I would like to find citations for Mentioned in Despatches for the following members of the 8th Rifle Brigade. I suppose these were made, before...
Last Saturday, 20 January 2024, Nathanial Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele - or 21st Baron Saye and Sele - passed away. During the war he was known as...
Came across some information which might be of interest to some people on here: In February 1943, the 8th Rifle Brigade together with the rest of...
I've got the name and the photo, but what does it say and how would it "translate" into English? This man was a member of the 8th Rifle Brigade....
Looking for the location of this floating bridge (or raft bridge, what's the proper name?). Photo was taken by a member of F Company, 8th Bn. The...
8th Rifle Brigade - 4 September 1944 - Antwerp ‘The 4th of September was to provide the climax to our historic advance across France and Belgium,...
Curt Badinski - Wikipedia Generalleutnant Curt Badinski 276. Infanterie-Division Search : "Curt Badinski" - Google Search Books : "Curt...
Gnr. Eric Manley, 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1140134) On 3rd August when 11th Armoured Division had broken through to the village of...
On my website Home - 8th Rifle Brigade, I have one page with a list of 1548 names of members of the Battalion in WW2. Apart from their names, I...
Did a presentation earlier this week for WW2TV. So, for those interested in the 8th Rifle Brigade in Normandy and in Operations Epsom, Goodwood...
I am looking for name (and if possible more photos, ideally taken off Juno Beach) of this type of landing craft, and if they were indeed used on...
For their bravery during a fierce battle with several hundred German "Fallschirmjager", at Helchteren, Belgium, on 10 September 1944 (see D-Day to...
I would like to find additional group photos of the 8th Rifle Brigade in WW2, like the one attached and like the ones on my website page Group...
Hello, I am looking for information and documents about the units of the 11th Armoured Division (UK) and what happened at Gescher at the end of...
These is a set of badges from an 8th Rifle Brigade G Company Lance-Corporal. Does anyone know more about the inverted "G" badge? I have never seen...
Hi all Just a quick question. I received this picture in my FB feed today. A beautifully coloured rendition. It's been niggling me, should the...
Does anyone out here have other copies of 'Mercury'? It was the Journal of the 8th Rifle Brigade while still in Germany, immediately after the...
Photo below is of members of 8th Rifle Brigade. I have no idea however, when or where it was taken. Identification of the vehicle (lorry?) they...
A recent thread reminded me of an outstanding item on my 'I should really know that' list. Several Battalions of the Rifle Brigade used...
Was the 8th Rifle Brigade unique in having published unit histories at Company level? With this, I mean contemporary unit histories, published by...
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