Mishal Husain: My grandfather’s war [Video in link] This week marks the 75th anniversary of World War Two formally coming to an end. A crucial...
How a Belfast doctor used Irish to keep WW2 secrets [ATTACH] Dr Frank Murray was an Allied prisoner of war in a Japanese prison camp during...
I have just started reading this book by Stanley Aylett (1911 - 2003) who served as a surgeon throughout the war. A gritty, vivid account with...
Please excuse my ignorance of army matters - my usual area of research is Air Force related. Can anyone tell me the exact location of a military...
Hello, in a unit history of 3 FDS I read that they set up an S.T.C. in a location in Germany prior to the Rhine crossing in March 1945. I looked...
Hello, Does someone can help me out with info about this FDS te Oostmalle during the period september / october 1944 ? Perhaps some extra pictures...
I'm trying to build the evolution of the REME, RAOC, RASC and RAMC units of the British Infantry Division from September 1939 to May 1945. I...
Photographs taken by an RAF photographer, F/O. N.S. Clark (?) on the 5th June 1944 at Keevil airfield. CH13298: Operation TONGA. Short Stirling...
Hello, I'm a seasoned family historian with some experience of researching WW1 soldiers but none of WW2 soldiers. My teenage nieces have recently...
When I was younger I collected autographs of the veterans visiting Arnhem/Oosterbeek. In my small notebook I found the autograph of Jack Campbell,...
I have been given today a colour photocopy of some original insignia belonging to the grandfather of a friend. I am hoping to identify the ones I...
Hi, I'm researching my grandfather's war record (Staff Sargent REW Poole, 7521153) and having difficulty getting any detailed information. I have...
Personally, very thankful for his pollen count idea... Video in link "WATCH: Dr William Frankland: Japanese soldier about to bayonet me"...
Army Number: 7362709 Rank: Private Name: Edward Charles STURROCK, MM Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps attached Long Range Desert Group London...
Personal Number: 115755 Rank: Captain Name: Richard Pike LAWSON, MB, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps attached Long Range Desert Group...
Personal Number: 133658 Rank: Captain Name: Malcolm James PLEYDELL, MC Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1 SAS London Gazette : 25 June...
Hi all, I'm researching some family history for a friend. I have a subscription on Ancestry, but can't find the records I'm looking for. He...
Experiences of a Battle Casualty at El Alamein By Capt. J. C. Bishop, M.C., RAMC THESE notes are written in the hope that they may be an...
In his book Western Desert 1941 Pitt is very damning of certain special forces that sprang up. He singles out raids code named Rookery, Nook and...
Casualty Guardsman MELHUISH, SIDNEY CHARLES Service Number 2733579 Died 05/03/1941 Aged 28 Welsh Guards Son of Mrs Nellie Murphy (remarried) and...
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