Hi can anybody tell me if any of the allied forces used LVTs on D day I dont think the british did but I was wondering whether any of the other...
Roy Martin submitted a new resource: Press reports from Merchant Ships involved in the D-Day Landings - D-Day press reports These are abstracts...
My name is Lawrence. I am a researcher who is currently researching the Battle of Breville-les-Monts in June 1944, and specifically the British...
Hello, I'm just searching some informations about 17-pounder AT gun use in Sword Beach area during the D-day. I read an article who says that...
Hello all. Does anyone know where I could view this book by RA (Tony) Leake. It was written in 1994 according to the IWM. Many thanks. THE...
In doing my research I have come across quite different "facts" about H-Hour, tides, wind speed and beach conditions on JIG. I wonder if the...
I've recently been looking in to my Grandfather's service record, who served as a signaller aboard LCT 864 in the British Navy from 1943 until the...
A further 61 cargo ships were assigned and loaded for Normandy, but were not dispatched until after the official end of Operation Neptune - 30...
Another chapter from my book Ebb and Flow
Personal Number: 99246 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Iain Arthur MURRAY, DSO* Unit: Grenadier Guards ; Glider Pilot Regiment London Gazette :...
Personal Number: 72223 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Philip Anthony WELLESLEY-COLLEY Unit: Royal Artillery & 4 Commando London Gazette : 22 June 1937...
I am searching for Information on behalf of the family of a D- Day casualty, Due to covid restrictions i am unable to visit local archives to...
William John Martin was born in 1918 in the village of Loddiswell, Devon where he was known as ‘John’ and worked as a butcher. Gunner Martin...
Dad was a member of the above on D-Day landing on Juno beach. He said the vehicles they used were identified by a white number 36 on a blue...
My father was a member of 234 Company, Royal Engineers and landed on Juno beach in the early hours of D-Day. The ship which carried them over the...
Hi, I was asked by a member (Mark Abbott) on "17 Field Company Royal Engineers" to start this thread. On "17 Field Company Royal Engineers" a...
Forum member, Mel Jnr ( ‘a well camel’ ), has asked me to pass on the very sad news that Mel Snr passed away a little after 8.30 pm on Wednesday...
Curiosity question. I know we had DD Shermans, but the second wave for 6 CAR and 10 CAR. The Shermans that were to land on the beach, did they...
Hello All, hope you are keeping healthy and safe. I'm looking for any information on a William Coutt, born 27th May 1917 and I believe he served...
Hello, Whilst researching family history I've come across a relative who died on D-Day and is commemorated at the Bayeux Memorial. Records I've...
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