Hello, is anyone aware of the existence of a nominal roll for the 2 Lancashire Fusiliers for the period they were in France and Belgium '39-'40?...
ESCAPES FROM CAMP 53 (MACERATA), ITALY (1) After the Armistice with Italy, P/W in this camp were ordered by the Italian Commandant and the Senior...
Personal Number: 129657 Rank: Major Name: Fred MAJDALANY, MC Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers London Gazette : 26 April 1940...
Award Military Cross Major Joseph Stuart 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers On the 16th May the Battalion launched an attack through the GUSTAV LINE....
Hello all, Does anyone per chance have a copy or a link of the May 1940 War Diary for the 2 Lancashire Fusiliers? I went to the National Archives...
I think this is a long shot but I will ask anyway! I believe my great uncle (Charles Frederick Burns) may have been buried with a group of 18...
Personal Number: 92943 Rank: Captain Name: John Anthony Cobham SHAW, MC* Unit: 132 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery London Gazette : 11 February...
Hi I am trying to find out the movements of 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers on the 21st May 1940. Does anyone perhaps have a copy of the war diaries for...
Hello everybody, A friend sent me an article which was published on 21 May in the Italian newspaper Corriere di Bologna and here it is...
Looking for diaries extracts of the above for 16/17 April 1945, as I wish to accurately locate where the Lancs forced a crossing of a 'tank...
Hi all, I'm working may way through a service record for a WWII 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusilier, another Great Uncle of mine (I do have a lot!) I...
Remembering today: 12/01/1940 Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Edward Benn Smith, V.C., DCM. 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Casualty Details Name:...
As stated elsewhere, have just returned from a week in Italy with a group. Almost everyone in the group had a connection to the Italian Campaign,...
In Rome'44 by Raleigh Trevelyn is a photo from the IWM. I can't find it on-line so here's a scan from the book. If anyone has a sharper image...
A posting on the Great War Forum has made me think. Can anyone tell me if the above man ,( Francis Arthur Jefferson), from Ulverston, Lancashire...
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