Remembered Letchworth Hertfordshire 324298 Lieutenant SHANE BRENDAN KEARNEY, Mentioned in Despatches, 7th Bn., Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. who...
Beginning in 1939, the Royal Navy began requisitioning commercial vessels to serve as auxiliary patrol craft and minesweepers. By December 1941...
Hi I am trying to locate photographs of the 1st Battalion taken in Aldershot in late 1939 just prior to embarkation for France. I have located...
Thanks to Juha for flagging up this online resource: George Washington University Libraries : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming :...
Hello on the claim that Churchill, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound and the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse were on HMS...
I am trying to find out hope this local man died. He died 3rd November 1939 and is buried in St Mary and All Saints Lambourne Essex. I have...
[ATTACH] Officers of 86th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery T.A. September 1939
Hi Guys, Firstly, hope all of you are ok. I recently moved house and cannot find my copy of a war diary I had and now need. it’s the 1st...
I have recently had some photos of a man who used to live in my village. His name was DJ Roberts his actual names I don't know. He served with...
I've been working on my Father's war record for quite a while now and I wonder if anybody can help with this last little bit. He was originally...
Casualty Guardsman CAUKWELL, JOHN WILLIAM Service Number 2695931 Died 30/09/1939 Aged 20 2nd Bn. Scots Guards Son of Francis George Iredale...
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....
Personal Number: 56890 Rank: Captain (Quartermaster) Name: John Henry HOLDEN, MBE, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 24 October 1933...
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....
Pathe films 1939/40 BEF, some good shots of the BEF. The last two links BEF in France and Troops Land in France you have to click on to see....
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