I am deep into my research into the effects of the urban terrain on Operation Market Garden and appear to have hit a bit of a dead end in terms of...
Personal Number: 90507 Rank: Major-General Name: Antony John DYBALL, CBE, MC, TD Unit: London Irish Rifles ; Royal Ulster Rifles London Gazette...
Many British and Allied troops remained in France when the Dunkirk evacuation ended. The next evacuation was Operation Cycle, this was followed by...
I just went through some photos taken to document my finds on DZ A. I found these parts mostly in the 1980... What does this typeplate tell us...
Hi, after reading two outstanding threads on this forum: Crossing the Rhine. | WW2Talk Bridging the Rhine for 12th Corps - March 1945 | WW2Talk...
Hi all, It would be extremely helpful if anyone has the War Diary for 148 Regiment RAC that covers the period during Operation Totalize in August...
Hello, one and all. First-ever post and I am sure you get plenty of these. I'm ex forces (army) myself of 24yrs myself so know how to apply for...
Chingoo - Like the map, thank you. Though I wonder about the location of Waterloo bridge, CL 9, which according to my information was the most...
Hello, I am trying to establish the exact number of 6th AB Div soldiers dropped/landed on March 24th, 1945. As so often with numbers - once you...
What landing craft flotillas operated out of the port? What was the RN command set up controlling the movement of Landing Craft during Operation...
I would like to know how many British and US airborne troops landed in Holland on Day One (September 19th) of Operation Market. Major L F Ellis in...
Gents, I just wondered if there was a list of Officers who jumped on Tonga in June 1944. I am just starting to research an officer Lt William...
Hi all, The official Report on Operation Blackcock says that the area was defended by 176 and 183 Divisions "organized on a Volksgrenadier...
Did a presentation earlier this week for WW2TV. So, for those interested in the 8th Rifle Brigade in Normandy and in Operations Epsom, Goodwood...
Hello All, RE: Order of the Guards Armoured Battlegroups appearance in Goodwood I have just looked at Stephen Napier's work "Armoured...
The organisation plan the German defence of Dieppe during Operation Jubilee lists the following miscellaneous units. I was wondering if anybody...
The numbers for British soldiers KIA in Operation Market seem to be quite exact - if I look at Pegasus Archive and other sources I find matching...
Hi, I'm trying to track my Grandads RE Section as their Company war diary for March was lost during the Lion Box battles in early April '44. I'm...
Inspired by a discussion in another thread, I thought I'd post up some accounts of BATTLEAXE that I seem to have collected from Kew over the years...
Hello everybody, I have been trying for a while to determine the actual LCT Hull numbers of the craft which carried each troop of 147 Fd Regt RA...
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