Dismiss Notice

You must be 18 or over to participate here.
Dismiss this notice to declare that you are 18+.

Anyone below 18 years of age choosing to dishonestly dismiss this message is accepting the consequences of their own actions.
WW2Talk.Com will not approve of, or be held responsible, for your choices.

british expeditionary force

Page 4 of 9
  1. Rich Payne
    Thread

    815381. Gunner W. Shapcott

    A contact in France has a probable BEF kitbag bearing the above details. Would anyone with access to the Royal Artillery Attestations be able to...
    Thread by: Rich Payne, Jun 12, 2024, 8 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
  2. Harper Wright
    Thread

    2185849 John P EMMETT, Royal Engineers: "TRANSFERRED TO A.M.P.O." ?

    John P Emmett enlisted in October 1939. He was wounded while serving with the Royal Engineers in the B.E.F. in France and evacuated back to UK....
    Thread by: Harper Wright, May 30, 2024, 4 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
  3. Chris C
    Thread

    37870 Lt Colonel Brian Sherlock GOOCH, DSO, 55th A/Tk Reg't RA - questions about schools!

    Hi all, Out of sheer random interest I applied for the MOD records for Lt Colonel Gooch and very recently received them. They've blacked out some...
    Thread by: Chris C, May 21, 2024, 4 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
  4. Wiltshirelass
    Thread

    Stalag XXA Fort 13 Camp 172 - 5568122 Pte Arthur Lional GRANT, 2 Wiltshire Regiment: POW, 28/02/1945

    My Uncle Arthur Lional Grant was briefly in Camp 172. Can anyone tell me where it was please?
    Thread by: Wiltshirelass, May 18, 2024, 11 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War
  5. dbf
    Thread

    2720084 Guardsman Samuel ANCILL, 2 Irish Guards: POW

    Date of Enlistment: 1940 Army Number: 2720084 Rank: Guardsman Name: Samuel ANCILL Unit: 2 Irish Guards Date of Birth: 7 February 1917 Place of...
    Thread by: dbf, May 17, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: The Brigade of Guards
  6. dbf
    Thread

    2717634 Guardsman John Meaney, 2 Irish Guards: POW

    Date of Enlistment: 1932 Army Number: 2717634 Rank: Guardsman Name: John Meaney Unit: 2 Irish Guards Date of Birth: 17/12/1911 Place of Birth:...
    Thread by: dbf, May 17, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: The Brigade of Guards
  7. Terry Payne
    Thread

    Repatriation through Odessa

    I'm trying to unravel my uncle's war story: served with the Rifle Brigade and the 1st Armoured Division, captured in May 1940 during the fall of...
    Thread by: Terry Payne, May 16, 2024, 9 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War
  8. Chris Wilson
    Thread

    126490 (5623277) Captain Ranulph LUMGAIR, Seaforth Highlanders 1940 whereabouts

    I am writing a biography of one of our villagers, who fell in WW2, as part of a community project. I've got stuck on a bit of detail and would...
    Thread by: Chris Wilson, May 13, 2024, 13 replies, in forum: British Army Units - Others
  9. DRJT
    Thread

    Help me find my grandfather: 3248428 Rfn. Robert TURNER, 6th Battalion Cameronians. 1939-1942

    Good afternoon to anyone reading this! I am trying to find out any information, articles / photo / anything at all about my Grandfathers WW2...
    Thread by: DRJT, May 5, 2024, 17 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
  10. chester
    Thread

    The British Club Casablanca

    My Grandfather Major Bill Potts escaped from the Germans having been captured at St Valery in 1940. He escaped via Marseilles with the French...
    Thread by: chester, May 4, 2024, 13 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
  11. Dave McQueen
    Thread

    Does Germany provide POW records

    Hello My grandfather was in the 1st battalion The Black Watch, and along with most others in The 51st Highland Division surrendered to the...
    Thread by: Dave McQueen, May 2, 2024, 13 replies, in forum: Prisoners of War
  12. Adam Petipher
    Thread

    Waarmaarde churchyard: I am trying to identify Unknown Soldier, likely of 2 Lancashire Fusiliers

    In the churchyard of Waarmaarde Church are the graves of 18 men. 17 have been identified and they all served in the 2 Lancashire Fusiliers and my...
    Thread by: Adam Petipher, Apr 21, 2024, 7 replies, in forum: 1940
  13. dbf
    Thread

    7522956 Serjeant Francis G McLARDY, Royal Army Medical Corps: POW ; BFC

    Army Number: 7522956 Rank: Serjeant Name: Francis G McLARDY Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps Date of Birth: 17/11/1915 . Place of Birth:...
    Thread by: dbf, Apr 1, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: RAMC
  14. Trux
    Thread

    BEF 1940. War Establishment Tables.

    Following on from Aixman's epic work on War Establishment tables, and the comments posted recently about the non availability, and high cost of...
    Thread by: Trux, Apr 1, 2024, 67 replies, in forum: 1940
  15. Bydand1940
    Thread

    BEF Personal Kit Issue

    Evening all, I've been putting together a full BEF uniform, webbing and personal kit issue for a couple of years now. So far in tackling the kit...
    Thread by: Bydand1940, Mar 31, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: 1940
  16. Richelieu
    Thread

    51st Highland Division - officer personal diaries offer

    Saw this offer on twitter: https://twitter.com/BritishArmyWDs/status/1771556329993244722 [ATTACH]
    Thread by: Richelieu, Mar 24, 2024, 3 replies, in forum: 1940
  17. dbf
    Thread

    5813 Brigadier Henry Dinham DREW, OBE, MC, MiD, Royal Tank Regiment

    Personal Number: 5813 Rank: Brigadier Name: Henry Dinham DREW, OBE, MC, MiD Unit: Devonshire Regiment ; Machine Gun Corps ; Royal Tank Regiment...
    Thread by: dbf, Mar 17, 2024, 8 replies, in forum: RAC & RTR
  18. dbf
    Thread

    72066 Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Edward GIBBS, OBE, MiD**, Royal Tank Regiment

    Personal Number: 72066 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Leslie Edward GIBBS, MBE, MiD** Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 15 December...
    Thread by: dbf, Mar 17, 2024, 6 replies, in forum: RAC & RTR
  19. Eaw458
    Thread

    British military personnel interned in Belgium at the end of April 1940

    British troops entering Belgium between 26 August 1939 and 10 May 1940 would have been interned for the duration of the war. Until March 1940...
    Thread by: Eaw458, Mar 15, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: 1940
  20. Blackdog968
    Thread

    51950 Lieutenant Philip Henry SEYMOUR, Leicestershire Regiment

    Mod. edit: moved from 108203 2nd Lieutenant John Forbes Campbell ASHBURNER, DLI: 27/05/1940 See also GHQ Liaison regt - Phantom - member look ups...
    Thread by: Blackdog968, Mar 10, 2024, 12 replies, in forum: British Army Units - Others
Showing results 61 to 80 of 167
Page 4 of 9