Hello I recently found this badge (in bakelite) marked MCC. I found it nearby Dunkirk together with some radio stuff and personal items, it was...
Hello guys I need your help with this badge. It was found in a field near Dunkirk. Some khaki paint is left on it. It must be from a Bedford...
HI, My Grandfather was in the Royal artillery (1st Heavy regiment, 28th Battery) and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. I would like to know...
Hello guys Yesterday I had the permission to clean up a farm in Northern France I've found several military items such as this unknown case with...
My wife's grandfather, John Rollinson service number 7600895, was an army cook during WW2. He attested for service on 12/7/39 with the 55th West...
Hello everyone, I used this forum briefly 6 years ago when researching my Grandfather and just came across it again! As you may or may not be...
Hi am new to this forum, have just obtained my grandfather's service records from the MOD but am having trouble interpreting them. From what I can...
As a remembrance project i am trying to compile Major Bill Fraser's War Diary. Whilst still a work in progress i will share all i have in the hope...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02prmgr More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of...
Hello guys, I am currently researching 2 relatives who served in WW2. One, Robert Jellyman, served with the 1st Royal Fusiliers in Italy, and...
The reels of black and white footage capture key moments during Operation Dynamo, the rescue from Dunkirk of over 300,000 British and allied...
Can anyone tell me why my grandfather was `posted 4 BEF` on 30/5/40, then `posted on BEF` 13/6/40, when he was in France from September 1939 to...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dunkirk/14300.shtml BBC Television Service First broadcast: 13 November 1956 Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds...
I would like to draw forum members' attention to some new pages on my web site. A relative of Captain Tom Woods has sent me various papers,...
I have re commenced researching my Grandad's time with 366 Battery 'C' Troop 140 Field Regiment in France, Belgium and being one of the last to...
Sad to learn earlier from our friend, Niall Cherry of the passing yesterday of Major Tony Hibbert MBE M.C, Brigade Major of the 1st Parachute...
I keep looking at the map below and just wonder if Rundstedt had prepared better on 27th May whether the Wehrmacht could have cut off the bulk of...
I have my granddad's army record. I am hoping to get some help interpreting a small part of it. William Harry Jones 812378 He joined up in 31 to...
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