I just received my father's WW2 record. Dad and a friend – and hundreds of other men - enlisted in the TA in July 1939 as a Sapper and motor...
I have just received my father-in-law's army service record and I am having trouble translating some of the abbreviations etc. I wondered if...
Hi all, Before my uncle was posted to 38 Squadron he served with 21 Operational Training Unit. First of all, does anyone have a copy of the ORB...
Hello all, I am hoping for some help with finding out more about my grandfather Raymond Michael McDermott's time in England, where he trained as...
I have a chap who is remembered on Cockermouth War Memorial and am intrigued of how he was in Canada and also of how he died if anyone can assist...
WILEY, CHARLES GORDON Rank: Flight Sergeant Trade: Pilot Service No: R/78721 Date of Death: 18/03/1942 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian...
TNA Catalogue Reference: WO 171/1250 Description: 1 Coldstream Guards (Armoured Battalion) Date: 1944 Jan.- Dec.
I've read this on a couple of sites today and just wondered if anyone could provide coroboration. Or is it a number plucked out of thin air?...
My sister in law recently forwarded some newly found photos of my father-in-law from his flight training at #6 Service Flying Training School in...
Can anybody advise me which OCTUs were responsible for training Machine Gun Officers? They may be referred to as Support Weapons OCTUs. I have...
I am researching the life of one Henry Courtney Brocklehurst. He ended WW1 as an army captain, and resigned his commission in 1919. In 1940 he...
Does anyone have photographs of No.15 Elementary Flying Training School, Kingstown Aerodrome, Carlisle circa September and October 1942? I would...
Are there any or many pictures of the place when it was being used by the Airborne Community in WW2. I pass it quite a lot on the M1 and its not...
Rummaging through my in-laws squirrel hoard of WW2 pictures I discovered these photos of the Duke of Kent at the RAF's No. 32 Service Flying...
I have a particular interest in non-standard, substitute, and captured weapons and equipment used by British forces (including colonial and...
(or units he served at) Ramsay Marsh, known as Randy. My late mother told me that he was a Flight Lieutenant the only documentary evidence that I...
Westland Lysander V9666 from 10 AGS crashed into the sea near Fleetwood, Lancashire after possibly clipping the mast of a ship (?) in foul weather...
I’d be very grateful if anyone can help me with my Grandfather Henry Dance RA history as I’m no expert on this. I would really like to paint my...
Anyone with any info on this unit. Personalities involved and dates of opening and closing? My late dad was a Sgt Instructor with them late 1940-41.
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