I am visiting Normandy in April with some friend to tour the area where Operation Epsom took place south west of Caen. I am researching the...
Major Chandos Blair, Bar to MC 7th Bn Seaforth Highlanders (85689) Major Charles Blair was in command of the ground advance during the advance...
Hello from France! I'm pleased to introduce you to my new project, following my book "Till Victory" about World War II letters. It's a 70...
Did a presentation earlier this week for WW2TV. So, for those interested in the 8th Rifle Brigade in Normandy and in Operations Epsom, Goodwood...
I'm after some help please, regards the start line of 6 RSF in Operation Epsom. I have 'Operation Epsom - Over the Battlefield by Ian Dalglish'...
This thread is dedicated to the British 11th Armoured Division. I've set it up so people who were in the Division, their relatives and anyone else...
Hello all, My name is Lloyd Scott, I am a Battlefield Historian and guide working in Normandy, France. I am currently working on a project that...
Is there anyone here you can help me please ? i would like to know if someone has war diaries of 11th armoured division during EPSOM and GOODWOOD...
Hi, Max Hastings (Overlord, pp.169-170) quotes excerpts from an interview (July '83) with 'Major Charles Richardson of 6th KSOB [who] came out of...
Hi, I have been researching my father’s service in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Before his death in 93, we traveled together from the...
Hello, I am wondering if anyone might be able to shed some light on the tac signs seen on the Carrier Plt of the 9th Cameronians for OP Epsom....
I have used the search function but have come up empty. Does anyone know the TO&E of the 161st Anti-Tank 17Pdr Squadron? Did they have the M10 or...
Hello, We are looking for the appendix referenced in the 15th war diary that contains the plans and orders for Operation Epsom specifically the...
Are there any obscure accounts of the Unit and its dash to the ODON during EPSOM? I have all the 11th AD books and EPSOM accounts but they are not...
For anyone interested in the 8th Rifle Brigade and their campaign, from 13 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany:...
After 6 years of preparation it is finally finished: the illustrated autobiography of Don Gillate, an 8th Rifle Brigade and 11th Armoured Division...
Here is another map. This time showing the field artillery positions supporting Operation Epsom. Grateful for comments and corrections.
Update: 8th Royal Scots movements during the Normandy Campaign (June through August) have be updated in the Battle of Normandy animation here...
Fontenay-le-Pesnel I have some threads associated with things near this, but not Fontenay exclusively so work in progress for some events and...
Dear reader, For an illustrated book on the memoirs of Don Gillate I am looking for any material I can use as illustrations. Don was a Rifleman...
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