Hi all, In 1945 (iirc after at least VE day) Field Marshal Alexander proposed that anti-tank duties should be transferred to the Royal Armoured...
Personal Number: 37042 Rank: Major Name: Lionel WIGRAM Unit: Royal Fusiliers London Gazette :
Personal Number: 6187 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Michael George Henry BARKER, CB, DSO, DL, MiD Unit: East Surrey Regiment ; Lincolnshire...
From Imperial War Museum Collection NA 11445 - 25/01/1944 NA 11608 - 30/01/1944 NA 12943 - 17/03/1944 NA 12944 - 17/03/1944 NA 12945 - 17/03/1944...
From Imperial War Museum collection NA 7973 - 21/10/1943 NA 8727 - 13/11/1943 NA 9465 - 06/12/1943 NA 9524 - 05/12/1943 NA 9633 - 07/12/1943 NA...
Yesterday in a rare book shop I came across With the Allied Armies in Italy by Edward Seago. Didn't buy it (yet) partly because I wasn't aware of...
Was the Africa Star awarded to Eisenhower with the entitlement to wear both 1st and 8th Army emblems unique? See attached message extracted from...
Greetings to everyone here. I've been lurking around, surreptitiously reading everyone's posts for several months now and have finally taken the...
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One for Bamboo Again the IWM turns up trumps with many hours of interviews with the remarkable ' Mad Mike ' Calvert James Michael Calvert The...
IWM Desert Victory (58.14) Object description Desperate situation following fall of Tobruk. 8th Army conducts a fighting retreat of 400 miles,...
Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis 1891 - 1969 Colonel Irish Guards Statue at Wellington Barracks, outside Guards Chapel
Italy, Medal presentation, 1945, St Patrick's Day Alexander
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NCOs, Warrant Officers, & Officers who served under Field-Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis in the North African and Italian Campaigns and...
I feel it's time for one of those more light-hearted but still on topic threads where we post photos on a particular subject. I think it'd be...
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