During a trip across the water last June I managed to visit and take photos of all RUR related headstones (both 1st and 2nd Battalion) at the...
It's taken a while, but I've finally managed to scan and upload an original copy of Quis Separabit from November 1944..... Includes a lot of...
Hi I was wondering whether anyone can identify what the badges on my dad's uniform signifies, in particular the "Triangle" emblem? He was in 2...
Evening all My dad transferred to 2RUR at the beginning of 1943 (hence 2RUR blog creation) and became "Camp Commandant" of 9th Infantry Brigade...
Hi, my grandfather Lt HDD O'Neill joined up in 1940 and served with various LAA Regt's until Joining 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles in Jan 1944...
I recently acquired a book called "The London Irish at War" which I presume a lot of you would be familiar with. But inside the book I...
Gents, ladies, An appeal for some information. In the list of PoWs, would anyone be able to turn up details of Rifleman William Edward Baybutt,...
WW2 hero's encounter with 'Nazi criminal' [ATTACH] World War Two hero Hugh Maguire, from County Fermanagh, will be buried on Thursday. The...
Rifleman JAFRATO, DOMINIC Service Number 14548686 Died 02/03/1944 Aged 19 1st Bn. The London Irish Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles Son of Joseph...
Rifleman WHITE, HAROLD EDWARD Service Number 5674611 Died 01/12/1944 Aged 25 2nd Bn. The London Irish Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles Son of Edwin...
In Alan Cooper’s book Wot! No Engines F/Sgt. John Crane, an RAF Glider pilot, identifies himself as the man on the left of the Hamminkeln sign...
Has anyone tied up the CNs/crews/loads for 1 RURs lift on the evening of 6/6/44? If not, where's a good place to start looking? MAF, IWM?
On Paradata the photograph of the 16th July 1944 investiture held in L'Ecarde Quarry, Amfreville for Commandos and the 6th Airborne Division have...
WARE, FRANK JOHN Rank: Rifleman Service No: 7017670 Date of Death: 29/01/1943 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal Ulster Rifles 2nd Bn. The London...
I've been working on an OCR application to transcribe Overlord/WW2 documents from the UK National Archives, I've started uploading my progress so...
Hello Gentlemen, One question, I was wondering if any of you might have the correspondence of colored stripes on the battledress straps of the 2nd...
Casualty Guardsman MOORE, WILLIAM GILL Service Number 7020985 Died 17/09/1944 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Buried at VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY Location:...
Casualty Guardsman WALKER, ISAAC LILLY Service Number 7019405 Died 28/04/1943 Aged 21 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Isaac and Annie Walker, of...
Hi, I've found some photos of my grandas uncles with his service number on the back, the photos say Royal Ulster Rifles, but when I put the...
[ATTACH] http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/Photos/Pic_UlsterJeep.htm Hi This is my 1st posting. It was my dad, Kenneth Brierley who wrote...
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