My father Jeffery Vernon Wood Rank Signaller - Service No. 4117 South African Army was P.O.W. taken at Tobruk, P.O.W. in above named camp. Escaped...
Army Number: 6857924 Rank: Rifleman Name: Robert Ian McLEOD Unit: Long Range Desert Group Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1921 Date of Enlistment: 4 Mar...
Army Number: RH 6857915 Rank: Rifleman Name: Frank MAIDWELL Unit: Long Range Desert Group Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1914 Date of Enlistment: 7 Nov...
Army Number: 72683(V) Rank: Captain Name: Charles William BLUETT Unit: Natal Mounted Rifles ; Raiding Support Regiment Date of Birth: 14/7/1910...
Personal Number: 15915 Rank: Brigadier Name: Eustace Aldford ARDERNE, DSO*, OBE, MiD Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 30 November...
Hello all, Had so much help from my previous posts I thought I might try asking if anyone can help with South Africa's involvement. Have had some...
Personal Number: RH/6857923 Rank: Serjeant Name: Donald Tudor COVENTRY, DCM Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps attached LRDG London Gazette : 14...
Marjorie was my mother-in-law, and according to a family story, RAF personnel were evacuated from Egypt due to the AXIS advance led by Rommel (so...
Remembering Today https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1282132/ Squadron Leader PATTLE, MARMADUKE THOMAS ST. JOHN Service Number 39029...
Hello All I am beginning research for a documentary film project based on my father's - Donald KENNEDY (27194 Private) - experiences. I am not...
I am trying to find out where my father Vivian Vickers - (South African) was taken to once he was a POW . I think he was a Staff Sargeant in the...
I am standing on the main road of the prison camp Stalag IVB in Germany where my grandfather was a prisoner for 2 years. In my hand is his...
I have a signed photograph of the 1944 South African POW rugby team. Can I please get help to confirm the players and who the team were. Is their...
I am looking for any information regarding Gert van Rooyen. He was a family member of mine. He was a South African. Attached is a picture and on...
Hi everyone, I will be visiting both concentration camps in March 2016 where my grandfather was a POW. He was Cpl. JJ van Rooyen and he served...
Hi everyone. I am looking for any documents and information to verify a man named Sam Nel. I only have his name. I want to know exactly under...
Massive thanks to previous posts on this forum, by TrickyDicky et al! I was able to establish the following about my great grandfather using...
Greetings, Researching my great grandfather John Christian William Handford b. 31/03/1903 d. 21/01/1978. He joined 17/06/1940. He served in...
Hi, I am a researcher at the University of Pretoria in South Africa; in our possession we found a photo album with about 100 photographs of the...
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