Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    Latest: German attack in the Ardennes: Operation by 30 Corps dbf, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:12 PM
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    64
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    564
    Latest: War Diary: 2 Monmouthshire Regiment Swiper, Sep 4, 2019
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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:
    1,332
    Messages:
    10,161
    Latest: 5th Battalion, The Buffs - Nominal Roll, April 1940 Angela Smith, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:28 AM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
    Discussions:
    798
    Messages:
    10,139
    Latest: Remembering Today 20th September 1944 Arnhem,Private William Harold Smith,The Parachute Regiment harkness, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:19 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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    2,531
    Messages:
    12,336
    Latest: Grenadier Guards RoH, WW2 Casualties Deacs, Sep 21, 2019 at 2:30 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:
    158
    Messages:
    1,413
    Latest: Royal Marines Armoured Support Regiment (2RMAS) Juno, D-Day Michel Sabarly, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:17 PM
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
    Discussions:
    114
    Messages:
    1,583
    Latest: 2/5th Bn DLI confusion PAUL STEPHENSON, Sep 16, 2019 at 7:21 PM
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  8. North Irish Horse

    Discussions:
    94
    Messages:
    398
    Latest: Tags: North Irish Horse dbf, Aug 2, 2019
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  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
    Discussions:
    430
    Messages:
    6,587
    Latest: 1st Airlanding Sqn Reconnaissance Corps Roll of Honour Tony56, Sep 9, 2019
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    1,425
    Messages:
    18,301
    Latest: Gunner RW Rawlings CL1, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:35 PM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    596
    Messages:
    5,390
    Latest: 68 Mechanical Equipment Platoon RE Tricky Dicky, Sep 20, 2019 at 6:10 PM
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
    Discussions:
    179
    Messages:
    1,954
    Latest: Help on unit titles/diaries please GnrGnr, Jul 9, 2019
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
    Discussions:
    412
    Messages:
    5,604
    Latest: 24th Lancers - Roll of Honour norton 407545, Sep 21, 2019 at 6:12 PM
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  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    120
    Messages:
    763
    Latest: Douvre La Delivrande Field Hospital m kenny, Sep 4, 2019
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  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    266
    Messages:
    1,773
    Latest: War diary - 4 GHQ (Artillery) Company RASC 1940 GnrGnr, Sep 20, 2019 at 5:15 PM
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
    Discussions:
    233
    Messages:
    1,815
    Latest: Base Ordanance Depot & The Lancastria RosyRedd, Sep 13, 2019
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & The Office of Strategic Services
    Discussions:
    207
    Messages:
    1,707
    Latest: SOE Operations from RAF Tarrant Rushton travers1940, Aug 12, 2019
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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:
    286
    Messages:
    2,612
    Latest: Captain P.N. Stuart of the 2nd SAS Regiment David Woods, Sep 13, 2019
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  19. Allied Units - Others

    For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
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    Messages:
    662
    Latest: Who were the Artillery commanders of for the Polish Armoured Division gpo son, Sep 14, 2019
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  20. Australian

    Discussions:
    452
    Messages:
    2,768
    Latest: AWM52 - Australian WWII War Diary Update dryan67, Sep 14, 2019
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  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
    565
    Messages:
    2,540
    Latest: Help please - Identity of Indian Army Formation Badge JITTER PARTY, Aug 30, 2019
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  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
    613
    Messages:
    5,009
    Latest: Remembering Today 18/8/43 Flt Lt:Stanley Mervyn Heard,J/5535,Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqdn. John Dickens, Sep 13, 2019
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  23. New Zealand

    Discussions:
    94
    Messages:
    563
    Latest: Pvt. Robert Bryson, 27th Machine-Gun Battalion (New Zealand) dave500, Jun 23, 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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    1,942
    Latest: 1941 US/Raf eagle units Orkney travers1940, Aug 27, 2019
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  26. Axis Units

    Discussions:
    251
    Messages:
    3,838
    Latest: Hochsee-Lehr-Kommando reinaart, Aug 31, 2019
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  1. dbf
    Sticky

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

    dbf, Sep 18, 2018
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    7
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    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  2. Wiffer
    Sticky

    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    8
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    1,131
    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
  3. 51highland
    Sticky

    War Diary humour.

    51highland, Jul 19, 2017
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    4
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    1,070
    51highland
    May 30, 2018
  4. Ben_Mayne
    Sticky

    Maps to match the war diaries

    Ben_Mayne, Nov 13, 2015
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    1,044
    ramacal
    Nov 14, 2015
  5. SDP
    Sticky

    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
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    2,251
    Pete Ashby
    Mar 3, 2016
  6. dbf
    Sticky

    WW2 Commonwealth Army War Diaries, Info Thread

    dbf, Sep 27, 2014 ... 2 3 4
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    dbf
    Nov 26, 2017
  7. Gerry Chester
    Sticky

    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
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    1,160
    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  8. hutt
    Sticky

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
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    1,322
    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  9. LeeSteventon
    Sticky

    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
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    1,806
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  10. Skoyen89
    Sticky

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    2,224
    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  11. 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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    9,055
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  12. Ramiles

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

    Ramiles, Feb 16, 2018
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    1,055
    Richelieu
    Feb 18, 2018
  13. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
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    7
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    1,086
    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  14. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
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    1,028
    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  15. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
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    1,011
    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  16. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    1,706
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  17. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
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    1,171
    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  18. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
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    4
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    1,402
    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  19. chingoo

    War Diary language

    chingoo, Sep 15, 2013
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    6
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    1,302
    chingoo
    Sep 15, 2013
  20. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
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    1,261
    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  21. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
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    8
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    1,405
    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
  22. jamesmurrow

    T.E.W.T. Abbreviation

    jamesmurrow, Jan 12, 2012
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    13
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    1,656
    jamesmurrow
    Jan 13, 2012
  23. Andreas

    Abbreviation help needed

    Andreas, Sep 1, 2011
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    1,546
    Andreas
    Sep 19, 2011
  24. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
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    1,932
    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  25. 107 Bty 27 LAA Regt

    War Diary abbreviation help

    107 Bty 27 LAA Regt, Nov 16, 2009
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    1,263
    von Poop
    Nov 16, 2009
  26. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
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    9
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    2,274
    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
  27. Owen

    PW, DP and VP

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006
    Replies:
    17
    Views:
    3,280
    PsyWar.Org
    Jan 15, 2016
  28. andalucia

    WW2 War Diaries - available?

    andalucia, Jul 19, 2006
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,590
    Brian C
    Nov 2, 2006
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