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Pages in category "British Army personnel killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 324 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he fought in the Second World War with a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes.
Scottish Victory: Invasion of Northumbria (1039) Location: Northumbria 17th century portrait of Duncan I, leader of the Scottish forces who would die a year later in battle with Macbeth: Kingdom of Scotland: Kingdom of England: Scottish Defeat at Siege of Durham Norman invasion of Scotland (1072) Part of the Norman conquest of Britain
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the ...
The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that served during the Second World War. It was raised on 2 September 1939, the day before war was declared, as part of the Territorial Army (TA) and served in the United Kingdom and later North-West Europe from June 1944 to May 1945.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. Belgian-British Army officer (1880–1963) This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO Lieutenant Colonel Carton de Wiart during the First World War Birth name Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart Born ...
The Rolls of Honour include those who died between 4 August 1914 and 31 August 1921 as having died in the First World War and those between 3 September 1939 and 31 December 1947 as having died in the Second World War. [2] Those not serving in the Scottish regiments must either have been born in Scotland or have at least one parent born in the ...
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]