Does anybody know the circumstances over the loss of a Valentine called "Ben Hur" in Tunisia? I know it happened early in the campaign, probably...
ME 54 was the parachute container packing plant at Brindisi, operated by SOE as Force 133 (266, 399) and the US OSS from early 1944. I am looking...
I'll put this down very simply: Was General Wingate a military genius, the worthy creator and leader of such legendary outfits as Gideon Force...
I have came across a reference to No 2 Burma Commando operating as part of Force Viper in Burma in February onwards 1942, under the command of Col...
I wonder if anyone out there can help me? I am trying to trace what happened to my grandfather, L/Sgt John 'Jack' Lawson and his unit, 7th Bn...
Off-forum discussions have highlighted the fact that there seems to be no surviving record of the AoS markings allocated at Army level during 1939...
[IMG] (From Indian Army Historical Section Report on Force E - 1947) Captain D.A.Trout MC 3/2 Punjabs led a reconnaissance patrol towards the...
Hello all. Can anyone help with a reference for the WD for No.4 Independent Company in 1940 (the Norway campaign). I thought it would be part of...
I have recently received a copy of my grandfather's service record and from what we understood he was there during the Sicily Invasion - ahead of...
I've just read this in Colin Smith's England's Last War With France on page 174. Regarding the 1st Bn Essex Regt when the author is discribing the...
Tomforce Makes me realise how little I know of the fighting around Singapore, other than the first chapter of PoW themed books & the odd bit of...
I want to find details of my dad's WW2 service. I don't know his service no; however, I do know his leaving rank (CSM), his regiment (Royal West...
I am conducting some personal research into British preperations to counter a German Invasion. Although there appears to be considerable...
From 5 AGRA War Diaries. Any info on "BERLIN FORCE" Cheers Rob. [IMG]
Any body know what Operation Stepmother was? Swampster very kindly sent me a photograph of Sidney George Roberts DLI along with another of his...
Hi, I'm reading a book called 'Lost voices of the Royal Air Force' it's the usual thing memories of different conflicts. I was reading about...
Blade and Hart Forces I have been reading about these 2 forces and am curious about them. Cheers Paul
I'm looking for information on the garrison of Arras in 1940 and in particular any reference to the 9th West Yorkshires. They were a veterans unit...
My late father was a POW during WW2, having been captured in June 1940. He talked about being in a Davie's Battalion and i used to think he was...
My brother-in-law's father served in this regiment from just after 1st El Alamein and was the Adjutant when the regiment passed into suspended...
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