Personal Number: 936 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir Richard Nugent O'CONNOR, KT, GCB, DSO*, MC, MiD** Unit: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)...
The Death of "Strafer" Gott On 7th August, Lieutenant General William "Strafer" Gott was shot down by German Planes as he was flying out to take...
Corporal Harry Sykes T/141511 Royal Army Service Corps died 17/12/1942 Age: 23 years Caserta War Cemetery, Italy III, D, 3. Trying to find out...
Personal Number: 8306 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Ronald MacKenzie SCOBIE, KBE, CB, MC, MiD* Unit: Royal Engineers London Gazette : 26 June...
Personal Number: 14142 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir Charles Henry GAIRDNER, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB, MiD Unit: Royal Artillery ; 10th Royal...
Personal Number: 4970 Rank: Major-General Name: Cyril Ernest Napier LOMAX, CB, CBE, DSO**, MC, MiD* Unit: Welch Regiment London Gazette : 3...
Personal Number: 20274 Rank: Major-General Name: Sir Francis Wilfred 'Freddie' DE GUINGAND, KBE, CB, DSO, MiD** Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment...
Personal Number: 15298 Rank: Major-General Name: George Warren RICHARDS, CB, CBE, DSO*, MC, MiD**** Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers ; Royal Tank...
Personal Number: 8269 Rank: Major-General Name: Neil McMICKING, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, MiD*** Unit: Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) London...
Hi All, I'm trying to find out any information I can about my father, André Graham Romain Willis, who at some point at the start of WW2 was...
From Imperial War Museum collection E 2823 - 06/05/1941 NA 1106 - 12/03/1943 NA 1107 - 12/03/1943 NA 3016 - 20/05/1943 NA 5197 - 01/08/1943 NA...
Personal Number: 31864 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Francis Godfrey Bertram ARKWRIGHT, DSO, MC Units: 12 Royal Lancers; CO, 4 County of London...
Just found this UCL History PhD thesis, the full title being 'Intelligence and Anglo/American Close Air Support in the Western Desert and Tunisia,...
From the Wiki page for the Battle of Gazala (footnote A - paraphrased by me) - “a volunteer troop of three M3 Grant tanks manned by instructors...
Does anyone know which armoured cars were used by which units in North Africa? I’m specifically interested in which vehicles were being used by...
Hi, I am trying to find out what I can about a former Airborne soldier for a friend of mine. Details we have so far (unconfirmed) are: Name -...
Hi All, I am asking in anyone can give me and my friend guidance in the gathering of information as we are trying to trace the units or theatre...
Personal Number: 56890 Rank: Captain (Quartermaster) Name: John Henry HOLDEN, MBE, MiD Unit: Scots Guards London Gazette : 24 October 1933...
Hi guys! I'm interested in knowing what was the strength of british armoured forces in Egypt (1st, and 6th RTRs; 7th and 8th Hussars) in summer...
Hello, Looking for any info about my great grandad Lance Corporal Albert Fothergill in the British Army. He served the entire duration of the war...
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