions:
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    Messages:
    3,867
    Latest: German uniform help hucks216, Oct 25, 2019
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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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    14
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    2,215
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  3. von Poop
    Sticky

    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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    10,294
    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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    1,338
    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  5. Wiffer
    Sticky

    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    1,544
    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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    13,366
    dbf
    Nov 26, 2017
  7. SDP
    Sticky

    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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    1,445
    ramacal
    Nov 14, 2015
  9. Gerry Chester
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    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
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    1,555
    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  10. hutt
    Sticky

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
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    1,714
    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  11. Skoyen89
    Sticky

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  12. Steve Fuller

    Rules for posting war diary pages?

    Steve Fuller, Dec 9, 2019
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    325
    Steve Fuller
    Dec 10, 2019
  13. Alex1975uk

    AFPU? Help with names.

    Alex1975uk, Nov 18, 2019
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    289
    Alex1975uk
    Nov 18, 2019
  14. Buck-Compton

    Battle of the Scheldt - War diaries, AAR and Kriegstagebucher

    Buck-Compton, Oct 24, 2019
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    2
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    338
    Tolbooth
    Oct 25, 2019
  15. Ramiles

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

    Ramiles, Feb 16, 2018
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    1,433
    Richelieu
    Feb 18, 2018
  16. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
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    7
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    1,578
    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  17. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
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    1,422
    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  18. Owen

    PW, DP and VP

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006
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    3,728
    PsyWar.Org
    Jan 15, 2016
  19. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
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    1,388
    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  20. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    2,101
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  21. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
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    1,588
    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  22. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
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    4
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    1,794
    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  23. chingoo

    War Diary language

    chingoo, Sep 15, 2013
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    1,720
    chingoo
    Sep 15, 2013
  24. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
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    2
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    1,648
    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  25. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
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    8
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    1,787
    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
  26. jamesmurrow

    T.E.W.T. Abbreviation

    jamesmurrow, Jan 12, 2012
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    13
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    2,061
    jamesmurrow
    Jan 13, 2012
  27. Andreas

    Abbreviation help needed

    Andreas, Sep 1, 2011
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    11
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    1,941
    Andreas
    Sep 19, 2011
  28. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
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    9
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    2,340
    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  29. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
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    9
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    2,650
    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
  30. 107 Bty 27 LAA Regt

    War Diary abbreviation help

    107 Bty 27 LAA Regt, Nov 16, 2009
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    1
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    1,646
    von Poop
    Nov 16, 2009
  31. andalucia

    WW2 War Diaries - available?

    andalucia, Jul 19, 2006
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,967
    Brian C
    Nov 2, 2006
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