Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Ancestry significantly updates its Second World War military diary offerings

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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