If it's any help (I don't think so!), COPP men Logan Scott-Bowden and Bruce Ogden Smith were providing pilotage for the DDs' LCTs from aboard two...
OC 3 Tp was Capt Essery, with Lt Gloyn as 2iC. I cannot find any mention of that. Can you show us where it comes from? I do not know of any...
The Canadian Army had Sherman 17-prs issued on the same basis as the British Army, which in May/June 1944 was 12 per Armoured Regiment but nil for...
That's kind of a large question. AFAIK any Sherman tank equipped unit would have had 1/3 Fireflies. I think? Except that according to...
Hi, I thought I'd post the June 1944 war diary for the HALLAMS up - I thought it contained an excellent account of the battle for FONTENAY on 25...
Link to NAM image in post 1: A Churchill tank of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, Normandy, 1944 | Online Collection | National Army Museum,...
Hi Franck, To the best of my knowledge, among the independent brigades with tanks, there were two different names which actually indicated...
Thank you for this very interesting post. I'm particularly interested in the photo of the guys sheltering in the 677 casement. I think one could...
Does anyone know more about the story that goes with these pictures. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Alberk is right of course. The markings are clear once we know the answer :D. This Sherman V DD belonged to C Sqn, 44 RTR, 4 Armd Bde. There might...
Back from hospital so dropped in to look. 4th Feb was when the Germans tried to "lance the absis" under direct command of Adolph Hitler. All hell...
Yes, the arrow on the road sign appears to be pointed at Lion-sur-Mer and Bayeux. But DD Sherman No. 43 seems to be moving east in the next scene,...
Excellent Janet. Kind regards, always, Jim.
This is my neck of the woods, Alexander, I lived near where your grandfather was wounded for over ten years and wrote about the battle and the...
From Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, June 1944 Able Seaman William Clifford Smith - SMITH, William C, Able Seaman, C/JX 406669, MPK -...
Photo's of Sherman Tanks advancing to contact over wadi type terrain taken by Major Shepherd at Anzio. Probably on 4th Feb near Smelly Farm where...
Hi, I'm new to WW2Talk so apologies in advance if I break any protocols or rules, hopefully not! I'm researching my grandad's war record and have...
Tim Your tank, your choice, but - and there's always a but - it would, in my mind, be a pity to paint over some amazing provenance when 'Sods Law'...
Perhaps the number of the loading lane at the docks. It would be good to determine which unit were responsible for vehicle movements in the UK at...
Every now and then the planets align... but what does it signify. Help please For a long time now I have been trying to decipher old paint on...
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