11th Armoured Division - ROLL OF HONOUR

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  1. Bleblond

    Bleblond Active Member

    BBR (Black Bull Research) team.

    *****CALLING ALL MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP WITH ACCESS TO GENEALOGY SITES*****
    We have reached the milestone of locating 200 of the potential 1915 photographs of the Fallen of The 11th Armoured Division.

    Always seeking alternative methods of locating more photographs.
    Recently, Cheryl Stannard, a supporter of my ongoing project, quickly located 3 photographs, with only limited research time, using one of the major genealogy sites.
    She did so by searching for soldiers (hopefully with photographs attached) within existing family trees.

    I AM SEEKING GROUP MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO CARRY OUT FURTHER SEARCHES.
    PERHAPS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEARCH A REGIMENT THAT YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN?

    If you declare an interest to me I could ensure that there is no overlap in the research.

    You can work at your own pace, devoting whatever time you can spare. No pressure whatsoever.

    The 11th Armoured Division Roll of Honour, compiled by Billy LEBLOND, contains details of all 1915 men who died from D-Day 6-6-1944 to 8-5-1945. Individual Regiments / Battalions / Corps / Squadrons etc can be viewed in date of death order.
    The link to the Roll of Honour is 11th Armoured Division - ROLL OF HONOUR
    With regard to the photographs already found, my latest posts within our group will always carry up to date lists. I split them into 2 groups: Normandy Campaign 6-6-44 to 31-8-44 and post Normandy Campaign 1-9-44 to 8-5-45.

    PLEASE CONSIDER THIS REQUEST SERIOUSLY AND MESSAGE ME IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO HELP, DECLARING A PREFERENCE TO A PARTICULAR REGIMENT IF YOU HAVE ONE.

    I am very committed to this ongoing project. Photograph No.1 out of the 200 is of my uncle Joseph Alfred Curtis (attached).
    77 years after the event I find it very fitting and worthwhile to be able to reveal the human faces behind the statistics, and to ensure that the photographs of these heroes are contained in a collection that can be viewed by all of us.

    I HOPE THAT THERE ARE GROUP MEMBERS WHO SHARE MY ENTHUSIASM, AND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE SERIOUS INROADS INTO FINDING THE POTENTIAL 1715 PHOTOGRAPHS NOT YET FOUND.

    THANK YOU.
    Post FACEBOOK from ROBERT CURTIS on Saturday October 9th
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1273687546088264/user/100053007229188
     
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  2. vestingjager

    vestingjager Well-Known Member

    I like this so much, great page.

    I used it as a guide to visit some of the soldiers of the Black Bull buried at Schoonselhof and at Hotton.
     
  3. Bleblond

    Bleblond Active Member


    Please to hear it is useful to you. I added a function to the roll of honour which allows to know exactly who are the members of the division buried in each cemetery, in the future other names will appear with the members of the division who were transferred.
     
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  4. Ubberley215

    Ubberley215 Member

    hi
    my uncle g j bickerton was killed 21/9/1944 at zomeren
    my grandmother had a blue hardback book with a list of casualties for the herefordshire regiment & the battles that they fought in
     
  5. Owen

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  6. 8RB

    8RB Well-Known Member

    Wonderful book with some great maps, photos and sketches. If you'd want an original one (there are reprints), with a little patience you can get one with a nice dust jacket for very little money (similar prices or even less than in Owen's link).
    I suppose nearly everyone in the division got a copy, so it got printed (in Germany) in relatively large numbers. There was an immense (and justified!!!) pride in the division's achievements during the war.

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  7. Ubberley215

    Ubberley215 Member

    thanks for reply my grandmothers didn’t have the dust cover i will try and get a copy
    my uncle was killed with a shrapnel wound to his neck at zomeren
     

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