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  1. CjREILLY
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    Sergeant-Major/Lieutenant - Quarter Master James Reilly (144th RAMC & Worcester Regiment) 154211

    Hi all, Apologies for previous mix ups . Thanks Wobbler for your help :) Sergeant James Stephen Reilly was born on the 26th of December 1898 on 13...
    Thread by: CjREILLY, Sep 29, 2025, 21 replies, in forum: RAMC
  2. CornwallPhil
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    Operation Market Garden - Arnhem - The Cornish Connection

    The link is to my blog article commemorating the contribution of a few Cornish men or Cornish residents to the events of Operation Market Garden....
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Sep 2, 2025, 0 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  3. Christopher Berry
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    Can service numbers help tell the where and when of a soldier? TW Jones, KOYLI

    I have a soldier's name engraved on Hayle War memorial - TW Jones KOYLI. I have found 3 Jones names in the KOYLI using CWGC but they all have...
    Thread by: Christopher Berry, Apr 17, 2025, 8 replies, in forum: War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research
  4. CornwallPhil
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    Wartime Romance

    With St Valentine's Day soon upon us I thought you might find this blog article interesting. It features three couples including the infamous...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Feb 4, 2025, 0 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  5. CornwallPhil
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    SOE Operation Felicitate 1943

    A young creative media student has chosen the SOE Operation Felicitate launched from the Helford River in Cornwall as the subject of one of his...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Jan 21, 2025, 0 replies, in forum: SOE & OSS
  6. CornwallPhil
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    RAF St Eval in 1944

    This YouTube video shows RAF St Eval in 1944 in some clips taken from the wartime film RAF Coastal Command and features some of 311 Squadron's...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Oct 29, 2024, 3 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  7. CornwallPhil
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    The Road to Omaha

    Those interested in the US29th Infantry Division and its time spent in Cornwall prior to D-Day and its embarkation for the far shore may like to...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Sep 12, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  8. CornwallPhil
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    The railways in Cornwall preparing for D Day

    I attach a link to my blog post about the infrastructure that was built and the colossal effort the railways made to prepare for D-Day in the...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, May 4, 2024, 0 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  9. CornwallPhil
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    Being ill as an evacuee

    Interesting look at a couple of evacuee sick bay hostels and the county isolation hospital in Cornwall during the war in this blog article. The...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Oct 3, 2023, 2 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  10. CornwallPhil
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    LST found off Cornish coast

    Local news story about divers discovering wreck of one of 6 LCTs lost in a storm off the Cornish coast in 1944. Wreck found off Cornwall thought...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Jul 23, 2023, 6 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
  11. CornwallPhil
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    The Royal Observer Corps in Cornwall

    I thought folk may like to see my blog article on the Royal Observer Corps in Cornwall during World War Two - the eyes and ears of our defences,...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Jul 1, 2023, 0 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  12. CornwallPhil
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    RAF Treen - Oboe

    My blog article this month is about the Oboe site at RAF Treen in the fields above the beautiful Pedn Vounder beach not far from Porthcurno in the...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, May 1, 2023, 0 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  13. CornwallPhil
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    US Sausage Camps O-C and O-F

    [MEDIA] This short video shows two sausage camps near Chacewater which is a small village between Truro and Redruth in Cornwall. It 1944 it sat...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, May 1, 2023, 2 replies, in forum: NW Europe
  14. Gordon163
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    Truro area before D Day

    Hi, Does anyone know if there were any British Army Units based around Truro, prior to D Day, please? I have seen that 115th and 116th US...
    Thread by: Gordon163, Mar 18, 2023, 5 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  15. CornwallPhil
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    The Polish Navy at Fowey

    Blog article that sheds a little light on the Polish Navy at Fowey operating Motor Gun Boats in 1940-1941....
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Mar 3, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
  16. CornwallPhil
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    Commando in Cornwall

    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...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Nov 11, 2022, 3 replies, in forum: Commandos & Royal Marines
  17. CornwallPhil
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    The Battle Of Meva 1941

    Some interesting details of the Battle of Mevagissey fought on the streets of the Cornish harbour village in September 1941 found here:...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Jul 3, 2022, 0 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  18. CL1
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    Defending Scilly

    https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/defending-scilly/defending-scilly/ Defences of the Scilly Islands through the ages...
    Thread by: CL1, Jun 22, 2022, 11 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  19. CornwallPhil
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    1940 anti invasion measures on North Helford shore

    The link is to my blog article on the anti-invasion measures along the north shoreline of the Helford estuary in Cornwall which were all part of...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, May 4, 2022, 0 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
  20. CornwallPhil
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    Wartime Features in Old Postcards

    I have long used old postcards particularly from the late 1940s and 1950s as a way of identifying the exact locations and nature of a number of...
    Thread by: CornwallPhil, Feb 6, 2022, 16 replies, in forum: United Kingdom
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