Could anyone kindly advise on what personal equipment/kit an airborne officer (parachutist not airlanding) would carry on his person. I am...
Hi I found a pic online of what pertains to be 7 Platoon of A Company of 6 Para Btn in Greece in 1944. Question is, if there are three platoons...
A short article, which is perhaps too contemporary and from a private website (not official British Army) on leadership. From the opening:This...
Dear folks, If this has appeared/been linked to before on the forum, apologies. Found under the IWM Collections innocuous title of "Footage For...
How come each time the boxes come out of the loft there's more stuff left downstairs than goes back up?
Extracts from editions past. Some will make you smile, some will make you cry. Always remember, never forget.
I am currently exploring the history of Slade Camp in Oxford and I am at my wits end. What I think I have discovered is that the camp was built...
Walked into my sister in laws house yesterday and passed comment on a set of medals that were on display. Turns out that her partners grandad was...
The Culvert,---- is now The Culvert's
Hello, I would like to start by saying how invaluable the information provided by members has been while researching my Grandfathers service...
Saw this on ebay an unusual helmet with a skull and cross bones with a parachute as well as marked with '297 Squadron' & 'Niland. R.T.' anybody...
I stitched together multiple aerials to create two composites that show the east and west sides of the Caen Canal and River Orne running from the...
Whilst visiting the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery earlier this month, a group of people approached myself and another guy I was talking to. They...
I found this site which shows photographs of No. 2 Forward Observation Unit with its Canadian members. Most of the photographs taken on the 6th...
Can You Locate These Gliders? Member mushroom put up a few pics in the photo gallery that caught my attention. He thought the Horsa gliders could...
Thought I'd share this. Link to the file held at the National Archives with original maps....
Found this on ebay an Unknown paratrooper who is not wearing parachute wings but a red beret and a yellow lanyard, I assume with a relative who is...
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