Can anyone point me in the right direction for the service files for men that joined 4th Commandos during WW2? Also any information on where...
I am undertaking research on the RN Beach Head Commandos that were based (briefly) in Hythe (Southampton Water), Hampshire before embarking for...
I do not know the source of this article, only that it came from a post war Shropshire magazine. You may have to download the photographs in order...
Peter Laycock : Service number: 52970 Laycock, Peter - TracesOfWar.com Lieutenant-Col Peter Laycock, TD The London Gazette : Notices | All...
Personal Number: 174099 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Clifford Vizetelly JAMES, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 13 January 1944...
[ATTACH] The Colonel and the Officers South Nottinghamshire Hussars after Church Parade September 1939 L to r. (seated) Captain R.M. Bourne,...
Personal Number: 78288 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Felix Beale COLVIN, MiD Unit(s): Dorsetshire Regiment ; 7 Commando London Gazette : 20...
Award Military Cross Captain John Jaspers Selwyn, No. 3 Commando (Dieppe) He distinguished himself throughout the day by his coolness and...
A blog article that may be of interest as it looks at the Commando training in Cornwall and the St Nazaire Raid which departed from Falmouth in...
Major-General Sir Robert Edward Laycock, KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ (18 April 1907 – 10 March 1968) was a senior British Army officer best known for his...
Saw this memorial on the bottom of this window in Chester Cathedral....
Latest blog is out. Photos and videos from the Operation Basalt Commemoration on Monday the 3rd October which I attended. Also an explanation of...
Hi all, does anyone know if there are war establishments or tables of organisation for RAF Regiment Squadron or RAF Servicing Commandos in North...
Army Number: 6397316 Rank: Lance Serjeant Name: Ernest Edward [William Frederick] GOLDSMITH, MM Unit: 1 Royal Sussex Regiment attached Special...
Award Military Medal Sgt. John Clive Stringer, No. 48 Commando, PO/X112235 Normandy [ATTACH] Rallied his sub section on the beach under fire after...
Commando Chaplains left to right: Rev. Maurice A.P. Wood, D.S.C. R.N.V.R. No. 3 Commando Bde/ No. 48 Commando Rev. Arthur Drake, C.F., No. 1...
Army Number: 4128052 Rank: Serjeant Name: Dudley BLACKBURN, MiD Unit: Cheshire Regiment London Gazette : 4 April 1946...
Sergeant Bill Foster and Corporal James Shortall as part of 2 Special Air Service (SAS) were involved in Operation Speedwell (Sept 1943) to cut...
Hello, I am researching No 41 (RM) Cdo during the Salerno operation. I have found quite a bit in regards to their operations post 16 Sept....
According the 8th A&SH war diary, 1 Officer and 10 OR were attached to the newly formed RM Commando on 20th February. Lt Ian C. McKellar Sgt...
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