Hi all I have a few questions on how the British Army staff structure and responsibilities worked in overseas colonies, especially...
Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day First published in the UK by Routledge 2000. This edition: 20 Jan 2016 -...
Hello, I have used the search function and have been unable to find exactly what I am looking for. Does anyone have information or could point...
Some posts on a couple of other forums reminded me of an outstanding query I have re British Motor Bn transport, which I will need to address if I...
This book has been out awhile, this is the first review (October 2017) I've spotted via Twitter, albeit on an obscure blogsite with an American...
Hi Anyone knows the number (W.E.) of men who made up the following indian formations during the Second World War in Italy? Field Ambulance...
Hi there, I am looking for a couple of war establishments for various Indian units which are as below: a. Command HQ (e.g. Eastern Command/...
Evening all My dad transferred to 2RUR at the beginning of 1943 (hence 2RUR blog creation) and became "Camp Commandant" of 9th Infantry Brigade...
Can anyone tell me when berets (or other head dress) were supposed to be worn and when not? I assume when outside, either on or off duty, soldiers...
The subject of 'Left Out of Battle' (LOB) is one I've kept returning to over the years. The central question to my mind has been did units rigidly...
Looking trough the massive amounts of war diaries hold by the national archives, I noticed that there are diaries for Town Majors. They all are...
I am reading A Full Life by "Jorrocks" and he says that at the time of link-up between 1 Army and 8 Army, the Eighth had been getting all the...
Hi all, I'm looking over some General Staff documents from 1942 and the following puzzles me. The question in my mind is, what was "a division"...
Another obscure request, but you never know... The WE for an Infantry Battalion, ref II/233/2, notified 19th May 1943, was subject to nine...
Ok, from what I've gathered, initially British infantry brigades had an anti-tank company, but this was abandoned, and each infantry battalion...
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum, I've been reading it for a while but now I have a request and would like to know how to advance in my...
Very useful chart here. The following U.S. report on the British General Staff was originally published in No. 11, Nov. 5, 1942.
I recently acquired a copy of this essay by (then) Major-General Francis Tuker CB DSO OBE [Later Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Tuker], until...
Good morning This is just a quick quick question. I have searched the internet to no avail. Can anybody give me a concise definition of...
Hello, everybody! First, I want to congratulate Trux for his amazing job,. Second, I would like to point at a possible mistake in the War...
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