Hello, I am new to the site (and military history!) but I am researching my family tree. My grampa told me little bits here and there about the...
Sgt. Westwater died on the 15th April 1944 aged 25 and is buried in Sangro War Cemetery, Italy. His concentration form shows that his body was...
Hi everyone I’m looking for a bit more information, possibly photographs, of my great grandfather. Harry Wesley Wright 9 coast regiment, Royal...
Can anyone tell me what unit/s of the Royal Artillery was/were on the island of Cos in 1943. I found reference to a captured RA major and would...
Hi Everyone, I have found in the Chester Chronicle dated 19th February 1944 that Gunner R. JONES,R.A., who's wife Mrs. R. JONES of Chapel Row had...
My dad was in Battery 282, initially stationed in Enfield and then in 1941 posted to North Africa. He was captured in June 1942 and ended up in...
Hi, I am trying to understand an entry on this POW service record, which in turn may help with understanding the route he took home from Manila....
I recently came across this photo of my Grandad Sgt Albert Selby (bottom left) who served with the 31st Fld Rgt in North Africa before being...
I am currently researching my great-grandfather Gunner Ronald Bertie Bones. He served in the Royal Artillery before the war joining in 1927 at the...
Hi everyone :) We are looking into a personal family mystery, that I can't go into, but it involves a man called Percy Leonard Gee (junior) We...
Morning all, Currently in the process of ordering service records for 2 relatives who were both POW's. I wondered if anyone could point me in...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi guys I received this a couple of weeks ago for my great uncle Stanley Conway I really did take some finding this is one of 2...
How a Shropshire farmer trekked 1,500 miles after being capture in Hong Kong
Hi everyone I have been researching my grand uncle Stanley Conway he was involved in ww2 and I am really confused by the terminology with the...
Remembering Today Casualty Gunner MEADE, FRANCIS PENROSE Service Number 1629496 Died 07/12/1943 5 Searchlight Regt., Royal Artillery Son of...
Remembering Today Casualty Gunner TOMES, JOHN Service Number 779800 Died 07/10/1944 Aged 34 15 Coast Regt., Royal Artillery Buried or...
Army Number: 2723037 Rank: Guardsman Name: J O DINSMORE Unit: Irish Guards Theatre: POW Number: Date of Capture: Place of Capture: Camp: Stalag...
Does anyone know the above initials relating to P.O.W. records have found some records with the abive initials that are printed above the men's...
Remembering Today Able Seaman Edgar Ernest Ashdown | War Casualty Details 2733600 | CWGC Able Seaman ASHDOWN, EDGAR ERNEST Service Number...
Hi. I have recently received my grandfather's service record. He was shipped to France January 1940, transferred to 221 battery whilst there, and...
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