Hi all, Out of sheer random interest I applied for the MOD records for Lt Colonel Gooch and very recently received them. They've blacked out some...
Hi all, I am looking at the service record of a Grenadier Guardsman. He attended a month's course between 8 Jan and 4 Feb 1942 at D Ro's School,...
Personal Number: 5520 Rank: Colonel Name: Geoffrey FIELDEN, OBE, MiD Unit: 7 Hussars London Gazette : 15 December 1917...
Hi all, during WW2, how were soldiers already serving in infantry battalions given formal trained on the smaller crew served weapons, ie Boys...
Hi all, If you have a minute I would love to chat about Grandads war. By the time war was declared, my Grandfather already had 17 years service...
Hello there, Hoping someone may be able to assist with any suggestions regarding some details on a copy of a page from my late grandfather's army...
Hi all. Been trying to decipher a R.A.F. service record for an air gunner. It states he is sent to No.14 Initial Training Wing at Bridlington,...
Hello All, I have just received my grandfathers service records. I was always told he was in the commandos and that he had to retreat from the...
I've come across the unit 'DMT school, RAF Secunderabad', anyone any ideas what it was / did ? Thanks, Mac.
Hi all. Does anyone know which archive holds the files for the Senior Officers School? SOS was run out of Sheerness during the interwar/early war...
Personal Number: 6491 Rank: Major-General Name: Christopher Geoffrey WOOLNER, CB, MC**, MiD* Unit: Royal Engineers London Gazette : 21 January...
Personal Number: 1335 Rank: Brigadier Name: Arthur John CLIFTON, OBE, MiD Unit: Durham Light Infantry ; Machine Gun Corps ; Royal Tank Corps...
Army No. Regiment. Rank. Name. Other name. Date Commissioned. Notes Seated. A/Captain .Wilson. A C 186401. Royal Engineers. 2nd Lieut....
Does anyone have any information on the Army Gas School? My father’s records show that he attended the “No 9 (G) Gas Course” there in January 1943...
I have posted this under 'General' because I don't know what this was and can find no references to it! Can anyone shed any light on it? I have...
Hi, My Grandfather spent 2 years of the war (43-45) teaching as an instructor in the Infantry Training School in Saugor (India) I have plenty of...
Evening all, Does anyone have details of British parachute training in North Africa, specifically September 1943? I'm looking to see if there's...
Could someone tell me what is a SAS Natheravon course on army records
Extracts from Bush Warfare School war diary 1942 - WO 172/1453
A place for some links and pictures etc. Links THE GUNNERY SCHOOL 100 Years of Firing At Lulworth Training Area - Inside DIO Lulworth Camp -...
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