Hi there, i am looking for any info on my grandfather, who served in 3rd Hussars from end of May 42 to 2nd November (KIA). He was a tank driver...
On ANZAC day this year (25/04/24) I will be publishing free online a top-and-tailed transcription of the personal WW2 North African campaign...
Hi, in the early part of the War in the Western Desert how did units get petrol to the fighting units facing the Italians and Germans from April...
Personal Number: 21467 Rank: Colonel Name: Thomas Cecil Arthur CLARKE, OBE, DSO, MiD* Unit: Leicestershire Regiment ; Royal Tank Corps ; Royal...
Personal Number: 45004 Rank: Brigadier Name: George Clifford WEBB, CBE, DSO, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 31 January 1930...
Personal Number: 49798 Rank: Major-General Name: Ronald Frederick King BELCHEM, CB, CBE, DSO, MiD*** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette :...
Personal Number: 37779 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Aleck Rodney MARTIN, OBE, TD, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 24 June 1943...
Personal Number: 73199 Rank: General Name: Sir Richard Erskine WARD, GBE, KCB, DSO*, MC, MiD*** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 27...
[ATTACH] My wife’s cousin has come across this photograph amongst her late dad’s belongings. All we know is that he took it in the desert, I...
Other than saying hello, this is my first post, so I apologise if it's lengthy or if there may be too many questions to answer to a single post. I...
Lads, as the next step in my reading tour of WW2 and points beyond, I am about to undergo the Gazala Gallop, and accordingly, I would like to ask...
Date of Enlistment: 13 June 1940 Army Number: 7910965 Rank: Trooper Name: James BARKER Unit: 44 Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Date of Birth: 7...
My Uncle was involved in Operation Crusader in the Western Desert and was in the 2nd Echelon, which I believe, but would like to know for sure,...
Army Number: 549009 Rank: Serjeant Name: William McMASTER, MiD Unit: 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars London Gazette : 1 April 1941...
Army Number: 3597824 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: John Robert YOUNG Unit: Border Regiment ; 3 Coldstream Guards Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1918 Place of...
Personal Number: 53935 Rank: Major Name: Guy William Going THRELFALL, MC, MiD Unit: 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars London Gazette : 18 October...
Personal Number: 77591 Rank: Major Name: Alexander John CLARK KENNEDY, MC, MiD* Unit: 12 Royal Lancers London Gazette : 26 August 1938...
Personal Number: 15915 Rank: Brigadier Name: Eustace Aldford ARDERNE, DSO*, OBE, MiD Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 30 November...
Hi all, Wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of good books/websites/info about what life was like for the men who served in the...
Award Military Medal Bdr. George Helm, 149 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (898622) On the night of 18th March 1944 Bdr HELM was in charge...
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