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Publication of a new novel on the Burma Campaign and the 2nd KOYLI

Hello everyone, I inform you that a new novel on the Burma Campaign and the 2nd KOYLI, titled BREAKING THE CYCLE, has just been published by the...

Thread by: Guillaume REBIERE, Feb 8, 2026, 1 replies, in forum: Burma & India
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War Diary Entry KDG 2 May 1942

Morning all Does anyone have the WD entry for this day and/or any reports from the appendices pertaining to an air attack in the afternoon of...

Thread by: Andreas, Aug 28, 2025, 5 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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1st Alamein - Panzerarmee SitRep translations

New project just dropped. 1st Battle of El Alamein Updates will be daily. All the best Andreas

Thread by: Andreas, Jul 7, 2025, 39 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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Escape from Singapore - Thrilling Story & More information sought.

Hello all, I am the great Grandson of this gentleman: Captain TE Pickard of the 7th Coastal Artillery. 'Ted', as he was known, made a daring...

Thread by: Henry Ray, Jul 2, 2025, 5 replies, in forum: General
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HMS CORNWALL

Does anyone have a good resolution photograph of Captain Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring who was the Commanding Officer of HMS Cornwall when it...

Thread by: Laksiri Mendis, Jun 12, 2025, 1 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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Tommy Thompson, Wallsend

Roy Martin submitted a new resource: Tommy Thompson Wallsend - WW2 Merchant Navy One man' experiences in 1942 A most interesting description of...

Thread by: Roy Martin, Jun 4, 2025, 1 replies, in forum: WW2Talk Resource Manager - new uploads/updates.
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HMMGB 330 details - D/JX 184176 Able Seaman James Raymond SOUTH, RN: 07/08/1942

I am trying to find out as much as I can about mgb 330 and SOUTH, James R, Able Seaman, D/JX 184176, MGB.330, 7 August 1942, surface action, DOW...

Thread by: smokeyfeline, Jun 2, 2025, 20 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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Bombing of Cologne 1942

Today, 83 years ago the RAF with about 1000 bombers destroyed this town and sent a signal.

Thread by: Lindele, May 30, 2025, 1 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
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Anyone heard of missing Major Frank Henry Land POW debriefings 36 Fortress Company Penang after 1945

Searching for any info re Frank Henry Land. Royal Engineer who attempted to escape Sumatra Feb or March 1942. Nothing known since then. Has anyone...

Thread by: Vicky Marriott, May 28, 2025, 13 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
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Czech battalion in Tobruk - Yosef Kopecky (1922 - 1953)

Hello I am trying to trace a member of the Czech Battalion (11th?) that was posted to north Africa in 1941/42 and who were engaged in the defence...

Thread by: JohnPuz, May 28, 2025, 2 replies, in forum: Allied Units - Others
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Leonard Atkins, S/N 6355312, 56th Div Queens RR in Italy end of WW2

Hi All. I am trying to research my grand fathers war record. I have his war record after requesting it. His name was Leonard Atkins S/N 6355312....

Thread by: Tony Farrant, May 24, 2025, 3 replies, in forum: Service Records
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955799 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey POOLE, 62 Squadron, RAF in Sumatra: 14/02/1942

My uncle Geoffrey Poole was a Flight Sergeant in 62 squadron. Flying a hurricane out of Palembang he was shot down on 14th Feb 1942 over the...

Thread by: JIll Lesley, May 23, 2025, 10 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
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4348060 Pte Harry Peterson, 5th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment: 17/08/1942

I hope you do not mind me posting of this forum. I have recently found details of my great uncle my grandfather's, Rodmond Frederick Peterson,...

Thread by: Kilo, May 22, 2025, 7 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
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What kind of service? Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Hello, it is possible to tell from a service record whether my grandad saw active service or if he was a clerk? He was in India for 3 and a half...

Thread by: Snoopy1971, May 21, 2025, 25 replies, in forum: Service Records
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4th Battalion Welch Regiment - War Diary Nov 1942 visit of Churchill

Posted as it mentions Winston Churchill: War Diary 4th Bn The Welch Regiment 1st Nov 1942– 30th Nov 1942 Appendices/ attachments – None **...

Thread by: Aljones, May 13, 2025, 0 replies, in forum: 53rd (Welsh) Division
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Shadow Trekkers

Trekking during the Blitz - Wikipedia Large numbers of British civilians engaged in trekking during the Blitz. This involved leaving cities at...

Thread by: CL1, May 6, 2025, 0 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
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Deciphering Grandads records - S/54912 Jack BAYLEY, RASC

Hi My grandfather passed away a few years ago now and my dad never knew any details of his time during the war. We have his service record and...

Thread by: SOPHIE123E, May 6, 2025, 6 replies, in forum: Service Records
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917356 Gunner Sidney Alonzo BALL, Royal Artillery & 1 Commando: 06/12/1942

Hi, I am looking find out about Sidney Alonzo Ball who died on the 6th of December 1942 in Bizerte,Tunisia. In searching for information came...

Thread by: Lexus, Apr 28, 2025, 15 replies, in forum: Commandos & Royal Marines
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S/199422 John Frederick Walton, RASC, H.Q. 53 (W) Division MBE, MiD

[ATTACH] Acton Gazette 9th November 1945 S/199422 SQMS John Frederick Walton, Royal Army Service Corps, H.Q. 53 Division, 12 Corps Award: MBE...

Thread by: brithm, Apr 25, 2025, 0 replies, in forum: RASC
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Accident in the Devonshire and Dorset regiment

Hi, I’m doing some research on my great uncle Douglas Hirst who was in the Devonshire and Dorset regiment during WW2. I have many fond memories of...

Thread by: Chris Hirst, Apr 20, 2025, 18 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy

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