I have the below diaries for 280 battery and 87 HAA regiment for anyone interested. They are; 87 HAA July - Dec 1941 WO 169/1581 87 HAA Jan - Dec...
Hello everyone, I've posted here previously about my grandfather and his military service, but wanted to make more of a general thread. I'm...
Hi All, I am researching 6630957 Albert George Connell, born 13 December 1906, on behalf of his family. They have in their possession an LRDG cap...
[ATTACH] Captain Jenkin Robert Oswald Thompson, Royal Army Medical Corps Service No: 115213 Award: The George Cross In recognition of...
My dad was in the RASC after the war and I have a copy of his demob certificate. I believe he was in the Life Guards for a time though. Sadly he...
Hi I'm looking at the story of my mum's brother, my Uncle Frank who was killed in Camarelle, Saloerno 27 Sept 1943 and trying to trace the...
Personal Number: 183392 Rank: Captain (Quartermaster) Name: J N H BIGNELL, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 13 January 1944...
Personal Number: 56023 Rank: Major Name: Stephen Burgess HEWITT, MiD* Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 30 December 1941...
Personal Number: 45004 Rank: Brigadier Name: George Clifford WEBB, CBE, DSO, MiD Unit: Royal Tank Regiment London Gazette : 31 January 1930...
I'm looking for this unit, especially a war diary reference: I'm researching Sgt. Norman Squire (1909 - 1979) - - among Norman's papers were...
I have just started researching the 'footprint' of my Dad's journey in WW2. He was in51st(London) Anti Aircraft regiment. He went to Norway, North...
Does anybody know which beach No. 5 Beach group landed on at Salerno ? My Gt- grandad landed as part of the above group with 280 bty, 87th HAA...
Does anyone know where the The 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards were in August 1943. My Grandfather was posted to the Battalion on 13th August 43.
Personal Number: 86091 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Frederick Kenneth Radcliffe LONG, OBE, MiD Unit: Royal Artillery London Gazette : 17...
World War Two sailor feared dead in torpedo attack turns 100 A Royal Navy sailor who was reported dead during World War Two has celebrated his...
Hi all, I'm researching the action in which these two Pz IVs of (I believe) HG Div were knocked out at Salerno in September 1943. I'm wondering...
Personal Number: 174099 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Clifford Vizetelly JAMES, MC, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 13 January 1944...
Hi, I'm reading the war diary of 214 HAA Bty/57 HAA Regt RA for September 1943 and struggling to transcribe this extract: [ATTACH] I think it...
[ATTACH] I am trying to determine where the following four casualties of the 6th Battalion were killed. I know it was during the battle for...
Award Member of the British Empire Captain John Aitchison Patterson, 161 Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers (96364) From the day of...
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