Extracts from "Detour - The Story of Oflag IVC"
"Funeral services for Honorary Colonel David Hart, Canada's longest serving military officer and a hero of the 1942 Dieppe raid, will be held...
Army Number: 2615284 Rank: Warrant Officer Class II Name: Cyril FEEBERY, DCM, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 24 June 1943...
Because someone in a Churchill tank modelling group seemed interested, I scanned in part of an account by Lieutenant Ed Bennett from the Churchill...
Edward Loustalot holds a melancholy place in World War II history, but his friends remembered him for his life, not his death. The first U.S....
I was sorry to hear the news Joe Powell had died on the 30th June 2016 aged 94 . He served in the Grenadier Guards before volunteering for the...
We are posting to request your help in blowing RRS Boaty McBoatface out of the water by voting for our entry. As many of you will be aware...
Hi, I have searched through all the threads on Bruneval but... Does anyone know what happened to Flight Sergeant Cox following the raid, what was...
Local BBC News website report on today's commemorations: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-31787647 11 more local press photographs of...
Just saw a small documentary about the St Nazaire raid on TV (the so-manieth version on Nat Geo)..and it suddenly dawned to me that maybe the...
I am trying to find the title of a book written by an officer who was there- the commando raid on Dieppe . Also (a long shot l know) does anyone...
Remembering the men of Bomber Command who set off 70 years ago tonight and never returned.
I would be most grateful if anyone can supply details of the men who were casualties on Operation 'Biting'. I understand that, beyond Hugh...
To anyone interested, On a recent trip to St Nazaire I have acquired a book (in French, but can be translated) about the Submarine base at St...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] The top part of this plaque says; To assist the conduct of Allied operations over occupied Europe it was essential to...
Dieppe Raid, Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter, Operation Jubilee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid [IMG] Last April I made comparison...
I like to research War Memorials since retiring to the country for various local Branches of the RBL. I'm currently looking at Rye, Sussex. One...
[IMG] Most Secret From the file ADM 223/500 held at TNA D.D.N.I D.N.I F PROPOSAL FOR NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMMANDO UNIT One of the most...
My great grandfather was captured on the dieppe raid. He was part of the Essex Scottish from windsor ontario. I noticed he had a commando badge....
I would like to ask our Airborne experts where were the Bruneval raiders based and trained prior to the operation. Someones father's records...
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