I am currently researching my Fathers WW2 sevice. He was a career soldier and joined up in 1936, he served in the 4th Royal Tank Regiment and was...
Hello everyone, I have already posted this on an old thread but now think it would be better on its own. I am investigating the deaths of...
Hi All, I've just found out a relative, Flt Lt Phillip Alexander Woodger, was shot down and captured and put into Stalag Luft III, I'm not sure...
Casualty Lance Corporal CAHILL, THOMAS J. Service Number 2717981 Died 05/09/1940 Aged 27 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of William and Anna Cahill, of...
Hello Everyone. I am new to the forum and am looking for some advice if possible. I have been researching my Uncle who was a POW in WWll. I...
A list of Tags relating to Prisoners of War, Prisoners of War Camps: fepows | WW2Talk prisoners of war | WW2Talk prisoners of war - ephemera |...
‘A Boys Own Adventure’ doesn’t even come close to describing Leslie Young’s war. Nicely retold by his son, Nicholas, this memoir ticks all the...
I am currently researching my Dad's cousin, William Ernest Bowden Miller, who, at the time of Dunkirk was 6142501 Private W. E. Miller of the...
Sgt. Westwater died on the 15th April 1944 aged 25 and is buried in Sangro War Cemetery, Italy. His concentration form shows that his body was...
https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_wFXLO_2019-05-07/dat What a man, what a hero! RIP Leslie. Stefan.
Hello everybody, I am trying to find out who a certain W. Piteforth was. He is recorded as having joined a group of partisans who operated in...
Can anyone help me please? On behalf of the family I'm trying to trace 2 nd Lt Adrian Redman Collingwood's (Army number- 97659) early army...
A number of individuals escaped from Singapore either just before or when it fell. Did they routinely complete 'escape reports' and if so are...
A story, which I hope may be of interest to others. It was the greatest escape of World War II, led by an Australian - and you’ve most likely...
I am hoping to get help with some information regarding Lt.Col. George Hew Fanshawe, who was O.C. The Queen’s Bays, from 2 November 1939 until 7...
I'm new to this so all help (and patience) appreciated! My grandfather was L/cpl Alexander Wilson 293226, of Clydebank, Glasgow. Recruited into...
I am trying to track down more information on my father's evasion over the Pyrenees. He was shot down over Rennes in Aug 1943 and with the help...
I have recently purchased a nice Ww2 clothes brush for my collection and notice it has a number scratched into it. It has a removable top panel...
Hi all Hoping someone may be able to throw some light on this. Attached is the escape report of John Myers. I have been asked about the...
James Carrington not only escaped from Manila's prison, but he took the war back to the Japanese....
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