Date of Enlistment: 1940 Date of Discharge: - Army Number: 2722550 Rank: Guardsman Name: Jonathan PILKINGTON Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Hi, I am researching my Grandfather's war service and finally after a long time waiting received his service record, which unfortunately has...
So there's a family story, you know the one's that get passed down, might be your Dad was told by his Dad and so on. My Great Grandfather...
[ATTACH] Nottingham Journal 9th August 1941
A relative of mine was in a tank which took a direct hit and he survived. Italy 1944. The incident caused him so much trauma that he just...
Andy Owen is a former intelligence officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, now an author, and sometime lecturer on Philosophy and military...
Hi, Can someone please tell me the relevant paragraph number of the King's Regulations 1940 which covered desertion? Many thanks
I have just received my paternal grandfather's WW2 records. This is a man I never knew as he left when my father was 6 years old. His pre-war...
I wondered if anyone could help me. I've just received my grandmother's WRN service records and on 9 Jan 1945 her records state 'ran',...
Hi, I'm in the process of researching for a novel, in which the final act is set in Devon in the final years of the war and the years just after,...
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Hallo all Can anyone explain the WW1 difference between awol and desertion? Was awol if you were, for example, late back from leave, but...
Does anyone know if where I could find out the desertion rates for the British Army during WW2 by division? I had thought that this sort of...
After reading several books relating to the Italian Campaign, there are numerous cases of shellshock casualties. Also reported were numerous...
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