My father on his tape tells the following; The procedure of course was to call for volunteer officers to staff it, the madder the better, and one...
The Battalion moved near there in April 1942, giving up their comfortable quarters for tents. My father was OC D Company and the Battalion...
My father wrote that the Battalion arrived in Bangalore from Bombay around May 1941 and after he had been in Deolali. He and several other...
In around May 1941, my father was posted to B Company in Deolali where a Major Miller was the CO and where there must have been a hospital for...
Summary of manpower requirements for British Army personnel in India and South East Asia Commands as at 1st February 1945
We said farewell to Colonel John Llewellyn Waddy OBE today, who recently passed away at the age of 100 years old. Members of the 4th Battalion,...
I'll use this thread to upload dozens of military family photos over the next week or so. (Having trouble uploading them due to large file size)...
I'd be interested to learn more about the actions involving 2nd Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment at Imphal and Burma campaign 1944-45. Any...
This post is dedicated to these 3 men, who served with the 1st and 8th Bengal Civil Pioneer Force during WW2, and who all found their' final...
Can anyone please tell me which Brigade and Division the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment were allocated to after the Chindits disbanded? I...
Reeta Chakrabarti: My Forgotten Army family ties [Video in link] One of the defining and longest campaigns of World War Two, in the East, was...
Mishal Husain: My grandfather’s war [Video in link] This week marks the 75th anniversary of World War Two formally coming to an end. A crucial...
What an incredible site and such a wealth of knowledge. I am hoping someone can help me with information about my father’s WWII experience....
How a Belfast doctor used Irish to keep WW2 secrets [ATTACH] Dr Frank Murray was an Allied prisoner of war in a Japanese prison camp during...
It might seem like a dumb question, but I'm new to military research. I'm trying to collate information on my father's war service. I have not...
Bournemouth Local History facebook page have been posting photos of the above.They come from a collection deposited in Bournemouth Library...
Hello my name is Luke Sowieralski Geoffrey Alfred Robert Sterry’s cousin what would the charge be to do a research of him his in information.......
Hello all This is my first post to the forum. I hope that somebody might be able to assist. I recently received a copy of my late grandfather's...
Hello, I'm new to this forum, but have been interested in military history (in particular the second world war) for decades. Now that I've retired...
Hi. I'm researching my Grandad and G. Grandad. A family member sent me this photo. Could anybody advise if this is WW1 or WW2 please? Thank you....
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