I am trying to find out about this Army Officer. It seems he joined the Royal Engineers on 28 March 1939. Then from 2nd Lt in the RE he was posted...
I am currently researching the above named soldier who served with the Manchester regiment from 1939 until transfer tothe 44th RTR in late 1940 or...
Hi Everyone, Has anyone got a photo of Lt Nigel Madan Burney of the the Gloucester Regiment, he died 17th December 1939 and is buried Beuvry C.C....
VIDEO - Secretary Of State For Air Visits the 'Spitfire Factory', Woolston, Southampton in 1939 - NOTE: I have cheated here by overlaying two of...
‘A Boys Own Adventure’ doesn’t even come close to describing Leslie Young’s war. Nicely retold by his son, Nicholas, this memoir ticks all the...
Hi All I noticed a thread on here from 2009, about the first RAF raid of the war. I'm actually researching for a lady whose father was...
My book review of Operation Fall Weiss - German Paratroopers in the Poland Campaign 1939 by Stephan Janzyk and published by Pen & Sword Books....
In November 1939, The Queen's Bays, as a constituent unit of the 2nd Light Armoured Brigade, was posted to areas in Cambridgeshire/Essex, along...
Casualty Guardsman RYAN, DANIEL Service Number 2717153 Died 13/10/1939 Aged 25 Irish Guards Son of John and Mary Ryan, of Waterford, Irish...
Casualty Guardsman GRIMSHAW, HARRY Service Number 106612 Died 30/12/1939 Aged 42 Irish Guards Son of Samuel and Mary Grimshaw, of Swinton;...
I am a relative of Bruno Karl Bieler. There is a lot I don't understand. I am curious about his career. I understand he was head of 3rd cavalry...
Hello, Was there a general model for digging the trenches of the Gort line? Or was there a difference in trench construction in different...
Pre-war how were foreign diplomatic staff (including admin. staff) officially registered when they where posted to Britain? Which department(s)...
Courtesy of Drew5233 TNA Reference: WO 162/199 Description: General procedure for dealing with casualties in war Date: 1939 [hr] See also...
Christmas 1940 on the British Home Front Christmas 1940 was a very different time from anything that took place earlier, or since. It is a time...
Group photo - LV third from left. Obviously under canvas at Park Farm Oswestry 1939,
Militia Camp - 10th AA @ Oswestry, Shropshire Autumn 1939
Many of you have been eagerly awaiting this but probably won't have expected it to be made available so soon ... but it was announced, yesterday,...
Hi All, where was this photo taken please?...
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