Dear All In researching a variety of german formations facing the Allies in September 1944 one is faced with enormous gaps in the German...
Hello, can someone help me please. I am looking for the War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment for the month of February 1945....
Hi, I've been asked to contribute to a thread about the action in which 18th Indian Infantry Brigade was overrun on 1 July 1942 at the beginning...
The long initial post in this thread has been copied from several posts in the thread The Battles for Point 103 and St. Pierre (8th–18th June...
Hi, I came across these names in a post-action report in the 8th Bn RTR report for November 1941 and thought they, and the associated details,...
Award Military Medal Pte. William Dodd, 2nd Bn The Royal Berkshire Regiment, 98 Indian Infantry Brigade, 19 Indian Division, 33 Corps (14340725)...
Good Morning, Does anyone on the board happen to have a complete copy of this war diary WO 170/1355 ? I’m off to Kew on July, just wondered if...
Hi, i am trying to find out the circumstances in which Bdr F Wardle and 2 other members of 4/RHA were killed on the 26th October 1944. Could...
Hello, I am currently researching my Great-grandfather, Ernest Thomas Cole's military record. Unfortunately this man has been lost to our...
7886456 Cpl BP Barker 3c of lond Yeomanry was wounded on 15 April 1945. Does anyone have access to the war diary for this date? many info most...
My Great uncle died at El Alamein fighting with The Queens in Egypt. The family history is he killed climbing out of a tank. However I think that...
Tomorrow will be the 80th anniversary of the Battle of SIDI NISR one of those magnificent defeats that supposedly exemplifies all our Army's most...
I am working on the events of the Italo-German attack against Djebel Abiod on 21-22 November. In an post discussing the earlier fight on 17 Nov.,...
I am trying to locate the crossing point of the Rhine by the 15th Scottish at Xanten. Does anyone know where it is please? I have attached a...
[ATTACH] 62942 Captain Sir John Hargreaves PIGGOTT-BROWN 2nd Coldstream Guards 1913 - Killed in Action 25th December 1942 Longstop Hill, Tunisia...
Evening all I’m helping (or at the moment failing to help) a friend track down information about his Great Uncle who was killed at Dunkirk. I’m...
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...
Source: WO171/2252 for 1944 & WO171/6743 for 1945 – 46 Transport Column RASC Commanding Officer Lt. Col. W.H. Taylor and Lt. Col. D. Sawyer as...
Hello all, I'm looking for some information (Or even better, a war diary) for my uncle (Pte Alexander Gordon Ellis - 14436178) and his friend...
Would units operating in Egypt and Libya have recorded time stamps as BST, UTC, or EET? All the best Andreas
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