I've just obtained my late father's WW2 service record from the National Archive which required an appeal from me and two interventions by my MP...
I know the Wiltshires of the 43rd Wessex Division received reinforcements from the Green Howards in early 1944 (see Barron's "From the city, from...
Looking for information in Fulton Warren. I take care of his Grave and would like to find out more about him. A picture would be a bonus so is...
Hello Looking for anything on Gunner Jack Ridsdale 872480. Died on the 21st Dec 1945 in Italy. We were led to believe he was unfortunately hit by...
Fri 21 June 2024 @ 0830 REHS webinar – 80th Anniversary of the Italian Campaign, Sappers in Italy 1943 – 1945 & Contemporary Challenges...
My father attended this event. 2nd photo will show more detail.
Hi everyone, my name is Emiel and I live in Tilburg, The Netherlands. I will try my best to write in the best English possible, sometimes with the...
My Uncle Arthur Lional Grant was briefly in Camp 172. Can anyone tell me where it was please?
Searching for James Brown from Southampton dob 19th June 1925 served in Royal Navy and was in Glasgow in 1945 when he married Phyllis English...
My relative was a POW at Moosburg after being taken prisoner at Anzio. He was in the camp when it was liberated by the Americans in late April...
Hello, my first day here. I've been asked to look into the story of someone's great-uncle who was said to have been on the "Death March" from...
Very very long shot but does anybody know anything about the below gents who are buried in Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate
wwilson submitted a new resource: British Infantry Battalions in NW Europe 1944-45 - List of British infantry battalions in NW Europe 1944-1945...
A list of British infantry battalions that served in NW Europe during the 1944-1945 campaign. Battalions are listed by brigade and division, and...
Hello, I am visiting a cemetery today and looking at the grave of 82851 Wren EUGENIE NETTLETON DENBY who died 2nd May 1945. I wondered if anyone...
This notice in today's The Times caught my eye: In Memoriam – War LIEUTENANT WILLIAM FREDERIC NEWTON, 5th Royal Tank Regiment, treacherously...
I literally just stumbled across some records of my great grandad's brother Jack having served some time in the war, (maybe only briefly, I've...
Items from the The Reconnaissance Journal (kindly posted on here by Tony56) and the Polar Bear News (source forgotten!) concerning 3 Recce. For...
In his generally excellent, 2020 ‘Theirs the Strife: the Forgotten Battles of British Second Army and Armeegruppe Blumentritt, April 1945’, John...
A new website containing a collection of film footage from the final months of the Second World War is now available. More than 60 video clips...
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