Date of Enlistment: 14 Sep 1938 Army Number: 2327968 Rank: Signalman Name: Harry LEE Unit: Royal Corps of Signals attached 201 Guards Brigade...
I have recently purchased an unpublished diary which appears to be a daily diary of an unnamed officer written between April and August 1944. The...
Army Number: 1879342 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: Harold Nelson TOMLIN Unit: Royal Engineers ; 2 Commando / 11th Special Air Service
I'm trying to understand a record which reads: Unit X(10) Disembarked and posted to ICRU Unit X(2) Admitted 140 Fd. Amb. (XII)...
Award Member of the British Empire Captain John Aitchison Patterson, 161 Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers (96364) From the day of...
Hi everyone, I’m new to researching service records and planning a trip to the National Archives to find out more about my grandfather’s...
Award Mentioned in Despatches Dvr. George Shaw Collins, 64/157 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (850663) Escaped POW CAMP 102 (Aquila) Italy...
I'm sure most people interested in the Italian front will have come across Norman Lewis's memoir Naples 44, which describes his experiences with...
From Imperial War Museum collection NA 7973 - 21/10/1943 NA 8727 - 13/11/1943 NA 9465 - 06/12/1943 NA 9524 - 05/12/1943 NA 9633 - 07/12/1943 NA...
Sgt. Spittle of No. 2 AFPU photographed Cpl. Stanley Skinner escaped twice in Italy after being taken prisoner outside of Tobruk. Skinner was...
I've just started to do some research into my Grandfather's war time service, I know he served with the 59th HAA Regt, 265 Battery. His name was...
Can anyone ID any detail about this vehicle please? The owner of the photo has asked if I can find anything out, he thinks it is:- I've been...
When the unit shipped off to Italy, did they bring along their Churchills from Tunisia, or were there new vehicles already waiting for them on the...
Hi, I am looking for any information regarding the 132nd field regt. that my late Grandfather was in from Nov 1940 - Dec 1943. He was then...
In my dad's collection of 'WW2 Italy' photos are 3 which have the words "The Lake of Hell" hand-written on the back. [ATTACH] I don't think...
I thought this might be of interest to the RASC and DUKW community! WO171/2365 – 50 Company RASC 5 March 1944 1030 Ship [HMT BOISSEVAIN]...
In a personal account by G.W.Johnson of 164 Battery 59th (The Essex Rgmt) Regiment HAA, he says:- "You will remember that 164 had to quit its 8...
Hello members, I am new to the forum and I am trying to find information on my Uncle George who fought in the Western Desert during WW2 and I...
I am new here so I hope this so the correct forum for this query. I am deciphering a diary written by a British soldier in 1944. he was originally...
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