Hi all, In 1945 (iirc after at least VE day) Field Marshal Alexander proposed that anti-tank duties should be transferred to the Royal Armoured...
Hi All I wonder if someone can help please. I am researching WOII WHP Clarke who was with 163 Field Regiment RA in the Orkneys between June 1942...
Hi My grandfather is David Baxter Chapman, he served in the Royal Artillery in WW2. I have sent off for his service records, but in the meantime...
Private Henry (Harry) Copeland 3598725. I know he was in the Royal Artillery, (as private 3598725 RA is shown on my mothers birth cert in 1944)...
Does anyone have further information on; Gunner 1527319 William Henry Cope 56th Light AA/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery killed in action...
Hi all, I am 27 years old and am still pretty new to this forum but I am mainly interested in the Royal Artillery during WW2, more specifically...
I have been asked by a friend if I can find anything out about her grandfather, Henry Charles Ballantine, who served in WW2. Date of Birth:...
Hi, I'm struggling to find much in the way of records for an Albert France (no middle name), born in July 1920 in Huddersfield, mother's maiden...
Reading through the War Diary for 44 LAA Regt in 1944 I came across an entry that surprised me. 27 April 1944 2100hrs Charra : Gnr (D/Op)...
Hi. I’m new here! Just starting to trace my grandfather’s military history, 14290550, James Harrison, Any advice on where to start would be...
Here are some photos taken during WW2. It's my grandad John Henry Chapman. All I know about him is he was in the Royal Artillery but don't know...
Yet another poor soul trying to decipher a family member's service record! I think I'm most of the way there. I can see he was with the 54th anti...
Good afternoon, I'm currently researching the all-female 93rd Searchlight Regiment (Basic Information Here) that my Grandmother was a part of,...
Hello. Here is a copy of the service of my Great Grandfather in WW2. He was proudly awarded the Africa Star (8th Army Clasp) and the Italy Star....
I am interested in information about the 14th Cavalry Intelligence Unit, which appears to have been stationed at Brentwood Barracks, England...
Whilst perusing grandad’s service record again just now, I noticed that on 3 September 1942 he was “granted S.P.P.” In an old thread from 2010,...
Personal Number: 132388 Rank: Colonel Name: Christopher Montague WOODHOUSE, DSO, OBE, MiD* (5th Baron TERRINGTON) Unit: Royal Artillery ; General...
Hi Can anyone advise me where I can find the names of the three Other Ranks who died on 06/06/44. I have two so far. Sgt Mitchley and Bmdr Gordon...
British troops entering Belgium between 26 August 1939 and 10 May 1940 would have been interned for the duration of the war. Until March 1940...
Hello, I know this is a long shot, but does anyone recognise the name Robert (Bob) Blackburn? He was a Bombardier in a HAA Royal Artillery...
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