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137479 Thomas James DUNBABIN, DSO, Intelligence Corps & SOE

Personal Number: 137479 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Thomas James DUNBABIN, DSO Unit: Intelligence Corps attached SOE London Gazette : 25 June 1940...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: SOE & OSS
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143448 Patrick Michael LEIGH-FERMOR, DSO, OBE, SOE

Personal Number: 143448 Rank: Captain Name: Patrick Michael LEIGH-FERMOR, DSO, OBE Unit: Irish Guards, SOE, Intelligence Corps, Force 133 London...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: SOE & OSS
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234907 Anders Frederick Emil Victor Schau LASSEN, VC, MC**, 62 Commando, SAS, SBS

I've been wanting to draw Lassen VC for some time, this is him 1/2 way through, the drawing is more subtle than my scan

Thread by: soren1941, Dec 6, 2008, 18 replies, in forum: Special Forces
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1469628 Raymond Walter JONES, MM, Royal Artillery attached Special Boat Squadron

Army Number: 1469628 Rank: Gunner Name: Raymond Walter JONES, MM Unit: Royal Artillery attached Special Boat Squadron London Gazette : 14...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Special Forces
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6896822 Robert Arthur Lever SUMMERS, MM, MiD,King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Special Boat Squadron

Army Number: 6896822 Rank: Serjeant Name: Robert Arthur Lever SUMMERS, MM, MID Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Special Boat Squadron...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Special Forces
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130622 David CLARK, MC, Cheshire Regiment attached SBS

Personal Number: 130622 Rank: Captain Name: David CLARK, MC Unit: Cheshire Regiment attached Special Boat Squadron London Gazette : 4 January...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Special Forces
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2216492 Robert ROY, DCM, 2 Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

Army Number: 2216492 Rank: Pipe Major Name: Robert ROY, DCM Unit: 2 Black Watch London Gazette : 24 February 1942...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 30, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: British Army Units - Others
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The Fallschirmjager memorial in Chania - Then and Now.

This is the large memorial to II. Battalion FJR Sturm Regiment just outside of Chania in Crete. It was erected in 1941 and to this day is still...

Thread by: Jonathan Ball, Aug 20, 2019, 31 replies, in forum: WW2 Battlefields Today
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Kondomari - Then and Now.

Last month I had the chance to walk the ground at the site of the massacre of unarmed civilians at the Village of Kondomari on 2 June 1941 by men...

Thread by: Jonathan Ball, Aug 18, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: WW2 Battlefields Today
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HMS Rodney, Royal Navy; SS Logician, Merchant Navy

Hi all, I have been researching my grandfather Joseph who was a Fireman & Trimmer aboard the Harrison Line's SS Logician. I know he died at...

Thread by: Jacqueline Prentice, Aug 4, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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Book Review Battle for Crete by John Hall Spencer

It’s the battle that shouldn’t have been lost, where; as John Hall Spencer in his classic account of the Battle for Crete in May 1941 points...

Thread by: Jonathan Ball, Jul 11, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Books, Films, TV, Radio
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Crete: book recommendations?

Hi all, I currently have a copy of the old book The Fall of Crete by Alan Clark. I'm conscious (from something I've read) of some bias by the...

Thread by: Chris C, Jun 24, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: Books, Films, TV, Radio
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What Xan Fielding did next..

An advertisement placed in the Times by Xan Fielding on 31 July 1950. Tough but sensitive ex-classical scholar, ex-secret agent, ex-guerrilla...

Thread by: Jonathan Ball, Jan 16, 2019, 6 replies, in forum: SOE & OSS
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New Member (HMS Gloucester 1939)

Hi everyone, My name is Joss and Im new to the forum so just saying hi. I am researching my family history and recently discovered that my Great...

Thread by: Joss, Jun 15, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: User Introductions
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Nice books and museums on/in Crete?

I am planning to go to the western part of Crete this summer and must admit I know very little of what happened there in WW2 (even though when...

Thread by: 8RB, Jan 28, 2018, 13 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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New Resource Topographic & Town/City Maps 2026.1

A list of links to Allied maps which are freely available on the internet from the 1939-45 era. The majority here were issued by the [British]...

Posted By: Richard Lewis, Jan 18, 2018 in category: Research Tools
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Books about the capture of General Kreipe

Ill Met By Moonlight (William Stanley Moss) is I suppose the most famous. My question is, what's the best one to read? There's also apparently...

Thread by: Chris C, Oct 21, 2017, 5 replies, in forum: Books, Films, TV, Radio
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WILLIAM CHARLES RALPH DEVLIN - Australian Ser No NX14167 - Murdered March 1945

Hi, Just browsing Australian Archives and looked at record for above described captured on Crete. Letters in file describe how Germans separated...

Thread by: Tullybrone, Sep 20, 2017, 13 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War
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Matildas on Crete (ATB 175)

[IMG] Just picked up this issue and it has a great article on British armour on Crete. During the battle for Crete, which lasted from May 20 to...

Thread by: Orwell1984, May 15, 2017, 3 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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Charles Harrison 106 Lt aa Reg

Hi, My great Uncle was killed at sea near Crete or so I was always told.My gran never knew much about what happened to Charlie and neither did his...

Thread by: Ian Hartwell, Dec 2, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med

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