His name also appears on a plaque in the Speech Room at Harrow School, Middlesex. The following biographical details were taken from The Times...
Could it be Purfleet? There were several army camps at Purfleet in WW2, and also some POW camps. See, for example, BBC - WW2 People's War - Sid...
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says the following about Longmore during the first few months of 1941:Longmore's constant demands for...
The National Archives has a guide to British POWs in enemy hands at <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=303>...
The London Gazette reference is Page 4434 of 1940, published 19 Jul 1940 (which is also referenced as Page 6 of issue 34900). The text...
Yes, that's about the sum of it. When a soldier left his unit (eg on posting or transfer), he was removed from that unit's strength. Since...
Gordon is correct - the National Archives at Kew has records and maps relating to bombing in England WW2, and there's a useful leaflet at...
He was in 18th Battery of 6th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. The regiment was based in India and Burma for the whole war, and from 4 Nov 1944...
Luckily, the vessel in my book turns out to have been preserved at the Scottish Maritime Museum. [IMG] She was built in 1942, and after being...
Bad News - I couldn't find an illustration of the inside of one of these floats. Good news - I found a photo of the outside! :) The page...
There was certainly a Wireless Set No 9, and it was in service in WW2, although it was obsolescent by 1943. However it seems a bit big to be taken...
If you go to www.google.com and do a search for "Canadian medals" (without the quotation marks), the first non-sponsored hit you'll probably get...
The badge shown at the above URL and much larger at http://www.156squadron.com/CapBadge.jpg is a post-1953 RAF cap badge for officers below air...
The on-line catalogue is at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...search.asp?j=1 and a search for... Word or phrase = small scale raiding...
In the now-deleted thread, I suggested that the top row of characters were Cyrillic. The character "X" most definitely is used in the Cyrillic...
Otto If you have a reference to a webpage, but it no longer exists, then you can try the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to see if the page...
The Ministry of Defence has some pages on its website which may be of interest. Summary of the medals and eligibility criteria and the links at...
Glad the information was useful! [img] The RAF was divided into several Branches, eg the Equipment Branch, Medical Branch, Accountant...
Apologies for the delayed reply, but I've just joined and have been trawling around for queries that I can answer! The standard published listing...
As well as Dietrich, there was SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer und Generalobert der Waffen-SS Paul Hausser (1880-1972). At least two other SS officers...
