Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    Latest: 11th Armoured Division in 1941 Ramiles, Nov 15, 2019
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    65
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    575
    Latest: Photo of unknown officer of Royal Welch Fusiliers ? Pember, Nov 21, 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
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    1,355
    Messages:
    10,475
    Latest: Companies in the 5th Buffs ( Royal East Kent Regiment ) 1939-1945 5th buffs, Dec 15, 2019 at 5:05 PM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
    Discussions:
    810
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    10,292
    Latest: 249th (Airborne) Field Company RE on D-Day and Battle of Normandy Cee, Dec 15, 2019 at 12:33 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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    4,206
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    15,922
    Latest: 2736350 Alwyn GLASS, 1 Welsh Guards dbf, Dec 6, 2019
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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:
    160
    Messages:
    1,457
    Latest: 46 commando RM bamboo43, Dec 13, 2019 at 11:21 AM
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
    Discussions:
    117
    Messages:
    1,616
    Latest: DLI Records russ tobin, Nov 22, 2019
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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'
    Discussions:
    431
    Messages:
    6,621
    Latest: 1st Recce Regiment Sergeant's Mess Brian Sleight, Dec 13, 2019 at 7:33 PM
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    1,457
    Messages:
    18,951
    Latest: 67 Field Regt RA Rob Allen, Dec 15, 2019 at 4:33 PM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
    Discussions:
    604
    Messages:
    5,488
    Latest: Remembering Today 6/8/44 Sapper A.C.Milner 14577299 Royal Engineers 54 Field Coy. Alan Fewtrell, Dec 10, 2019 at 9:12 PM
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
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    181
    Messages:
    1,968
    Latest: Looking for information on my Dads time in the Royal Corps of Signals Owen, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:46 PM
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
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    421
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    5,744
    Latest: 24th Lancers - Roll of Honour SDP, Dec 13, 2019 at 12:07 PM
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  14. RAMC

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

    In Arduis Fidelis
    Discussions:
    273
    Messages:
    1,864
    Latest: 101 RASC GT COY- Was the GT- Amph. a separate unit? ElBee, Nov 26, 2019
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
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    236
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    1,831
    Latest: Sidney Hewitt RAOC/REME Feb 1942 - 1947 James21, Dec 10, 2019 at 11:15 AM
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & The Office of Strategic Services
    Discussions:
    208
    Messages:
    1,720
    Latest: Explosives Instructor, SOE HA96, Nov 13, 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.
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    292
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    2,641
    Latest: Special Forces in Burma bamboo43, Dec 10, 2019 at 7:21 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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    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:
    2,776
    Latest: AWM52 - Australian WWII War Diary Update dryan67, Nov 9, 2019
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  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
    569
    Messages:
    2,567
    Latest: Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in WW2 davidbfpo, Dec 15, 2019 at 11:06 AM
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  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
    621
    Messages:
    5,080
    Latest: Canadian Intelligence Unit Abbreviations - NW Europe 14 July 1945 dryan67, Dec 13, 2019 at 3:24 PM
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  23. New Zealand

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

    Discussions:
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    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:
    1,993
    Latest: Where can I find digital TO&E of US Army in WWII ? CL1, Dec 12, 2019 at 1:05 PM
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  26. Axis Units

    Discussions:
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    Latest: German uniform help hucks216, Oct 25, 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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    1,216
    Tom OBrien
    Sep 22, 2018
  2. Wiffer
    Sticky

    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    1,432
    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
  3. 51highland
    Sticky

    War Diary humour.

    51highland, Jul 19, 2017
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    1,470
    gmyles
    Nov 1, 2019
  4. Ben_Mayne
    Sticky

    Maps to match the war diaries

    Ben_Mayne, Nov 13, 2015
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    7
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    1,322
    ramacal
    Nov 14, 2015
  5. SDP
    Sticky

    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
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    2,835
    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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    12,732
    dbf
    Nov 26, 2017
  7. Gerry Chester
    Sticky

    War Diaries and winning the war

    Gerry Chester, Sep 17, 2013
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    1,437
    Uncle Jack
    Oct 16, 2013
  8. hutt
    Sticky

    Understanding War Diaries

    hutt, May 10, 2013
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    1,609
    hutt
    Jul 3, 2013
  9. LeeSteventon
    Sticky

    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
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    14
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    2,082
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  10. Skoyen89
    Sticky

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    2,507
    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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    9,860
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  12. Steve Fuller

    Rules for posting war diary pages?

    Steve Fuller, Dec 9, 2019 at 5:19 PM
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    226
    Steve Fuller
    Dec 10, 2019 at 12:32 PM
  13. Alex1975uk

    AFPU? Help with names.

    Alex1975uk, Nov 18, 2019
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    127
    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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    240
    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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    1,307
    Richelieu
    Feb 18, 2018
  16. pamak

    Battle Log and War Diaries

    pamak, Oct 14, 2017
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    7
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    1,394
    pamak
    Oct 16, 2017
  17. Recce-Boxmeer

    Help with War Diary date notation

    Recce-Boxmeer, Dec 24, 2016
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    1,306
    Recce-Boxmeer
    Dec 24, 2016
  18. gmyles

    Is this a commonly found document or a one off?

    gmyles, Nov 16, 2015
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    1,269
    Charley Fortnum
    Nov 16, 2015
  19. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    1,981
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  20. Don Juan

    War Diary Disinformation?

    Don Juan, Oct 13, 2015
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    8
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    1,473
    BrianM59
    Oct 25, 2015
  21. Rob Dickers

    War Diary instructions c1941

    Rob Dickers, Mar 6, 2014
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    4
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    1,675
    Uncle Jack
    Mar 6, 2014
  22. chingoo

    War Diary language

    chingoo, Sep 15, 2013
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    1,579
    chingoo
    Sep 15, 2013
  23. LeeSteventon

    List of ALL TNA War Diary references?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 14, 2012
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    2
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    1,527
    Drew5233
    Nov 14, 2012
  24. alan58

    National Archives Closed Archive 29 years

    alan58, Feb 22, 2012
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    8
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    1,672
    bexley84
    Feb 22, 2012
  25. jamesmurrow

    T.E.W.T. Abbreviation

    jamesmurrow, Jan 12, 2012
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    13
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    1,914
    jamesmurrow
    Jan 13, 2012
  26. Andreas

    Abbreviation help needed

    Andreas, Sep 1, 2011
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    11
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    1,813
    Andreas
    Sep 19, 2011
  27. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
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    2,218
    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  28. 107 Bty 27 LAA Regt

    War Diary abbreviation help

    107 Bty 27 LAA Regt, Nov 16, 2009
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    1,534
    von Poop
    Nov 16, 2009
  29. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
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    2,522
    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
  30. Owen

    PW, DP and VP

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006
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    17
    Views:
    3,598
    PsyWar.Org
    Jan 15, 2016
  31. andalucia

    WW2 War Diaries - available?

    andalucia, Jul 19, 2006
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,868
    Brian C
    Nov 2, 2006
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