Hi all, I’m researching my family history, and part of this is my grandad’s service history during WW2. I have obtained his naval records, some...
RE: ERIC ALAN LIGHT Born 23 November 1925, Died 1 May 1999. R562279 I am trying to find out information about my Grandfathers participation in...
This is the latest book by Andrew Boyd, a naval historian, whose name appears here a few times. Just found a splendid review in The Spectator a...
An event, a lecture @ BP, £15 (excludes BP itself), on 25/11/23 3pm:Bletchley Park’s resident Research historian, Dr David Kenyon, will be...
All trying to locate MN records of James Lewis Hewett born 24/8/1920 R230167 served Arctic Convoys but cannot find list of ships or records...
Good Evening folks I have begun to research my Great Grandfather who served in the merchant navy, running supplies from the UK to Russia. All I...
A podcast from Bletchley Park (1h 20m) and the summary explains:Eighty years ago, in July 1942 the Allies suffered one of their most notorious...
My late father went to the Pacific War as a sparker (wireless operator) after D Day in Europe where his destroyer, HMS Orwell, had done 7 or 8...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is 96 Year Old Cyril Porter RN who died recently on the 5th November. He was 96 years old and a veteran of the...
I'm a new member, and my apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place. I'm the author of the following book, which was published in April...
In the course of some research, I have now definitely established that my father served on at least one Arctic convoy. By a process of...
The above words were said to have been spoken by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the convoy trips to Russia during WW2. Does anyone...
Just thought members might like to be aware that there is a WWII Festival taking place in Loch Ewe in the Scottish Highlands on 6-7 May 2017....
Hi gang Does there exist anywhere a definitive list of all the personnel that served on the convoys to Russia? I recently saw of a doctor from...
Hello. The recent creation of the "Arctic Star" prompted me to research my father's MN wartime experiences in order to successfully claim, as...
A BRAVE islander who led a successful Russian convoy mission during Second World War has finally been recognised 74 years later. The late Captain...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02prmgr More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of...
I was looking for a map of Europe prior to 1939 and this popped up in the results: http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/sww.htm...
I carried out some research on the loss of the Cape Corso some years ago as part of my family history, my Grandmothers cousin was lost when the...
Hi there, i started researching this last year but gave up for 6 months while i was away and now back on it again. I am looking for the service...
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