Has anyone ever heard of any 3rd Hussars being on a troop ship which sank? This is something I remember my mother telling us when we were...
Maleme airfield. [IMG]
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...
The Forgotten Flotilla The Craft of Heroes Greece, Crete & North Africa – 1941 This new book, printed in Australia in May 2014, is now...
Hi all Firstly apologies to moderators/senior members if this is posted in the wrong area, I'm starting out on research. My father, John Jardine...
Hi all, I hope I have put this in the right place. Mods, feel free to move if needed. I have recently been given the opportunity to scan some...
This story was recently discovered during research into the Mk1 LCTs operating in the Mediterranean in 1941. Unfortunately the author, Jack...
TRIBUTES have been paid to one of the first ever SAS recruits who has died at the age of 88. Norman Watson - dubbed The Fox due to his...
Thought this may be of interest from my recent trip to Crete.... Captain K Lamonby. Killed there in July 1943 probably on a diversionary raid for...
As part of ongoing research into the Mk1 LCTs (A lighters) lost during the evacuation of Greece, in April 1941, an anomoly has cropped up. We...
I'm looking for a book. I lost it in a fire a long while back and would like to replace it, and am having no luck at all. It is a compilation of...
Just come back from holiday in Crete and whilst I was there went over to have a look at Maleme airfield where the invasion of Crete was arguably...
Hi, I wonder if anyone could help. My Dad served in WW2, was evacuated from Dunkirk after days on the beach and then later in the war was...
Wednesday, 22 November 1945 Liberator VI KL587 214 Squadron ex 34 Squadron SAAF Crashed into high ground on Crete during a transit flight from...
Does anyone have a date of arrival in North Africa for this unit please?
Can anyone help with the movements of the above unit in 1940 -1942 please. Thanks in advance. David.
I have for some time been helping an Australian archaeologist, Mike Bendon, in his researches into two WW2 LCT wrecks he has located in Crete. I...
Sorry about the title, I wasn't sure which part was the best bit to put!! My husbands Grandfather Charlie Cox joined the TA (Beds & Herts Regt)...
Hi Can any please help me find information on the 3rd Battalion Cold Stream Guards my uncle was in the Cold Stream Guards life Guards. And I...
Here are some images of the German General and Paddy Leigh Fermor, Billy Moss and the Gang
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