There are a few IWM photo series, such as, for example... H13033 - Valentines on a North Country Moor, taken around 25/26d8m1941...in "the Whitby...
Have a very specific question regarding the tanks 50th RTR had used in that engagement. Multiple sources site that there were 8 tanks in the unit...
As always if anyone can see any errors or can add anything please let me know. Cheers Kevin
Saw this recently on flickr: 6th November 1941 - Helmsley, Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, England. [IMG] With the caption: "6th November 1941 -...
Hello, new member here, A friend of mine just shared me some photos of early model Valentine tanks in Gibraltar. One has a distinguishable...
Here's another historical snippet I ran across. I posted it on my blog, but I thought I'd repost the text here. The Military Cross was given to...
Hi all, I was watching videos yesterday of the British testing of German armour at the Henschel testing grounds near Paderborn on July 4 1945,...
THE 8TH ARMOURED BRIGADE ENTRAINS AT NEWMARKET TO TRANSFER TO ITS PRE-INVASION ASSEMBLY AREA IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND (PART 3) [Allocated Title] THE...
I know very little about the Valentine but I do have access and permission to share digital images from two Vickers Works albums of photographs....
Hi all, I know I would probably get more responses asking on a Canadian forum, but canadaatwar.ca seems to have gone down again, sadly, so I'm...
A Valentine Tank which had the number T67003 painted on forward turret sides with “T123358” having previously been painted on left turret side is...
Hello Didn't find a mention on this excellent little book on the Valentine Tank here, so I put a link to my short year old review here. Valentine...
Reading Stephen Hamilton's 50th Royal Tank Regiment: A complete history and came across the interesting story of the first Valentine IX 6pdrs and...
Does anyone know what model of Valentines were the first ones shipped to the USSR? I'm guessing, since it took so long for Canada to get up and...
Hi all, Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place... For a little while I've been trying to find information in the Canadian archives about...
Hi all, The following image is from the section on Canadian-made Valentine tanks in Design Record, Canadian-Developed Military Vehicles, World...
I recently visited the Canadian Military Museum in Ottawa. It has a very good collection of armored vehicles, most of which are in running...
Hello all, I am trying to research my grandfathers war record and unit, he had a photograph of himself in uniform just prior to posting abroad....
In his diary for Sept 1944 , my father, a fitter in 3rd King's Own Hussars wrote: '1,2 September 1944 It is now evident what our special training...
Guys, I'm trying to find out more about this little number tucked away in the turrets of most British tanks - it fired through the mantlet on...
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