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...
Some years ago,I posted about a dangerous journey made by a friend ,Arthur Fairchild in LCT489 (Mk3) when he was a young telegraphist in the R.N....
Good Morning My father, Acting Sub Lt George Geoffery Page was 2IC on board LCT 602 during the Walcheren landings during October 1944. He joined...
Interested in RAF Bomb Disposal casualties around D-Day and was looking for background info concerning the following: - [img] I believe LCT 1025...
Hi all, LCT 7074 is an ex Royal Navy Landing Craft Tank Mk III, built in 1944 and which saw service at Normandy and through the rest of the war....
I've recently come across the following doing my podcast and thought it ought to be placed in the forum. I've got a stack more material which I...
Dutch officers and Captain Edward Joseph Speelman Advance party of the Princess Irene Brigade, Normandy beach, August 1944, they stand in front...
Does anyone have a list of which LCTs landed at Gold Beach? My father was the skipper of LCT 737. I'm pretty sure he went into Gold Beach. He also...
Hi all, I have a bit of an unusual query about LCT Mk IVs at Normandy and what might be a pair of additions made to the vessels in the run up to...
I'm planning on building the Tamiya model of the RMASG Centaur (my father's tank) and I have a few questions, which I hope that some kind and...
Here is a map showing British Artillery deployment on D day. Comments very welcome. Spot the errors and I'll by you a virtual beer! (Redeemable...
Hello All Can someone help please. I'm researching a local man AB Frederick K Harris RN who according to his service record served aboard the...
Hello I'm looking for any info on lct 711. Have been told it was in assault group G3, u lct squadron. On d day Any information about any of its...
Today the 1st November i would like to remember, CAPTAIN JOHN HOLLAND SAUNDERS. 228040, 80 Assault Sqaudron, Royal Engineers. Who died age 24. On...
I recall seeing on this wonderful forum of a photo, presumably a German photo taken from the cliffs south of Dunkirk, which had been annotated...
The Forgotten Flotilla The Craft of Heroes Greece, Crete & North Africa – 1941 This new book, printed in Australia in May 2014, is now...
Good afternoon This is my first posting to the Forums and I am relatively new to military research so i'm hoping the group may be able to assist...
This story was recently discovered during research into the Mk1 LCTs operating in the Mediterranean in 1941. Unfortunately the author, Jack...
Hi folks, I'm Glen and completely new to forums of any kind so apologies if I get this wrong - your guidance would be appreciated! I'm...
I see that the tug Empire Folk was ordered to take the disabled LCT 413 to Normandy. She arrived with her tow on D-Day (time unknown), probably...
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