J.W.Cass is listed on the Wigginton War Memorial but he is not listed on CWGC [ATTACH] If anyone could add further info it would be greatly...
Hello. I am trying to find information about my great grandad Harry Patrick Hadley who died on the Lancastrian Prince, on behalf of my Nan who was...
CLEIFE, George H, Cook, MN, T.124 [PORTSMOUTH (KINGSTON) CEMETERY] Cook George Henry Cleife | War Casualty Details | CWGC Cook Cleife is listed...
Ships landing the 24th Lancers after the initial D-Day landings More to add in edit... Information on the ships that landed the remaining parts...
S.S. Ulea was lost after being attacked by U374 in the Atlantic, ENE of Azores. Casualties given as 13 crew, 3 gunners and 3 passengers killed....
Buried Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery. Plot 4 Row A Grave 12. MOORE, Cabin Boy, GEORGE THOMPSON, S.S. Laurent Meeus (Belgium) Merchant Navy. 21st June...
This ship was a fast civilian passenger ship from New Zealand, crossing the Tasman Sea and became a WW2 troopship. Thanks to a pointer to a BCHM...
On 23rd August 1941 M.V. Stork was sunk in the Atlantic by U201. Lloyd's war losses says 18 crew and 4 gunners, of whom 19 were lost. uboat.net...
Not something I delve into normally, so I need some help to interpret the attached UK National Archives record sheet. What do the abbreviations in...
Hello, I’m researching one of our old ferries which, it turns out did some service during WW2! I’d love to hear any stories about the Isle of...
This post appeared on the Our British Merchant Navy site, I have his permission to post it here, can anyone help, please? Roy Hi i wondering...
Hello, I am researching my grandfathers WW2 military history, Robert Park Gordon Reid 1912-1994. He served with the 1st & 2nd regiment maritime...
From A.B to Futtock-shrouds, and Gaff to Yards, you'll find an explanation here. All courtesy of "SHIPPING WONDERS OF THE WORLD" edited by...
Courtesy of "Shipping Wonders of the World" edited by Clarence Winchester circa 1937; "MEDALS FOR ACTS OF BRAVERY". Kind regards, always, Jim....
The shipowner H G Mann managed several small shipping companies during WW2
I am writing this story and would like to know more about the crew who were given medals who were mentioned in dispatches . The CWGC have given me...
Anyone can pls help with any more information regarding this Uniform. My great grandfather worked as a Merchant Seaman in Malta in the 1940s.
Gents, I'm trying to determine how many Allied Navy POW's were killed and survived when HMS Cornwall sank raider Pinguin on the 8th May 1941...
This post is dedicated to all those 19 men who served with the UK, Dutch, Greek and Norwegian Merchant Navies, during the course of WW2, and who...
Frank Geoffrey Laskier (1912-1949) survived the sinking of the S.S. Eurylochus, he appeared on J.B. Priestley's B.B.C. Postscript programme on 5th...
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