Philip Ward, paratrooper who fought in the break-out from Normandy in 1944 – obituary He took part in Operation Varsity, the largest single-day...
Hello all, I am hoping somebody may be able to assist me. I am looking for a list of men that participated in the coup du main in D-Day....
[IMG] Lt. Shane Brendan Eithna Kearney, MiD 7th Parachute Battalion killed in action on Operation Varsity (324298) Lt Shane Brendan Kearney was...
Award The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Major Robert Macfie Marquis, RAMC H.Q. 6th Airborne Division 9P/291139) This officer has...
Award Military Medal Guardsman John 'Jack' Dow Simpson, 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards (2658349) During the evening attack on LONG STOP HILL on 24th...
Award Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm Pte. Stanley John Horton, 13th Parachute Battalion (14654479) Pte. HORTON was a signaller during the...
Award Military Medal Cpl. Charles Bryan, RAMC attached 13th Parachute Battalion (7360233) During 3rd January 1945, 13th Bn Parachute Regiment...
Award Military Medal BSM. Richard Barrett "B" Troop, No.1 Battery, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment (6769165) This Warrant Officer was Troop...
Award Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with palm and Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm Capt. Wilfred Davison, 13th Parachute Battalion (324280)...
Award Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium) Cpl. Frederick Gilbert Burton Eales, 13th Parachute Battalion (5631068) Sjt. Eales was wounded...
Award Military Medal Pte. James Henry Cooke 2nd Bn Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (14318025) On the night of 4th January 1945 Pte....
Award Military Cross Major Herbert Neville Whitmee, 86th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery attached 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division...
Hi everyone ! You certainly know the intersection now called « carrefour du 9e bataillon », in Gonneville en Auge (attached picture of the...
Hi there, I recently went to the bridge over the Dives River near which Horsa number 4 landed by mistake just after midnight on june 6th 1944...
Hello Everyone ! In 1944 my family owned the Chateau d’Escoville. Recently, I red in the 2nd Ox and Bucks war diary that the chateau should have...
Helloo, Recently I looked into how various 6th Airborne units made use of the Ecarde Quarries above Ranville. My slim findings were stuck in an...
Hi all, According to the Pegasus Archive the attached photo was taken before liftoff on D-Day where in actual fact I believe it is an Operation...
Award Military Medal Sgt. John Clive Stringer, No. 48 Commando, PO/X112235 Normandy [ATTACH] Rallied his sub section on the beach under fire after...
Trooper James Charles Jakes, 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment real name Egon Karl von Haas was an Austrian army cadet his father Karl...
Hello, Recently Christine Le Callonec of the Association "Un fleuve pour la liberté, La Dives" sent some photos of objects discovered on a...
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