Hi, I am trying to establish what happened to my Granddads brother who died on the 13th Sept 1944. His name was John Freason Kirby Army Number:...
Hi all, I'm trying to determine where my Grandfather was injured during the Italian campaign. The date of injury was either 14 August 1944 or 02...
Personal Number: 13420 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: William John ELDRIDGE, KBE, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, MiD Units: Royal Garrison Artillery; Royal...
Good afternoon everyone, Having found this website whilst researching my Grandfather's (Private William Robert Scott 14208556 - Royal Sussex...
if anyone is interested, I am running a battlefield tour to the Gothic Line on 19-22 Apr 18. It will cover the actions of 4 Ind Div around...
Hallo! My name is Federico Peyrani, and I live in Milan, Italy. I work at the Libreria Militare in Milan, a little bookstore dealing in Military...
Hello everybody, A friend of mine has sent me a photograph of a helmet found by a man with a metal detector on Monte Cece (Gothic Line) where I...
I'm visiting Italy in a couple of weeks and will squeeze in a day to see some of the gun sites used by 76th HAA Regt when in their field role from...
Thought I'd post this pic that I came across in 'Anti Aircraft Guns' by Peter Chamberlain and Terry Gander (1975), showing the AA on the Gothic...
Can anyone ID the gun? It's on the Gothic Line in what looks to me like an old Renault tank turret ... but could be wrong about that ... thnks ......
Hello everybody, Today I read in my local newspaper 'Corriere dell'Umbria' that (translated by me): 'The role of the Resistance in Umbria...
I've seen this figure mentioned by a couple of posters on the forum. That seems alot of dead. If there were 14000 dead how many wounded were...
After seeing these photos on IWM website of Panther turrets wondered if we could get some discussion going on them. General Sir Harold Alexander...
The Ford at San Clemente, this area, including the town, was under constant enemy observation, so artifical smoke was utalised to cover daytime...
Hi Everyone, Next week I will be travelling through Italy and will visit the Montecchio War Cemetery, where my grandmother's brother, private...
Pottered onto these. An Italian, German & US viewpoint for the film, with some nice not-so-long-after seeming veteran recollections, going up to a...
Can anyone help me find out more about my Uncle -Thomas Edwin Buckland (Ted) of 9RF City of London Regiment. KIA, possibly at Coriano Ridge,...
Folks, first post using the new software...Please excuse any errors. Photo was taken at Tavullia Italy honouring the 1st Canadian Corps in...
[ATTACH]Hi, I'm Italian and I'm searching for information about a Guardsman, service number 2700360. 1st Bn Scots Guards fought a bitter battle...
Apart from a couple memorials in and around Ortona ( compliments of Tom Canning, Owen and Paul Reed from my trip in 2010) would any forum members...
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