Dear colleagues, Hope this is the correct place to post............... I would like to build a small diorama depicting the action at Grimbosq in...
Hi there, I have recently been going through my Great Grandfather's service records from WW2 with my Grandfather and we've come across something...
Next April I will visit the Reichswald area with another WW2Talk member whose father fought inside the forest with 'B' Squadron of the 147th Regt...
Hi! I hope nobody minds me asking what is probably a daft question! In the war diary for 147 RAC I am using as part of my research into my dads...
Can anyone help with identifying the two cap badges shown? Badge 1 was taken in 1942 when my father was in 153 Regiment. It is not very clear, but...
My father joined the Essex regiment and when it became 153 RAC I have read that they were allowed to keep their original cap badges. When 153 was...
My father was one of those who was posted to 107 RAC from 147 to cover for those being demobbed. He was there from 23 June 1945 until 28 Feb 1946....
My father was in 153 Rgt RAC then 147 and 107. He said his tank was called Bethume. I have seen that the tank Bethume was a A22 Mark IV, but my...
My father was in B Squadron 147 Rgt. I have a couple of photos of him with his Churchill on the back of which he has written '25th Dec 1944'. He...
This may be a stupid question and has probably been answered or mentioned before, but could someone please explain it to me? My father was in 34...
My father was a tank commander with 147 RAC and I have been going through his service record and wondered if anyone could throw any light on the...
Hi folks If it is of use to anyone I have copied the war diary of 147 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps covering the period just before D Day until...
Hi Guys. In an earlier post I promised to try and download some of the photos my dad took while a tank driver in 147 and latterly 153 Regiments....
Hi there! Can anyone help me with some research I'm doing about my late Father? He was a tank driver with 147 Regiment RAC at the time of the...
Some more names of RTR, and RAC Regiments ( not in BT White’s book ) 11th RTR LVT’s Salamander Shite Hawk 41st RTR Shermans Badajos...
This regiment was converted from the 10th Hampshire Regiment.....I've just been given a veterans account, but was wondering if the guys wore the...
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