Hello, an entry in the war diary of a medical unit (11 Lt. Field Ambulance) pointed me to the fact that the 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment was...
Personal Number: 73095 Rank: Brigadier Name: Gordon George REINHOLD, MC, MiD Unit: Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) London Gazette : 23 June...
I had a grandfather which worked for the British Army in Oldenburg post war approx. 45 - 50 ?. I just wondered if they kept some form of record...
Posting some info to remember my great-uncle Basil Theodore Haylock, who was shot down and killed on 03 June 1942 during a night time bombing raid...
I've searched WW2 Talk for previous reference to Brian Dillon and been unable to find any, but if I have missed any previous reference please...
Hi all, I have just acquired the flying log book to 2208907 Flight Sergeant Joseph Wheeler, who was an air gunner in 106 and 83 Squadrons. He was...
Sir David Butler, pioneering election analyst, dies aged 98 In 1942, he arrived at New College, Oxford. He joined the Conservative, Labour and...
Here is how the 51st Div history describes this action: "On the 14th the 5/7th Gordons of 153 Brigade took over the town of Wildeshausen from a...
Personal Number: 90450 Rank: Major Name: Sir Vivian Ernest FUCHS, MiD Unit: Cambridgeshire Regiment ; Suffolk Regiment London Gazette : 11 July...
Hi, Trying to get to grips with the LZ used by No.620 and 190 Squadron on this operation. The ORBs are a little confusing. I have a 'A' an 'R'...
Hello, just joined, trying to find out about my fathers time in Egypt during WW2. He would NEVER discuss the war, so he obviously did not have an...
Hi all, I am wondering a bit about how close British airborne troops were to the bridge at Gervershof (Dingden map 2053). There is a bit in the...
Hella, here's another object found on the bank of the river Rhine near Emmerich at extremely low water levels. Is this of British origin,...
Hi All - just wondered if anybody had the 1945 war diary for the above name unit? If not has anyone got any ideas where I may get a copy? Thanks
Hi, I am trying to find out some information about 4544916 Sgt J G Knights who was wounded in Normandy on the 11th August 1944 with 53 Recce, he...
Today is the 78th anniversary of the operation by Bomber Command to Hamburg, 28/29-July-1944. 22 aircraft from 6-Group were lost on the raid, the...
Royal Marines watching over German Prisoners of War near or at the end of the war (1945) this might be Kriegsmarine POWs a few Naval officers....
Ciao fab ww2talk Hugest thank you to everyone who has helped me with my threads with regard to my Daddy and The 15th Scottish Reconnaissance...
Award Order of the British Empire Lt. Jean Arnold SCHWAB, 44 Corps Staff, FRENCH ARMY Lt. Jean Arnold SCHWAB, 44 Corps Staff, FRENCH ARMY, of 175...
Then and now photo I put together of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad in Bad Homburg Vor der Höhe. The above photo shows 2 German military men taken during...
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