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...
infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by large British naval and Allied air force contingents. The objective was to seize and hold a...
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...
Attached is a very rare photograph of a Mk1 LCT (Tank Landing Craft) also known as an 'A-lighter'. The photo is reputed to have been taken on a...
As part of ongoing research into the Mk1 LCTs (A lighters) lost during the evacuation of Greece, in April 1941, an anomoly has cropped up. We...
Remembering today: James Simpson Able Seaman C/SSX32298 Royal NAvy, HMLCT 326 Died: 2/2/1943 Commemorated: Chatham Memorial Son of David and...
I have for some time been helping an Australian archaeologist, Mike Bendon, in his researches into two WW2 LCT wrecks he has located in Crete. I...
Royal Navy War Grave Photos for reference. Please post Thank you
An interesting comment from a fellow LCT researcher: 'Found a ref to there being prototype landing craft with brow ramps that were capable of...
Hello All, Some of you may have seen previous posts and requests for information in supprts of a scuba diving project I have been running...
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