Date of Enlistment: 13 June 1940 Army Number: 7910965 Rank: Trooper Name: James BARKER Unit: 44 Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Date of Birth: 7...
Army Number: 1042109 WW1 Regimental Number: 94834 Rank: R.S.M. Name: Sydney Charles PEAPLE, MM [1916] Unit: 31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery...
Hi Everyone, I am trying to help a friend find out how Frederick Charles BUCK died, his Casualty card states that he drowned, so has anyone any...
Award Mentioned in Despatches L/Cpl. William Matthews 4th Green Howards, 150 Brigade, 50th Division, 8th Army (4392356) Following his capture at...
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Personal Number: 10795 Rank: Major-General Name: James Malcolm Leslie RENTON, CB, DSO*, OBE, MiD Unit: Rifle Brigade London Gazette : 6 April...
Hello All I am new to the group so apologies if I am posting in the wrong group. I am researching my kids great uncle Ronald T Patrick Service...
ESCAPES FROM CAMP 53 (MACERATA), ITALY (1) After the Armistice with Italy, P/W in this camp were ordered by the Italian Commandant and the Senior...
Hello members, I own the GSM Palestine/WW2 medal group to 6286507 P R R Milton of the 1st Battalion the Buffs, who was captured in the Western...
Award Mentioned in Despatches Lt-Col. Hugh Salisbury Kynaston Mainwaring, D.S.O. (30735) R.A., H.Q. 8th Army ESCAPES FROM CAMP 49 (FONTANELLATO)....
Award Mention in Despatches Lt. Robert Gordon Clover, 149th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (91879) ESCAPES FROM CAMP 49 (FONTANELLATO)....
Personal Number: 15298 Rank: Major-General Name: George Warren RICHARDS, CB, CBE, DSO*, MC, MiD**** Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers ; Royal Tank...
I am trying to establish what 4-13 Frontier Force Regt (Wildes) were involved in during WWII. Mentions of them online are rare although it seems...
Personal Number: 31864 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Francis Godfrey Bertram ARKWRIGHT, DSO, MC Units: 12 Royal Lancers; CO, 4 County of London...
With the green light from a Forum moderator here's a synopsis of a book just published. "My Wartime Wanderings" by Kenneth L Phillips, 6969044, B...
From the Wiki page for the Battle of Gazala (footnote A - paraphrased by me) - “a volunteer troop of three M3 Grant tanks manned by instructors...
Does anyone know which armoured cars were used by which units in North Africa? I’m specifically interested in which vehicles were being used by...
Hello everyone, Does anyone have any detailed info on the order of battle for the 1st Armoured Division in May/June 1942? I've done as much...
A relative of the missus was in the 28th Field Regt RA,he was captured and later died of his wounds as a POW after the Battle of Gazala.On his...
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