My dad was a Royal Navy Signalman based on HMS Nile, would he have had that name on his cap tally??
Other than saying hello, this is my first post, so I apologise if it's lengthy or if there may be too many questions to answer to a single post. I...
[IMG] MY WARTIME EXPERIENCES BY REG ALLEN 1946 After making a rather memorable debut in professional football at the age of eighteen. I was...
Friends, R.E.M.E's countrymen lend me your ears! I have a distant relative (see above) who was serving in the R.E.M.E when he died on 10 November...
Personal Number: 38367 Rank: Brigadier Name: Henry Nevay CRAWFORD, MBE, MiD** Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 2 September 1927...
Sapper John Henry Monday (2008889) 974 Inland Water Transport Workshops Company, Royal Engineers awarded British Empire Medal Sapper John. H....
Gents, M.V. Scottish Prince was damaged after an air attack on 26th April 1941. It appears to have been at Alexandria on undergoing repairs on...
This photo of H M S Warspite will probably not have been seen before. It was taken by my uncle. Wireman Kenneth Mark Perry DSM. My uncle served on...
Checking through my paybooks and doing some googling I found a file...
I am looking for any information regarding Gert van Rooyen. He was a family member of mine. He was a South African. Attached is a picture and on...
Hi, I'm doing some research on behalf of my godfather, Keith, whose father, Raymond Russell, was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany for three...
I wonder if any of our genealogists would be able to find the family of Jan ten Klooster? He was the Captain of the Dutch vessel SS Costa Rica,...
My Dad, Peter Watson wrote this memoir a few years ago. I believe it was to send to James Holland for his excellent book "Fortress Malta". My dad...
Does anyone know if the 1 KRRC were still in Alexandria when the Italians declared war on June 10th 1940?
If anyone knows who this is please contact me... I found this picture amongst my father's things.
Hi, My Grandad was in the 507th Field Coy Royal Engineers during 1940 and members of the forum have been kind enough in providing me with the...
Hi, My father used to tell a tale about a Guardsman in 3rd C.G. who was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment April/May 1939 (shortly after their...
I have always liked this WWII photo of my dad which I remember him saying was taken in 'Alex'. [IMG] It always seemed to me it was from a lost...
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