Hi All I've just received my relative's service record from the MOD. ( over a year wait!) and I can see that he was taken prisoner at Singapore in...
Another snippet saved from the dustbin of history. No envelope but almost certainly sent to Mrs Phyllis Margaret Groom at the Alwington Rectory,...
Hi all, I was wondering if there is a published history about the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, and does anyone have a copy? I have been forwarded a...
Hello everyone! Apologies if this isn't the done thing, but I was just wondering if anyone might have any information on what my uncle Kirby did...
Personal Number: 129452 Rank: Brigadier Name: Anthony Garnett HEYWOOD, CBE, MVO, MC, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 26 April 1940...
We said farewell to Colonel John Llewellyn Waddy OBE today, who recently passed away at the age of 100 years old. Members of the 4th Battalion,...
Hi there I know this isn’t WW2 material as it’s a few years after but very relevant as Malaya/Malasia was a very Dangerous and hostile place at...
Can any Airborne experts please have a look at this in the hope they can add to my research into the following person, he was transferred from the...
Personal Number: 397349 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Neil Gordon RAMSAY, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 26 November 1948...
Army Number: 2705368 Rank: Serjeant Name: W M FARRER, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 19 October 1951...
Personal Number: 88234 Rank: Major Name: The Honourable William Edward Harry LAWSON, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 30 May 1939...
A distant relative, Wilfred Cookson was a Gunner in the 5 Searchlight Regiment, Royal,Artillery, Service Number 1709708. Wilfred died on 5 March...
Personal Number: 74596 Rank: Major Name: David Lanyon LLOYD OWEN, CB, DSO, OBE, MC Unit: Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) & Long Range Desert...
Personal Number: 312967 Army Number: 14510934 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: John Bovill DENHAM, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 19 May...
Personal Number: 262114 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Simon Claud Michael BLAND, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 6 April 1943...
Personal Number: 41098 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Claude Ian Hurley DUNBAR, DSO Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 1 February 1929...
Casualty Major General BECKWITH-SMITH, MERTON Died 11/11/1942 Aged 52 G.O.C. 18th Inf. Div. General Staff and Welsh Guards D S O, M C Son of...
I discovered this Kings College London War Studies PhD thesis whilst looking at French Indo-China in 1945 and it might be of interest here. The...
I was watching the excellent History Hunters on sky channel 155 about Group Captain Peter Reginald Casement. He died some years ago and his...
Here's a little project I've been pondering. There are a number of separate threads, feel free to pull on any that you can. I've finally got my...
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