Filey Ranges Some Links... http://ww2talk.com/index.php?search/10293712/&q=Filey&o=relevance filey pillboxes - Google Search...
Spaunton Ranges These are mentioned a few times in the war diaries, 24th Lancers and various others, albeit I haven't yet seen much otherwise...
From Imperial War Museum Collection H 407 - 00/11/1939 H 2135 - 08/07/1940 H 2136 - 08/07/1940 H 2137 - 08/07/1940 H 2138 - 08/07/1940 H 2139 -...
From Imperial War Museum collections.
I know that this forum addresses mainly WW2 British and Commonwealth topics but I found this book quite intriguing. It shows the inner life of a...
The attached is taken from a Canadian Army document issued by the Chief of Staff on 10 May 1944, which is a recommendation to see and retain the...
How long was training for soldiers in commonwealth nations like Australia, Canada and colonies like India?
All I know about this photograph is that it was a part of a WAAF training exercise, taken in Britain 1943. If anyone has any information at all...
Dear all - my father's wartime RAMC records mention that 2 months after he joined he went on a 10-day 'Messing Officers Course 626' - what does...
Personal Number: 240633 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Kenneth Coleridge BOLES Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 14 August 1942...
I asked this question on a more specific basis a few months ago, and am compelled to revisit the subject more generally. It turns out that the...
My grandad was a barge engineer in an IWT (inland Water Transport), Royal Engineers in 1944 and 1945 in UK/Europe then Burma, (Prior he was in...
One of the sources of information on the RA listed over on Nigel Evans' mammoth site are the series of "Artillery Training" pamphlets; Useful...
What was Pinefield Camp, Elgin used for March to May 1944
George F. Collier enlisted in the RAFVR May 1941 as an AC 2nd. class/Aircraft hand/ Observer. He was mobilised on the 11th August 1941. 4 months...
Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day First published in the UK by Routledge 2000. This edition: 20 Jan 2016 -...
....or so I'm assuming. Grandad wote these in the back of a small pocket diary for 1942 - they look like some of the places where he trained,...
Theres a good few RaF course photographs on this guys Flickr account ( I have used his Guards photographs previously)...
I'm looking for references that provide as detailed a history of the training of British Army officers during the course of the Second World War...
I am researching my grandfather's service during WW2 (and this website is invaluable). He fought from Normandy to Germany as a Bren Gunner with...
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