Allan George Eakins – Guardsman 2701796 – Scots Guards 1st Battalion. George, born on the 8th of May 1920, son of Alexander and Dora, and the...
Has anyone here thread At The Fifth Attempt? I just finished listening to a podcast about John Elwyn Jones and his escape. What I'm unsure of is...
LAWRENCE Eustace Henry 189629, Captain, General List Born 24 April 1913 to Edmund William and Mary Lawrence in Knaresborough, Yorkshire. He...
Sorry.... I've only just stumbled across this thread but noticed someone was looking for details of 2 Royal Ulster Rifles during this period so...
I was born after the World Cup win & was a child through the 70s. I used to know the surnames of every family in the street. We all knew...
The Battle is Won Page 52: The Battle is Won For the last two months, the great air battle that had raged over south-east England was to go...
September 8th - September 9th 1940 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8th 1940 To many Londoners' this had been the first time that they had really experienced...
[ATTACH] 67835 Major Benjamin Brian HOSFORD Royal Army Medical Corps 6th June 1904 Islington, London - 8th July 1989 Tunbridge Wells, Kent aged...
That’s great reading, thank you! Barbara
HARDING, JOHN (Oral history) Object description British officer served with 11th Bn London Regt in GB, Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine,...
Brewery History: 112, pp. 3-9 The full sory in thel8nk A drawing of Windsor Terrace, Shoreditch, from that era shows a row of Georgian houses....
[IMG] The Chronology: Page-52 The Battle is Won For the last two months, the great air battle that had raged over south-east England was to go...
Tracey, What an honour to be related to these great men and to have a connection with such historic events. 5502679 John James Watt enlisted in...
The other "Scotty". [ATTACH] Pte Andrew Campbell. Waist deep in Slush. “Scotty” of Burton was with “Chindits” in Burma. “The Japanese are not...
Hi Gingerbadcat, I know its been a few years since you posted this. I am in similar situation, I am trying to locate my Grandfather who was a Sikh...
Thank you so much for ALLLL this information Sirjahn I am so blown away for this!! Bill always told me the major dent in his back was from a...
Your Grandfather was wounded, captured and sent to Rennes EPS hospital (aka Stalag 221w, Frontstalag 221 austelle, Rennes Military Hospital) Here...
War hero receives Legion d'honneur for his part in D-Day landings
(Not on this day) ANTHONY FISHER BURCHER RAAF, A SURVIVOR OF THE DAMS RAID RELATES HIS VERSION OF EVENTS THAT NIGHT WHEN FIVE OF THE CREW...
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