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Just noticed that the above mentioned society's website has ceased operating as of about ten days ago...anybody got any idea why?

I'm trying to find out the first name of a trooper from the early 'L Detachment' based in Tikrit in 1941. His surname was Kaufman, he was a Londoner but I am hoping somebody on here might know his first name. I have looked through the archive on thi site but not had any luck yet. His surname...

Just purchased a book that I saw recommended on here...from the National Archives...'Special Forces in the Desert War 1940-1943'. From what I've seen so far, a brilliant purchase for just two quid, and perfect for anyone doing research in that area (as I am). Great site. Keep up the good work

My uncle Syd was part of a Combined service commando unit attached to the Canadians. He was supposed to have accompanied them on their ill-fated raid on Dieppe, but fell ill with shingles shortly before they set sail. His name is Sydney Hale, he is now in his mid 90's and is displaying early...

I wrote this on November 11 a few years back An Oppo?s Farewell Share not this common earth with me, not yet But live to tell, of we who laughed and loved, then fell Remember me, in years of plenty As a friend and comrade left behind A random name and serial number Bullet and...

I understand from Alan Hoe's Biog of David Stirling that the great man, who was not exactly a conformist, was the subject of a board of inquiry by senior officers who were a more than a little p.o'd by his 'lifestyle', and who believed (completely wrongly, of course) that he was a malingerer who...

Hi Can't give too much away at this stage (I am a freelance writer) but I am hoping someobdy on here would have some detailed info on the campaign fought by No 11 (Scottish) commando at Litani river in Lebanon in 1941. I have been trawling through the dreaded google and public libraries...