Hello everyone! My grandfather served in the Queen’s Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, 2nd/5th territorial battalion in WW2. From the regiment...
Hello everyone! My grandfather served in the Queen’s Royal (West Surrey) Regiment - 2nd/5th battalion and received a mention in dispatches...
Hi all I am after info on any Spaniard who served in the British army during ww2 . We have a list of about 1,000 but ther may be gaps and...
Hi, I am trying to establish what happened to my Granddads brother who died on the 13th Sept 1944. His name was John Freason Kirby Army Number:...
I was having a brief chat with Frank (minden1759 ) and the topic of 99th LAA at 4th Cassino came up and I mentioned I have a paybook to a gent who...
My father's cousin was in the above regiment and I have all of his letters home, which I am slowly transcribing. I am puzzled: Called up...
[ATTACH] Hello, my grandfather Bill Leach(14499459) was in Normandy 1944. I know he was around the falaise pocket and took part in the attack on...
I wonder if anyone might recognise this chap? The the photo was probably taken c.1940-41, at which time he was a Captain. Wearing medal ribbons...
(Having trouble posting pictures on here, hopefully the files I mention are at the bottom of the post). I posted some time ago about a relative...
I have just discovered that 6099827 Lance Corporal George James Gatty, killed at Argenta Gap on 13 April 1945, was my relative, a cousin. This...
Hi I am interested in 6084366 Serjeant Ernest Edward Wray, 2nd The Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Casualty reports show him variously as...
Personal Number: 74596 Rank: Major Name: David Lanyon LLOYD OWEN, CB, DSO, OBE, MC Unit: Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) & Long Range Desert...
I'd be very grateful if any next of kin of Peter DAVIS, 1st SAS and Special Raiding Squadron (SRS), could get in touch with me. Best Skip
Personal Number: 281325 Army Number: 2656281 Rank: Warrant Officer Class II; Lieutenant Name: Charles George Gibson "Pat" Riley, DCM Unit:...
Can any one tell me about the West Surrey's (1/5th:1/6th:1/7th) prior to WW2 and their subsequent involvement in the BEF; Battle of France and...
Percy was killed in action on 12/3/45 and was initially buried in Asperden (10 km south of Kleve, Germany). Please could anyone advise where...
Hi, Could anyone help with any information regarding the regiments position, and how this man was killed on the 18.6.44? Many thanks Dave
Casualty Lieutenant CUFFE, PETER ALOYSIUS Service Number 324096 Died 02/04/1945 Aged 20 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Colonel James Aloysius...
Casualty Guardsman COLTON, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER Service Number 6096248 Died 01/08/1944 Aged 24 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Thomas and Sarah Colton,...
Hi, Just reading this article about former football manager Harry Redknapp and noted mention of his father being a POW - Harry Redknapp:...
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