Source: WO171/2792 - War Diary of 17 Vehicle Company, RAOC 20 August 1944 Receipts: “A” 258; “B” 471; M/Cs 188. Issues: “A” 354; “B” 391; M/Cs...
This is a link to the video I shot of my father Harold Pitt recounting his experiences as a POW at Bau und Arbeits Battalion 21 (BAB 21)...
I thought members might be interested to read more about this bloody battle of 6 April 1943, the anniversary of which is coming up next month....
Hi I posted this on WW2f but thought it might be of interest here: “We had uneventful train journey to Nagasaki and then we saw the result of...
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 217/3 Private War Diaries of Various Army Personnel, Second World War, British Expeditionary Force Scope and...
Hello! I'm a student in liverpool and I'm currently putting together a publication that collects unrecorded histories form the second world...
Wilf Shaw, of Oldham, has been in touch and provided me with a bucketful of war photos and memories. He was at Alamein, Tobruk, Wadi Akarit,...
Background: This diary has come to light in a small village in Italy called Vallerano - My son, an English teacher in the local area, was shown...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ]In June 2010, I visited the site of the battles in Lillehammer and Tretten where 148 (North...
17697 Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Livingston TIMPSON, MiD, 1 Queen Victoria's Rifles WO 217/4 Context: Private War Diaries of Various Army...
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 217/2 Context: Private War Diaries of Various Army Personnel, Second World War, British Expeditionary Force Scope and...
TNA Catalogue Reference: CAB 106/240 Context: War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Historical Section: Archivist and Librarian Files: (AL Series), WAR...
Just to let people know I have a had a whole load more photos and stories from 91 year old Wilf which have been posted on the web site. There are...
I thought members might be interested in the following extract from my Dad's war memoirs about the bloody battle of Wadi Akarit which he was in...
One of the penalties of reaching a certain age is the unavoidable fact that along the way one suffers the loss of both family members and...
TNA Catalogue Reference: CAB 106/230 Scope and content: Report on the defence and evacuation of Boulogne by 20th Guards Brigade, 1940 May 21-23,...
This was the introduction that Arthur Heal RE. C de G allowed me to use, as an introduction to the book I wrote and produced for family and close...
Transcribed from LiveLeak.com - Part 1 of 3 "Dunkirk The Soldiers story." Just Veterans telling There Story. LiveLeak.com - Part 2 of 3 "Dunkirk...
These recollections are from talks with my father and are bookends so to speak. Hope they are informative. The italics are mine as is the *....
This was my Great Uncle Ronald Bennett. Pg 1 On the 15th June 1943 I set out from Holt, Norfolk for Liverpool. Everyone was in good spirits,...
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