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World War Two / Re: RSC member help needed please - Murphy?
« on: Thursday 09 November 17 17:12 GMT (UK) »
Dunkirk is my speciality - What's his name? I may be able to tell you how/where he died.
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World War Two / Re: RSC member help needed please - Murphy?
« on: Wednesday 08 November 17 17:54 GMT (UK) »
Definitely Royal Signals - It's my old regiment. He's wearing pre war service dress so at it's latest I would say it was taken in 1940 before the British Army moved to Battle Dress.
Service Records is the only way to see if he transferred to another unit. Earlier service numbers were blocks awarded to certain units but around 1942 or 1943 it changed to a General Service Corps number issued in numerical order regardless of unit.
Service Records is the only way to see if he transferred to another unit. Earlier service numbers were blocks awarded to certain units but around 1942 or 1943 it changed to a General Service Corps number issued in numerical order regardless of unit.
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World War Two / Re: I have my Father's British Army Records and want to find his War Diaries
« on: Sunday 05 November 17 18:31 GMT (UK) »That's useful to know MaxD thank you. Looks like a trip to Kew!
Drop me a message if the archives is a trek for you.
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World War Two / Re: Epaulette mark
« on: Tuesday 24 October 17 20:28 BST (UK) »
Later in the war, units within a Division wore the Divisional sign on their epaulettes.
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World War Two / Re: Epaulette mark
« on: Tuesday 24 October 17 19:29 BST (UK) »
5th Infantry Division. 7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment were with them from 1941.
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World War Two / Re: I have my Father's British Army Records and want to find his War Diaries
« on: Tuesday 24 October 17 19:22 BST (UK) »
58 is a training regiment. He then went on to serve with the Westminster Dragoons in France ie D-Day and then later on in the war was posted to 3 RTR.
I already have a copy of the original Westminster Dragoons diary for 1944 but I'm not allowed to post anything on here. That said I'm moving house on Thursday so everything is pretty much packed now anyway. Feel free to drop me a message and I can send you the references for all the war diaries covering his service.
Cheers
Andy
I already have a copy of the original Westminster Dragoons diary for 1944 but I'm not allowed to post anything on here. That said I'm moving house on Thursday so everything is pretty much packed now anyway. Feel free to drop me a message and I can send you the references for all the war diaries covering his service.
Cheers
Andy
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World War Two / Re: 64th Medium Regt RA
« on: Friday 13 October 17 23:19 BST (UK) »
The RA Museum at Woolwich closed down sometime ago now.
War Diaries for this regiment will be at the National Archives in London covering the whole of WW2. I only have the Jan to Dec 1942 diary for this regiment.
War Diaries for this regiment will be at the National Archives in London covering the whole of WW2. I only have the Jan to Dec 1942 diary for this regiment.
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World War Two / Re: Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (100 Army Field Company)
« on: Friday 06 October 17 09:07 BST (UK) »
JKelly you may be interested in my FB page. If you scroll back to June of this year you'll see lots of research I did on Cassel this year.
https://www.facebook.com/FranceandFlanders1940/?ref=bookmarks
https://www.facebook.com/FranceandFlanders1940/?ref=bookmarks
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World War Two / Re: 64th Medium Regt RA
« on: Monday 18 September 17 05:23 BST (UK) »
Have you approached Pen and Sword in Barnsley? They seem to be the military history publisher of choice.