Credit must be given to his education: St Philip's Grammar School, Birmingham, followed by King Edward's School, Birmingham.
So far as I can establish - I am not an expert in this fiekl - Landgerichte (regional courts) exist today in Germany, and have traditionally...
Most members of ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association, the organisation set up to provide entertainment for armed forces...
I note that you give no detail of your Uncle's involvement in WW2, and whether he himself was ever in Germany, let alone Berlin, and, if so, when....
Essentially, preferences could be expressed, but overall needs of the Army took precedence.
I agree. It is to be noted that the plaque is a private affair arranged by the present house owner, clearly to publicise himseldf and his house....
I am not sure whether the term "duffel bag" existed at the time of WW2. I suspect that the item in question was a kitbag.
I was not referring to the USA, of which I have no experience. I was referring to Britain in WW2, from personal experience.
This is a vast oversimplification from a historical point of view. The major reason for most people not driving a personal car in WW2 was that...
There are many reasons for fictitious armed forces service. One is having been rejected as medically unfit, for which there is no objective reason...
Heading the thread "Lord Richard Attenborough" implies that he was not a peer, but, so far as nobility is concerned, was merely the younger son of...
The title of this thread is misleading in two respects: 1. As the linked item explicitly states, it is the USSR anthem, NOT the Russian anthem....
Some clarification is required here. The stories about boys lying about their age in order to join up relate to WW1, not WW2. At the time of WW1...
As soon as I read the comment "awesome", it occurred to me that there was a linguistic problem, in that the OP, not having English as a first...
Although there was a military wing of the SS - the Waffen-SS - the main object of the SS was to inculcate Nazi values in every aspect of life. It...
The OP's poor attempt at transcribing what was presumably the Gothic script of the document in question has mysteriously. disappeared. Other...
Thanks for that - it is surprising how often a word turns out to be older than one thought. Comforting, too, that a leading hand, a killick,...
All I can say is, possibly. I am not sure whether the word killick was around so long ago as the early 19th century. It is properly naval slang...
First, let us clarify terminology. In the RN, the term 'rank' is reserved for commissioned officers, essentially sub-lieutenant and above. All...
It appears that your grandmopther was 17 when the letters began, and 18 when they finished. My interpretation, therefore, is that it was not a...
