Geoff's CWGC search site-Simply the best !

At the risk of repeating myself, I cannot stress too much how valuable Geoff's site is.

Just in case you have yet to pay a visit to the site , here is the link:
http://www.********.co.uk/cgi-bin/search39-47.php

For the first time I have been able to get a definitive list of ALL the men who fell in both of the two regiments in which I served simply by keying in (to UNIT TEXT) the name of the regiment.
In my case:
4th Queen's Own Hussars
49 lt aa (49th Light Ack Ack Rgt. RA)

This is how the search results will appear (49th LAA)
Page 1 of 5
001 ADAMSON, C 2925697 16/12/1942
002 ARKWRIGHT, W 1821172 27/11/1942
003 BACON, WA 1734151 20/04/1941
004 BAINES, JR 1681710 03/12/1942
005 BASS, K 6401408 21/10/1943
006 BEATTIE, GW 1678859 10/09/1941
007 BOURNE, TG 11426035 06/12/1942
008 BUCKLEY, GE 1681743 02/07/1941
009 BURNARD, RG 14316033 14/04/1944
010 BUTTLER, EG 1679324 26/10/1946
011 CARTER, N 1636584 05/12/1942
012 CATTLE, FA 1831067 30/05/1944
013 CHARMAN, ET 1681752 16/12/1942
014 CHISNALL, FLE 2041114 03/11/1943
015 CODRAI, JA 2082018 08/01/1943
016 COMPTON, EC 1681760 09/08/1943
017 COVERDALE, J 1765451 24/11/1942
018 COWLEY, FH 1605889 03/10/1943
019 CRAGG, WD 1691410 01/12/1942 - 03/12/1942
020 CREASEY, W 1602087 11/02/1943



Well done Geoff !

 

Who's Geoff? Is Geoff a member of this forum?

 

Marcus

He most certainly is !

See below:




This is a new forum section specifically dedicated to Geoff501 and his impressive search engine.


The WW2 Commonwealth Casualty Search Engine

We reckon it's a significant contribution to the field and well worth supporting in every way we can. To that end we've offered Geoff this space to do what he likes with regarding his work, be it updates, announcements or any other 'notes & queries'.
To all intents this is very much 'his' forum & we'll be sorting out full edit powers for him within this area shortly.

We're pleased that he's happy to make use of us and hope it proves a useful resource for the forum & it's members while simultaneously assisting with a serious WW2 related project or two.

Well worth checking out his main cryptography site as well:

The Crypto Barn

In short; Welcome to WW2Talk Geoff, may the relationship prove beneficial to all.

Cheers,
Adam & the Mod/Admin gang.

 

Its a fantastic resource and one that is a serious tool for anyone with an interest in the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces in WW2.

 

Who's Geoff? Is Geoff a member of this forum?

Marcus, get down off that moon!

geoff

 

Find myself using his website all the time, as it enables you to find all sorts of useful stuff. One of the best sites that has come online in years, IMHO.

 

Have found it especially useful in helping enquirers, about a particular relative, find all members who fell in that relative's unit.

Steve W.

 

Geoff,
You answered my 3 Bn IG prayers with this. Sorry I didn't see it sooner myself.
Wie dumm von mir! [To paraphrase Rommel]
Diane

You have Owen D to blame for this. We had just done some cemetery searches (which is not yet possible on line) and he showed me the thread you have started and I thought I'd do the 3rd the same. More useful format the the engine's usual output.
I used 3rd Bn as the filter, anywhere in the record, and it does not seem to have found any that are recorded as Attd. 3rd Bn.. - On the search engine you can't search on a secondary (attached) unit text, only the first unit text.

geoff

 

Awesome! This is great. Thanks for pointing this out, Ron. I had never seen this site before but will be a GREAT help in my research. Thanks Geoff501!