Unit History

  1. Higher Formations

    For discussions & documents relating to Brigade, Division etc level
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    Latest: Who were 8th army Tps company, Royal Signals and where do they fit in ? mac657, Apr 16, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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  2. 53rd (Welsh) Division

    Paperwork and discussions specifically related to this division.
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    Latest: 71st Brigade War Diary Historic Steve, Apr 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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  3. British Army Units - Others

    For discussions and documents relating to units which are not already listed separately under Unit History
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    2,803
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    19,750
    Latest: Middlesex Regiment service Dean Darvill, Apr 16, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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  4. Airborne

    For those that follow Airborne units of the period, from Glider Pilot Regiment to Fallschirmjaeger.
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    1,080
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    14,177
    Latest: Airborne Art Cee, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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  5. The Brigade of Guards

    Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards

    'Honi soit qui mal y pense', 'Nulli Secundus', 'Nemo Me Impune Lacessit', 'Quis Separabit', 'Cymru am Byth'
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    Latest: Identify Course location grayman, Apr 16, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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  6. Commandos & Royal Marines


    18/10/42 - Hitler decrees that Commandos encountered by German forces should be killed immediately, even if in uniform or attempting to surrender.
    A forum section for the discussion of chaps who were probably rather proud they'd got up his nose so...
    Per Mare, Per Terram etc.
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    2,206
    Latest: 2664194 Guardsman Evan William GRIFFITHS, Coldstream Guards & 3 Commando: 07/06/1944 dbf, Apr 16, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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  7. Durham Light Infantry

    'Faithful'
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    2,376
    Latest: Durham Light Infantry Museum to Close...CONFIRMED PaulE, Mar 17, 2024
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  8. North Irish Horse

    Discussions:
    106
    Messages:
    463
    Latest: 7953223 Trooper Charles WILLS, North Irish Horse: POW dbf, Sep 22, 2023
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  9. Recce

    'Only The Enemy In Front'
    Discussions:
    491
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    7,414
    Latest: What does U.K.C.Y mean? Oldleg, Apr 2, 2024
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  10. Royal Artillery

    'Ubique'
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    26,566
    Latest: 1756867 John Wiliam McCARTHY, RA: Service Records travers1940, Apr 18, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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  11. Royal Engineers

    'Ubique'
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    833
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    8,345
    Latest: Types of German land mines? Uncle Target, Apr 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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  12. Royal Signals

    'Certa Cito'
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    6,115
    Latest: The Royal Corps of Signals JimHerriot, Apr 13, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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  13. RAC & RTR

    Fear Naught! "From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond."
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    10,466
    Latest: Award Dutch Bronze Cross Trooper C.J. Horton, 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards (Netherlands) brithm, Apr 17, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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  14. RAMC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    229
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    1,362
    Latest: 127676 Captain William Oswald JAMES, MBE, Royal Army Medical Corps: POW dbf, Apr 12, 2024
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  15. RASC

    In Arduis Fidelis
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    413
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    3,117
    Latest: Barracks identification Shazbaz, Apr 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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  16. REME/RAOC

    Arte et Marte/Sua Tela Tonanti
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    294
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    2,318
    Latest: Reme books? Chris WIlletts, Mar 25, 2024
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  17. SOE & OSS

    Special Operations Executive & Office of Strategic Services
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    267
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    2,254
    Latest: DZ 'Dick 8' Smudger195, Apr 8, 2024
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  18. Special Forces

    SAS, LRDG, Brandenbergers, Popski's Private Army, etc. Forum for discussion of the more unconventional or specialised Units and those that served in them.
    Discussions:
    529
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    3,867
    Latest: Are you looking for someone from No. 2 SBS ? snapper35, Apr 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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  19. Allied Units - Others

    For discussion and documents related to Allied nations not already listed separately.
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    1,065
    Latest: A winter in the Abruzzo Mountains - French Expeditionary Corps - Italy (21 Nov 1943 - 3 Feb 1944) OhAlison, Apr 12, 2024
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  20. Australian

    Discussions:
    505
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    2,998
    Latest: Needle in Haystack -any help appreciated. davidbfpo, Apr 17, 2024 at 8:50 AM
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  21. British Indian Army

    Discussions:
    675
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    3,696
    Latest: 5th Mahratta Light Infantry davidbfpo, Apr 13, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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  22. Canadian

    Discussions:
    806
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    6,853
    Latest: Canadian Field Hospitals in Italy PackRat, Apr 11, 2024
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  23. New Zealand

    Discussions:
    110
    Messages:
    728
    Latest: 7th NZ Anti-Tank Regiment J Kubra, Apr 16, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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  24. South African

    Discussions:
    138
    Messages:
    1,067
    Latest: South African War Establishments Gary Tankard, Apr 4, 2024
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  25. US Units

    The chaps will do their best, but in all honesty this place is better at Commonwealth stuff.
    You may wish to try our 'sister' forum WW2F.com for queries on US units - link below.
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    Latest: WWII NADA Ordnance Regiments Joe Decko, Apr 17, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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  26. Axis Units

    Discussions:
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    4,940
    Latest: FALLSCHMIRJAGER RANKS Gary Kennedy, Apr 4, 2024
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  1. dbf

    WW2 Commonwealth Army War Diaries, Info Thread

    dbf, Sep 27, 2014 ... 2 3 4
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    dryan67
    Jun 20, 2020
  2. Owen

    Help with War Diary Abbreviations

    Owen, Aug 4, 2006 ... 2 3
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    23,674
    AB64
    Dec 11, 2020
  3. Drew5233

    How Do You Store Your War Diary Files?

    Drew5233, Jul 1, 2010 ... 2 3
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    Drew5233
    Aug 23, 2010
  4. von Poop

    Where are all the War Diaries Then? Hidden on yer Hard Drive, that's where.

    von Poop, Jan 21, 2011 ... 2 3
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    23,342
    Rich Payne
    Nov 14, 2018
  5. 51highland

    War Diary humour.

    51highland, Jul 19, 2017 ... 2 3
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    11,319
    Wobbler
    Nov 18, 2023
  6. AB64

    Ancestry - War Diaries

    AB64, Oct 1, 2022 ... 2
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    dryan67
    Apr 4, 2024
  7. papiermache

    The Army of Clerks and Army forms

    papiermache, Oct 29, 2020 ... 2
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    Uncle Target
    Feb 8, 2024
  8. Tom Cavadino

    Dors. in War Diaries

    Tom Cavadino, Mar 3, 2024 ... 2
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    Tom Cavadino
    Mar 8, 2024
  9. 51highland

    Result of Courts Martial in war Diary

    51highland, Jul 23, 2020 ... 2
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    8,241
    Dr Chris
    Jul 29, 2020
  10. SDP

    Unit Nominal Rolls

    SDP, Jan 1, 2015 ... 2
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    Pete Ashby
    Mar 3, 2016
  11. Skoyen89

    Maps, plans, tracings in War Diaries

    Skoyen89, Jul 3, 2011
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    PsyWar.Org
    Sep 26, 2012
  12. LeeSteventon

    Transcribing War Diaries - Best Practices?

    LeeSteventon, Nov 15, 2012
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    6,698
    Charley Fortnum
    May 16, 2019
  13. nicks

    Diffferent time format in war diary.

    nicks, Oct 24, 2015
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    6,470
    minden1759
    Oct 27, 2015
  14. Chris C

    FDL meaning?

    Chris C, Aug 8, 2022
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    2,270
    Tony56
    Dec 13, 2022
  15. Mikeo

    War Diaries (Kept at what level - battalion, coy?)

    Mikeo, Jun 15, 2020
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    4,094
    Drew5233
    Jun 16, 2020
  16. Chunty

    DMGA

    Chunty, Nov 23, 2022
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    JITTER PARTY
    Nov 28, 2022
  17. cmc39v

    Who would have written unit war diaries?

    cmc39v, Apr 28, 2011
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    NPMS
    Aug 3, 2011
  18. Ron Goldstein

    Service Records, Regimental and Personal Diaries

    Ron Goldstein, Nov 11, 2009
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    Oldman
    Dec 8, 2009
  19. Ramiles

    It seems - perhaps - that there is a page missing from the War Diary?

    Ramiles, Feb 16, 2018
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    6,114
    Ramiles
    Jun 11, 2023
  20. Wiffer

    National Archive War Diary file prefixes

    Wiffer, Nov 24, 2017
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    8
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    6,101
    Wiffer
    Dec 2, 2017
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