Hello, I am currently looking into my great grandfather Percy Jones. I don't have concrete evidence, but I was told he served in the 156th...
Personal Number: 52592 (LG); 52952 (CWGC online record, but Concentration reports concur with LG) Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Sir William...
When I was younger I collected autographs of the veterans visiting Arnhem/Oosterbeek. In my small notebook I found the autograph of Jack Campbell,...
When I was younger I collected autographs of the veterans visiting Arnhem/Oosterbeek. In my small notebook I found the autograph of Ron Parton...
in the film "Theirs is the glory" [MEDIA] at 41mins 40seconds. ive been trying to identify the german tanks in the street scene i keep...
A former paratrooper (North Africa, Arnhem) in the 1st Airborne Division. Vincent White – Catering Department – Standard Triumph Works Directory...
Hello, My Oosterbeeker grandparents befriended an Arnhem veteran, of whom I unfortunately know very little. My uncle and father call him “Phil...
I found this today in a box of bits at the carboot sale [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
War hero receives Legion d'honneur for his part in D-Day landings A WAR veteran has been awarded France's highest military honour for his role...
I was wondering how the GPR was organised during the battle of Arnhem. 1st Wing had 15 flights, 2nd Wing had ‘just’ 8. According to elements from...
Hello, My Oosterbeeker grandparents have tended the grave of corporal Alfred Reynolds, 3pt/R coy/1bn/1para brig. He is believed to have fallen on...
Bear with me on this one. I purchased an old metal trunk at a local auction and this tired, faded and torn newspaper was at the bottom, having...
Remembering Today Private SMITH, WILLIAM HAROLD Service Number 7586835 Died 20/09/1944 Aged 29 156th Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Buried at...
Sad to hear of the passing yesterday of Lt. Jack Reynolds MC who fought at Arnhem with the mortar platoon of 2/South Staffs. Jack was in part...
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Saw on TopFoto a photograph of a marker where Pte Frederick Walter Hopwood was killed on the 17th/18th September 1944. He was with 3rd Parachute...
Company photo, prior to heading off to North Africa. Please let's have some more names, and apologies for any incorrectly identified (and any...
Extracts from editions past. Some will make you smile, some will make you cry. Always remember, never forget.
As some of you may have known that Daphne Du Maurier's personal items were being auctioned off in the last week one is an aerial photograph of...
Hallo Can anybody tell me what the route was the British troops took to Nijmegen crossing the Rhine on the 25th and 26th of september 1944....
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