I recently found this kitbag in a house on the border of France and Belgium. It's a british may 1940 kitbag with service number and a flash on it....
I am planning to write an article about prisoners of war who hail from my village who were captured at St Valery. There are about five men I want...
My wife’s grandfather, Frederick Richard John Gray served with C Coy, 4th Bn East Kent Regt from April 1939 (service number 6287814) and joined...
Sharing because I am proud of my Grandpa: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1rmRl5hVjSVhtvPF2. These are letters and telegrams, exchanged between my...
WO 344-19-2 PART I General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War 1. No.: 2725268 Rank: Guardsman Surname: BARTLETT Christian Names:...
Doing some research into my great grandad Frederick Lawrence Bailey Holland. Rifleman in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, no. 6896664. Believe he...
I am researching the circumstances leading to the death of the above, a distant relative of mine. Horace was the son of Horace and Florence...
Four men from the BEF managed to escape capture make it to the coast and row the channel before being picked up by a boat; Corporal Patrick...
Personal Number: 105605 RAF Number: 47293 Rank: Lieutenant; Flight Lieutenant Name: Eric Francis GARLAND, MBE, MC* Unit: 6 York & Lancaster...
Army Number: 3592695 Rank: Drum Major Name: Jack ELVEY, MiD Unit: 4 Border Regiment London Gazette : 20 December 1940...
Personal Number: 3709301 Rank: Drummer Name: G WHITBREAD, MM Unit: 5 King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) London Gazette : 20 December 1940...
Casualty Major General BECKWITH-SMITH, MERTON Died 11/11/1942 Aged 52 G.O.C. 18th Inf. Div. General Staff and Welsh Guards D S O, M C Son of...
I am researching my grandads war history and he was captured in North Africa in Tobruk 1942. I have found out that he was held in a camp near...
Can any one tell me about the West Surrey's (1/5th:1/6th:1/7th) prior to WW2 and their subsequent involvement in the BEF; Battle of France and...
Excerpt from my fathers movements in 1940 as a POW. He was wounded and captured at Calais May 1940 . Captured, he was sent to Stalag VI A (Hemer)...
Hi guys I recently obtained this dog tag, found in Northern-France. It is marked: C F N W PUNT 3539 C E I do know that "CE" means...
HALL J 3596685 1ST BN 06/08/1943 ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS I’ve been looking through books that had not been out of storage boxes in an age. And...
Hi all, I have been trying to find my great uncles grave and have potentially found it. It is an unknown soldiers grave. I have contacted CWGC...
hello all, I'm trying to find out more about my grandpa. Staff Sargent Reginald John Matthew's. Territorial, embodied and sent to France....
Army Number 2732451 Rank: Guardsman Name: John Charles MUSTO Camp: Stalag XXA, Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Theatre: France 1940 Date of Capture: 22 May...
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