Quote from my grandfather's diary; "i was on an general exercise in a town called setif near algiers, being a french occupied town there was a...
I'm new to the forum, looking for help with an abbreviation found in logs of the GCMs and FGCMs for India in WW2. Where sentences are recorded...
I’m trying to decipher my father’s WWII military record, and hope that someone can help. This link to his documents...
Hi, I'm in the process of researching for a novel, in which the final act is set in Devon in the final years of the war and the years just after,...
Hi, This is my first time on this Forum (any forum actually) and I would greatly appreciate any help that can be given. I have recently...
Is there anyone out there among those who visit Kew, who has an interest in looking up WW2 General Court Martial Records? I am interested in one...
Hi All, Sorry if this has been requested before. Does anyone have an electronic copy of Kings Regulations 1940? I'm trying to decypher quite a...
Hello I am reading through my husband's grandad's service record. He was in the North Staffs and was killed at Anzio in 1944. :poppy: His...
Although my father seldom talked about his ‘active’ service in the infantry he did like to talk about his brushes with military discipline and the...
Hallo all Can anyone explain the WW1 difference between awol and desertion? Was awol if you were, for example, late back from leave, but...
Does anyone know if there are any files at the National Archives that list any of the above proceedings about an individual? I'm assuming there...
Hi I'm new to this group and hoping that someone can help. My father served in the Royal Engineers (he was a bricklayer by trade) during WWII. I...
I want to examine the court martial records for WW2 between the Guards arriving in Normandy and V-E Day, it appears that the court martial records...
During a bit of research concerning a memorial we're having erected (The Scottish War Memorials Project :: View topic - WEST WEMYSS WW2 memorial...
Does anyone know if where I could find out the desertion rates for the British Army during WW2 by division? I had thought that this sort of...
But, after years of trying to persuade my nan to get my grandfathers service records and any medals he was due I now have the records....
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Hello, I’m searching after more Intel about British ”field punishment camps” in the period 1944 to 1945. It seems that info on the net is scarce...
On my great grandfathers Statement of Services record in one entry his rank is given as P/A/L/Cpl instead of Sapper, and in the enty it says A.W.L...
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