A good friend have just given me his fathers WW2 medals and some paperwork and I am researching him best I can. Trooper 14272798 Harold Noel...
I came across an old post concerning maps of operation overlord, are there maps that show troop movements into Belgium, region of Brussels,...
Photo dates from 1945, probably Holland or Germany... [ATTACH]
A place for some links, and associations with Chippenham Park Camp, near Newmarket, especially, but not only, during WW2. Rm.
Hi everyone, Much like many people I’m looking into my Paternal Grandad’s service, I had the good fortune to have him as my best man at my...
Reg Snowling, 24th Lancers, later 23rd Hussars, has left us: British tank sergeant nicknamed 'Titch' who was 'shortest D-Day hero' dies at 97 |...
Hello again, I have found another soldier who was in the 23rd Hussars Royal Armoured Corps, but died on the 16th April 1946. I really have no idea...
Ha! Got you :) An extract (page 61) from "The Battle: a tank officer remembers" by Capt. Geoffrey Bishop MC, C Sqr, 23rd Hussars, describing...
31st July 1944. Vehicles of 8th Rifle Brigade at the crossroad in St Martin des Besaces, heading for the newly-captured bridge over the Souleuvre:...
Hello Experts, I would like to know where the 23rd Hussars were on the 7th September 1944 as I am trying to tell the story of one of the men on...
Three men from 23rd Hussars in Bayeux War Cemetery: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2014/80/56273314_1395531172.jpg...
Could anyone tell me where to find a list of all officers that served with the 23rd Hussars? If it makes any difference: I am specifically looking...
Today at a small fare in the north of Holland I got hold of a 1942 dated original badged BD blouse from an 11th Armoured division RAC Major (see...
Dear reader, For an illustrated book on the memoirs of Don Gillate I am looking for any material I can use as illustrations. Don was a Rifleman...
Photo of my Dad in 1941 shortly after joining the 23rd Hussars
Hi, My father was William Fleetham and was a radio operator in the 23rd Hussars from 1940 to 1945. Unfortunately my dad died when I was only 20...
Hello, I am new to this forum and hoping to learn more information about the World War 2 service of my grandfather, who passed away in 1975. I...
At the recommendation of a friend, I've decided to ask for the war diaries for some specific British armoured units during the fighting in...
Hello, I am currently researching into the capture of Lubeck by the 11th Armoured division and most accounts seem to skirt over it as it appears...
I'm trying to contact Pam Richardson and/or Ken Baldwin after reading their stories on...
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