Ancestry has significantly updated its UK, World War II War Diaries, 1939-1946 collection, available at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62376/.
Records for the following units are now available:
´A´ Military Mission Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF) Corsica
´C´ Military Mission Greece
´M´ Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF) 1 Forward (Fwd) Base
1 (Palestinian) Company Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
1/7 Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge´s Own) ´B´ Company
1/7 Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge´s Own) ´D´ Company
10 Corps (also Delta Force): CSO (X Corps Chief Signal Officer)
10 Corps: Rear Headquarters (HQ)
101 Abyssinia
102 Derna (Libya)
106 Cairo (Egypt)
16 Middle East Forces (MEF)
176 Fd. Amb. `A´ Coy.
176 Fd. Amb. `B´ Coy.
18 Northern Ireland
19 Elizabethville (Belgian Congo)
2 (Palestinian) Company Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
2 Cheshire Regiment ´B´ Company
20 Brazzaville (French Equatorial Africa)
20 Cairo Section (Egypt). Missing at transfer
20 Captain Carter´s War Diary (Africa)
20 Middle East Section
20 Middle East Section (extracted from WO 201/8)
20 Spears Mission (West Africa)
20 Spears Mission Force ´L´ (West Africa)
20 Syria Section
20 Syria Security Mission
20/1 Free French Battle Group
20/1 Free French Brigade
20/1 Free French Division
20/1 Free French Flying Column
20/2 Free French Battle Group
20/2 Free French Brigade
203 South Africa
204 Burma
204 China (Forward Area)
207 Burma
209 Middle East Forces (MEF)
210/1 Greek Brigade
210/2 Greek Brigade
211 Middle East Forces (MEF)
22 Czech Forces
220 Pacific and India
23 Dutch Forces
26 Iraq
27 Athens (Greece)
30 Russia (USSR)
32 British North Africa Forces (BNAF)
34 Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF)
37 Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF)
5th Assault Regiment Re Hq (26th and 80th Assault Squadrons)
6 Cheshire Regiment ´A´ Company
6 Cheshire Regiment ´B´ ´C´ & ´D´ Companies
Albania
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (Northumberland Hussars) Ra Wo
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 106th Brigade Company Rasc
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 12th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 12th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 13th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 13th/18th Royal Hussars
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 147th Essex Yeomanry Field Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 151st Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 168th (City of London) Light Field Ambulance Ramc
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 17th Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 185th Infantry Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion the Royal Ulster Rifles
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment Wo
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion, the King´s Own Scottish Borderers
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 1st East Riding Yeomanry
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 20th Anti-Tank Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 22nd Dragoons (Royal Armoured Corps)
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 22nd Independent Parachute Company
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 231st Infantry Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 233rd Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 235th Field Park Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 246th Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 24th Lancers
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 253rd Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 262nd Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 263rd Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 27th Armoured Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 280th Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 295th Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion the Essex Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion the South Wales Borderers
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the King´s Own Shropshire Light Infantry
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the Royal Ulster Rifles
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2nd Battalion, the Warwickshire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 2ndbattalion, the Devonshire Regiment Wo
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 33rd Field Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Ra 01
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 3rd British Infantry Division Provost Co Mpany
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 3rd Parachute Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 3rd Parachute Squadron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 505th Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 50th Infantry (Northumbrian) Division Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 50th Northumbrian Division Provost Company
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 53rd Airlanding Light Regiment, Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 53rd Regiment Ra Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 56th Infantry Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 591 Parachute Squadron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 5th Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 5th Parachute Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 629th Field Squadron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 69th Infantry Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Airborne Division Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Airborne Division Signals
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Airborne Division Workshops Reme
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Airlanding Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Assault Regiment Re Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 6th Battalion, the Green Howards
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 716th Light Company Rasc (Airborne Light Company)
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 71st Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 73rd Field Company Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 76th Field Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 77th Assault Squadron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 79th Assault Squardron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 7th Battalion, the Green Howards
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 7th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 7th Field Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 81st Assault Squadron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 82nd Assault Squadron Re
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 86th (Hertfordshire Yeomany) Field Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 8th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 8th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 8th British Infantry Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 90th Company Rasc (Armoured Assault Brigade)
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 90th Field Regiment Ra
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 9th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 9th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe 9th Infantry Brigade Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe British 3rd Infantry Division Hq
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe C Squadron 141st Regiment Rac
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe C Squadron, the Inns of Court Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps)
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe No 1 Wing the Glider Pilot Regiment Aac
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe No 2 Wing the Glider Pilot Regiment Aac
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe the Staffordshire Yeomanry Q.o.r.r
Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe the Westminster Dragoons (Royal Armoured Corps)
Arab Legion
Army Medical Services: 186th Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 195 Airlanding Field Ambulance
Army Medical Services: 200th Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 203rd Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 223rd Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 224 Parachute Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 225 Parachute Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 8th Field Ambulance Ramc
Army Medical Services: 9th Field Ambulance Ramc
Bari Sub-mission (Italy) Political Warfare Executive (PWE)
Brigadier (later General) Kenneth Exham´s Russian papers (British Military Mission, Moscow). With photographs and map
British Forces, Middle East. 01 April 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 August 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 December 1940 - 31 July 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 December 1941 - 31 December 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 February 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 January 1941 - 30 September 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 January 1942 - 30 November 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 January 1942 - 30 September 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 January 1942 - 31 January 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 July 1940 - 28 February 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 July 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 June 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 March 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 May 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 November 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 October 1939 - 31 December 1943
British Forces, Middle East. 01 October 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 01 September 1942 - 31 December 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 1939-1942
British Forces, Middle East. 1939-1943
British Forces, Middle East. 1939-1946
British Forces, Middle East. 1940-1942
British Forces, Middle East. 1940-1943
British Forces, Middle East. 1940-1945
British Forces, Middle East. 1941-1942
British Forces, Middle East. 1941-1943
British Forces, Middle East. 1942
British Forces, Middle East. 1942-1943
Bulgaria
Caen, France (WO 179/2969)
Canadian Military Mission, Berlin
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Fort Garry Horse)
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 12th Field Regiment Cdn
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 13th Field Regiment Cdn
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 14th Canadian Field Ambulance Rcamc
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 14th Field Regiment Rca
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 16th Field Company Rce
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 18th Field Company Rce
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 1st Battalion the Canadian Scottish Regiment
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 1st Battalion, the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Guns)
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 22nd Canadian Field Ambulance Rcamc
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 23rd Canadian Field Ambulance Rcamc
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade Hq
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Signals
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 4th Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 5th Field Company Rce
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 6th Field Company Rce
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 7th Canadian Brigade Hq
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 8th Canadian Brigade Hq
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces 9th Canadian Brigade Hq
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces Canadian 3rd Infantry Division Hq
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the Chaudiere Regiment
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the Highland Light Infantry of Canada
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the Queen´s Own Rifles of Canada
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the Regina Rifle Regiment
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Canadian, South African, New Zealand and Indian Forces the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
Cape Town Liaison (South Africa)
Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF) Region 4 ACC
Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF) Region 6 ACC
Chekiang (China)
Diary of Soviet Military Mission Liaison Group
Durban Liaison (South Africa)
Greece
Greece ´A´ British Liaison Unit
Greece ´B´ British Liaison Unit (XI Field Division)
Greece ´C´ British Liaison Unit
Greece ´D´ British Liaison Unit (National Guard)
Greece Salonika
Greece Sub-mission
Hungary
Italian Army
Land Forces Sub-Commission
Norway
Operation Garden (WO 171/1305)
Poland
Pretoria, Pioneer and Labour (South Africa)
Ramgarh (India)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: 4 County of London Yeomanry Light Aid Detachment (RAOC REME LAD)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: 7 Medium Regiment Light Aid Detachment (RAOC REME LAD)
Royal Army Service Corps: 15 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RASC Platoon
Royal Army Service Corps: 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RASC Platoon
Royal Army Service Corps: 57 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RASC Platoon Detachment
Royal Army Service Corps: 57 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RASC Section
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, 1 Composite Battery
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, 2 Composite Battery
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, A. Troop
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, B. Troop
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, R. Troop
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, S. Troop
Royal Artillery: 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, Y. Troop
Royal Artillery: 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (RA LAA)
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: 15 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Workshop Section (REME Wksp)
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: 57 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Workshop Section (REME Wksp)
Royal Horse Artillery: B. Battery, 1 RHA Regiment
Royal Signals: 1 Field Regiment Signals Section E (Sigs)
Royal Signals: 10 Armoured Division Signals (Sigs)
Royal Signals: 11 Field Regiment Signals Section (Fd Regt Sigs)
Royal Signals: 15 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signals Section (LAA Regt Sigs)
Royal Signals: 4 Field Regiment Signals Section (Fd Regt Sigs)
Royal Signals: 40 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signals Section (LAA Regt Sigs)
Royal Signals: 57 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Signals Section (LAA Regt Sigs)
Royal Signals: 64 Medium Regiment RA Signals Section (Sigs)
Royal Signals: 7 Medium Regiment RA Signals Section
Rumania (Romania)
Russian Liaison Group (USSR)
SHAEF Mission Denmark
South Africa 2 Echelon
South Africa NEAS Section.
South African Military Mission
War Office: Army Medical Services: 149th Field Ambulance RAMC
(With thanks to John Reid via Anglo-Celtic Connections)
Chris
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