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Looking for information about Corporal Walter Smith who was with the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade

Hi all, I’m looking for information about my relative, Walter Smith who we believe was a corporal who served with the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade...

Thread by: HShert, Aug 4, 2026, 18 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
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No. 21 Squadron on Malta - 1942

Finally have written up the Bluesky thread from a few months ago....

Thread by: Andreas, May 23, 2026, 0 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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P/MX 58599 Petty Officer William Knox Orkney, RN: MID but no other records found

I wonder if anyone can help with this. I am looking for information on a “Supply Petty Officer William Knox Orkney P/MX 58599" recorded in the...

Thread by: MerveG, Jun 17, 2025, 18 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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Maurice (aka Michael) John SMITH, Royal Navy

Wonder if anyone can help please. My son in law knows almost nothing about his grandfather except the following:- He was in the Royal Navy...

Thread by: Webby, Jun 2, 2025, 5 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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T/177343 Private Joseph Henshall, RASC, died April 26, 1941 at sea???

Hi all, been researching my local war memorial and come across this man - T/177343 Private Joseph Henshall of the Royal Army Service Corps who...

Thread by: Mark Potts, May 11, 2025, 3 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
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Operation Armature

Has anybody heard of this operation and know what it was/was planned to be (in very broad terms)? WO 169-24877 mentions it twice but provides no...

Thread by: Rob Crane, Apr 22, 2025, 4 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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7596765 Craftsman George Stanley MITCHELL, REME: 14/11/1941, SS Scillin - Research help please

Hi everyone I mentioned on the other thread. My Dad's sadly passed away and his best friend Dave Mitchell (83) has become a dear friend of mine....

Thread by: LMS1001, Mar 15, 2025, 30 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
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41410 Acting Squadron Leader David Beatty HODGKINSON, RAF: family help?

I am trying to track down any leads for family connections of the following pilot. I have checked the normal family sites and nothing comes up. I...

Thread by: Danny.Burt, Feb 5, 2025, 3 replies, in forum: Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy
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Hospital Ship St David - names of lost

I am looking to compile a full list of those lost when St David was sunk off Anzio on 24/01/1944. I have seen various figures for numbers lost in...

Thread by: Tom Lynch1952, Jan 10, 2025, 9 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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S.S. Nordeflinge, lost 30/5/44

S.S. Nordeflinge was sunk on 30th May 1944 after being attacked by Axis aircraft 38 miles northeast of Algiers. Lloyd's says 11 crew and 1 gunner...

Thread by: Steve49, Dec 31, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: The War at Sea
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DAVIES, Roy Edward Charles. RM HMS Warspite (& postwar RAF) (01 May 1920 - 29 Dec 1995)

Hi, I am looking for information about Roy Davies, I know for a fact that he served in the Royal Marines starting as a band boy around 1935 and...

Thread by: Lexus, Nov 19, 2024, 9 replies, in forum: Commandos & Royal Marines
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Five significant things missing in relation to WW2

The ex-British Army officer and now a military historian, plus a consultant and author Jim Storr is a friend and he recently posted a provocative...

Thread by: davidbfpo, Nov 3, 2024, 5 replies, in forum: General
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Italian Naval SF attack Alexandria Harbour 18-19/12/1941

The catalyst for this was a comment on a recent thread about the bravery of Italian Navy frogmen and then an offline exchange with an enthusiastic...

Thread by: davidbfpo, Sep 7, 2024, 6 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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Lydia Sutcliffe Patton, Stewardess, HMHS Aba

Lydia Sutcliffe Patton was widowed in 1927 and went to sea as a Stewardess on various Elder Dempster ships. During 1942 and 1943 she was on the...

Thread by: C Alsbury, Jun 30, 2024, 6 replies, in forum: The Women of WW2
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56748 Colonel Nicholas Edward Owain WATTS, OBE, MiD, Royal Tank Regiment

Personal Number: 56748 Rank: Colonel Name: Nicholas Edward Owain WATTS, OBE, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 1 September 1933...

Thread by: dbf, Mar 17, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: Higher Formations
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Tymbakion Airfield Battle of Crete

In the later months of 1941, the Luftwaffe set about developing an airfield in the south of Crete, close to the town of Tymbaki (Tympaki). An...

Thread by: Kiwi Sapper, Dec 20, 2023, 0 replies, in forum: North Africa & the Med
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2nd Btn Royal Scots & Independent Coy

Hi all, I was hoping someone could help decipher my Grandfathers war record during 1943/1944. He was part of the “new” 2nd battalion Royal...

Thread by: As03, Nov 28, 2023, 8 replies, in forum: Service Records
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Economic Warfare

The folowing is part of appendix 8, NAVAL WARFARE AND INTELLIGENCE ALONG THE NORTH AFRICAN COASTS, JANUARY – JUNE 1942, from Michele Palermo's...

Thread by: Warlord, Nov 22, 2023, 2 replies, in forum: General
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44176 William Donald TARR , RA

I am trying to find further detail on the military career of William Donald Tarr - he may have used the name Donald. He was born 11 July 1909 in...

Thread by: Skoyen89, Nov 18, 2023, 9 replies, in forum: Royal Artillery
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Ship identification and Norman Beacham RM

Hi, I am trying to find out about my Grandfather's military service in the Royal Marines during WW2. I have recently been shown photos which...

Thread by: Andrew Beacham, Nov 12, 2023, 11 replies, in forum: The War at Sea

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