Recent content by Lambton

Hello kpduties, It has been considerable time since I last looked at the website and I see things regarding this topic that are somewhat hazy in my recollection. Suffice it to say that Jura Group and Switzerland do not appear in the 'war diary' of the 43rd coy. However, for those searching for...

Who has the militia service pay records, especially JAN 1936 to Sep 1939? How does one access them? What proof is necessary to get copies? My interest pertains to the Lambton Regiment and 1st. Field Park Company, R.C.E. Lambton Regiment

I am trying to determine the location of a very large British Army supply depot which was located on a beach of the Adriatic Sea beside a coastal road in 1944. Apparently, as the story is told, Canadian troops could only get British beer to drink while Canadian beer was available only to the...

Hi kpduties, My grandfather, too, was in the 122nd. battalion in 1917 and ultimately placed in 43 company of the forestry corps. You mentioned the Muskoka regiment and grandfather was in the Lambton regiment. I followed your previous replier's suggestion to look at the 'war diaries' but found...

I came across what I believe to be my father's (W.W. II) identification tags (proper name?) or (dog tags). There are three discs made of pressed fibre material? (1) a round disc (33mm. x 2mm. thick) of a rusty red colour with one punched hole and stamped with     number, rank, name, and UN -...

Hi Clayton, I too am a novice with this website. You might like to try the C.E.F. study group site as it concentrates on WW I. I read your first person account of your grandfather's experiences in WW II with interest. It was my father, Tom, who served in the same theatre of war albeit earlier...