Personal Number: 95606 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Tomos Mansel STEPHENS Unit: South Wales Borderers ; 1 SAS London Gazette : 4 July 1939...
I am looking for the records of No. 84 Group of April 1945 re the support of Typhoons given to the French SAS paras during Operation Amherst. Is...
Hi, Trying to get to grips with the LZ used by No.620 and 190 Squadron on this operation. The ORBs are a little confusing. I have a 'A' an 'R'...
My idea is to use this thread to commemorate the anniversary of events associated with Operation Torch, as each event date reaches "80 years"...
Hi all, I am wondering a bit about how close British airborne troops were to the bridge at Gervershof (Dingden map 2053). There is a bit in the...
Remembering all of the good men who were lost at Arnhem over this week and next in September 1944. The annual service is being held at the...
Hella, here's another object found on the bank of the river Rhine near Emmerich at extremely low water levels. Is this of British origin,...
Award Military Medal F/Sgt. Walter Thomas Simpson, 299 Squadron (1890776) On 19th September, 1944, Flight Sergeant Simpson was the rear gunner in...
ABSTRACT A SPECIAL FORCE: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEDBURGH PROJECT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION OVERLORD by Major Wyman W. Irwin, USA, 211 pages....
The one subtitled "The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing" (2007) I am just after the number of the page that refers to the 30th Corps crossing...
Hi, I have just bought some wartime Negatives of the flight over from the UK on there way to the drop zones in Holland. The images were sent to...
Looking for good books on Market Garden. Needs to be well researched, preferably unbiased and academic. Candidates are: The Battle of Arnhem:...
Hi I'm new to the site but I hope someone may be able to advance/correct my knowledge regarding LCT469 as it is a focus of family research....
Hello, Topic : 25 July 1944 Operation Spring - 4 CLY Question: At roughly 1300 I am getting the indication a Squadron (or more) of the 4 CLY...
Hello All, I have been investigating in to the organisation and leadership of the commando's who took part in operation Infatuate I and II in...
Hi all, I was just wondering about the origin of the timing of the 30th and 12th Corps crossings. stolpi mentions that 30th Corps crossed early...
Award Cpl. Franklin Marion 'Zip' Koons, 1st Bn U.S. Rangers attached No. 4 Commando (37044646) OPERATION JUBILEE DIEPPE AREA 19th August 1942...
Rev Thomas James Trail (160767) R.A.Ch.D. attached 5th Bn The Black Watch (R.H.R.) At the Wadi Akarit on 6th April 1943, the Battalion suffered...
Sgt. Mathieson, Glider Pilot Regiment [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Birmingham Daily Gazette 04 October 1944
Hi All Hope you are all well. I have been asked to look into the chap below for a relative, interesting background and interested if anyone can...
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