President Truman signed on December 31, 1946 a Presidential Proclamation (2714) ending all hostilities of World War Two. With that in mind I am...
Vic Gregg last surviving WW2 member of 10th bn. Para .Reg laid to rest. (Cut and pasted from friends of the Tenth FB.) [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Forcesnews An 100-year-old veteran – the last surviving officer from the Battle of El Alamein – has visited 7 SCOTS barracks. Retired...
WWII Glider Pilot Regiment hero dies aged 100 | Daily Mail Online Last surviving hero from WWII Glider Pilot Regiment who dropped Allied troops...
Sad news today on the BBC: Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 101
4 Sept. 1939 The first Canadian airman is killed while serving in the RAF in WW 2 The first Canadian combatant to die in the Second World War was...
Here's another historical snippet I ran across. I posted it on my blog, but I thought I'd repost the text here. The Military Cross was given to...
Picked up Richard's passing on Paul Reed's/WW2talk Twitter feeds yesterday. I met Richard on my Leger visit to Italy in May 2014. Much more about...
Perhaps another topic on another forum but the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 is fast approaching. Private George Price: Paying homage to a...
74 years ago today was the very last airfield concert given by the Glenn Miller Band. This took place within the hangar at King's Cliffe airfield,...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I took these today in Fore Street, London. EC2.
Battle of Britain ace Paul Farnes: “I didn’t think we were going to lose, it never occurred to us” | All About History Paul is the last Battle of...
just read a story in the newspaper this morning,about a man looking for war time remains on the island of mindanao,he came accross two japanese...
The last aerial dogfight on the western front of WW-II was very odd. On April 12th, 1945, two Americans were scouting in a low-flying Piper...
The first Cardiff man to be awarded the Victoria Cross is to be honoured with a plaque at the city's Cathays cemetery. Company Sgt Maj Frederick...
Don't know if this has been mentioned before. I recently enjoyed a gliding trial at RAF Keevil which I learned was one of the airfields used for...
Does anyone have a definitive answer as to who were the first allied troops to enter The Netherlands in 1944? I have 3 references: 1. Sept 11:...
Hi all, .....at Beek a recce troop of the SRY were "amongst the first British troops to enter Germany". i.e. :...
Thought this of interest ,(source abnetwork)first time it has come to my notice Commemoration of the first casualties of Arnhem-Bath Sun 7th Sep...
Before any says anything this refers to the first shot fired by a British soldier & not the first shot of the war itself. 22 August 1914 From...
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