Came across these pics recently of my Grandad, James 'Jimmy' McNiffe, who served with the Royal Engineers as a Plant operator (mainly cranes)....
Hi all, I'm researching a Great Uncle of mine; James Hector Reeves,1763811, Royal Artillery - 88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment - 282 Battery...
WAR MEMORIAL IN TIERGARTEN: BATTLE FOR BERLIN 1945 I was lucky to visit Berlin in 2019 and to study a tiny part of its extensive WWII heritage....
Hi all, I got my postwar photos of 2nd Division in ~1949 in the mail today. I was just wondering what sort of camera would they have likely been...
Another gem from the website of Tony Comer, the former GCHQ Historian, on a broad theme and very analytical: Sigint Historian: Ten avoidable...
Award Military Cross Lt. Raymond John Vanderheyden, Belgian Special Air Service Parachute Company SAS Operation BERGBANG, September 1944....
We at TracesOfWar.com have done a lot of research the past years and made a few trips to Kew to copy War Diaries of units mostly involved in...
Hello, I am new to this forum, and my purpose of being here is to try to find something that I have been trying to find for a long time, the most...
A friend is looking for information on her uncle Pte William Cross He was in 78 Coy BEF AMPC, his service record says he was taken prisoner on 31...
Personal Number: 174576 Rank: Captain Name: Gordon Douglas Heane BUDGEN, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Horse Artillery London Gazette : 16 January 1945...
Hi all, I was wondering if there was a War Establishment table available for a casualty clearing station in North West Europe. I did look on the...
Thanks to a Dutchman I discovered a review of 2018 book: 'Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the struggle for the North Sea' by Jan Ruger. One...
I was going to write "operations" rather than "actions"... but anyway. The general impression or conception I have is that after the Battle of...
Hi again. Hope someone can help me again. From the information that I have received from the Polar Bear Facebook site (Route of 1/4 KOYLI from the...
with all the books,memoirs by other generals, ike, monty and bradley etc,aides like butcher and even generals lady drivers,authours like, dare i...
Hi all, I am writing about the capture of Goch and am puzzled by the description of 20th February in the 15th Division history. I haven't been...
Hello everybody, I am trying to trace the above serviceman, who according to the slip below, complied by him, one presumes, (though this was...
Does anyone have a picture of Brigadier Burney I am trying to ascertain if the british officer in this footage is him? He died in captivity in...
I spotted a few days ago a Twitter pointer to Jonathan Dimbleby discussing this book and now the 1hr long YouTube discussion has appeared: [MEDIA]...
Hello! I just joined the site today after recommendation from a work friend. I'm trying to do some research on behalf of my father into his own...
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