Hi - My father GMW Smith was a subaltern with 4th Bn RWK. I believe he volunteered after Dunkirk and I know he stayed with them through North...
Dear All I am looking for references to a Mortar Bomb accident which took place on the 5th June 1944 in Burma, when a 3” mortar bomb exploded...
Hi, Browsing the Liberation Questionnaires again and came across this chap’s interesting story. Captured at Fecamp, France 10th June 1940 and...
Personal Number: Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Hugh Francis D'Assisi Stuart LAW, DSO, MC Units: Irish Guards ; 5 Border Regiment London Gazette...
Army Number: 95480 Rank: Captain Name: John Hervey KAY Unit: Border Regiment ; Long Range Desert Group Date of Birth: 10 Dec 1917 Place of Birth:...
Personal Number: 4987 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Noel Mackintosh Stuart IRWIN, CB, DSO**, MC Unit: Essex Regiment ; Border Regiment London...
Private George William Johnson | War Casualty Details 2949459 | CWGC PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM JOHNSON Service Number: 3599135 Regiment & Unit: 4th...
I applied for both grandads service records in 2020. The records for Clifford Phelps arrived only a short time ago. They don't really clarify our...
Personal number: 6701 Rank: Major-General Name: John Sebastian NICHOLS, DSO*, MC*, MiD* Unit: Lincolnshire Regiment ; Border Regiment London...
Personal Number:1955 Rank: Brigadier Name: Gerald Waldon Browne TARLETON, CBE, DSO, MC*, MiD*** Unit: Royal Dublin Fusiliers ; Border Regiment...
Just seen on Facebook that Wilf Oldham OBE who was a member of 1 Border at Arnhem passed away early this morning. I met Wilf several times at the...
Evening all, Have been informed by MODMO that the other half's grandad is due 2x more awards. So, being impatient, I thought I would ask what...
Personal Number: 321372 Army Number: 6100748 Rank: Lieutenant Name: John Stanley BATES, MiD Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment London...
Hi all. I am looking for my dad. He was a private in the Border Regiment. His name is Leonard William Penn. In have no Army number or even his...
Dear folks, If this has appeared/been linked to before on the forum, apologies. Found under the IWM Collections innocuous title of "Footage For...
Just received the Cumbria's Museum of Military Life newsletter and in today they have shared a link to a virtual tour of the museum for people who...
Army Number: 3592695 Rank: Drum Major Name: Jack ELVEY, MiD Unit: 4 Border Regiment London Gazette : 20 December 1940...
Good morning all, this is my first post on here so apologies for any ineptitude. My father, James Knud Annandale-Steiner fought in the Burma...
Hi, I've finally got hold of my grandfathers service records. He was in 1st Battalion Border regiment (which became 1st Airborne i think) My query...
From Border News today the story of a WW2 Veteran who finally collects his medals after 75 years. 75 years later: Veteran collects his Second...
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