British and US documents and items
Below you will see thumbernails to various British and US documents and items like the British AB64 paybooks.
In each thumbernail is a short discripion (name, unit, time-frame, etc.) and a small photo.
Click on the small photo to open that specific document/item page (if available). These stories are based on the original items that are in my collection and via research on the internet and in books.
The medals displayed below are the medals won by the soldier during the war.
As information about the medals was not always recorded or available to me, its not complete.
Name | Frank M. | |
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Birthday | 08-08-1925 | ||||
Function | Light Mortar Crewman | ||||
Last rank | Private first class | ||||
Unit | 179th Infantry-Regiment (45th ID) | ||||
Service time | 1943-1946 | ||||
Status | Survived, died in 2008 |
Name | Arthur Walter Ridout | ||||
Birthday | 20-06-1915 | ||||
Function | Tank crewman | ||||
Last rank | w/s Corporal | ||||
Unit | Westminster Dragoons | ||||
Service time | 1942-1945 | ||||
Status | Survived, died in 1995 |
Name | Leonard Charles Hutchings | ||||
Birthday | 07-04-1923 | ||||
Function | Vehicle Mechanic | ||||
Last rank | Sergeant | ||||
Unit | R.E.M.E. | ||||
Service time | 1943-1947 | ||||
Status | Survived |
Name | Ronald Victor Sweeting | ||||
Birthday | 24-06-1919 | ||||
Function | Driver | ||||
Last rank | Corporal | ||||
Unit | 259 Field Company Royal Engineers | ||||
Service time | 1939-1946 | ||||
Status | Survived |
Name | Richard Horner Waddington | ||||
Birthday | 17-10-1916 | ||||
Function | 6 Pdr. Gunner | ||||
Last rank | Gunner | ||||
Unit | Royal Artillerie (Field) - Terr.Army | ||||
Service time | 1941-1945 | ||||
Status | Discharged 11 Sept. 1945 |