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The Wehrpass of Ferdinand Friedrich Karl Ruhmann

4th June 2025 Going Postal 0

In WW2, a Wehrpass contained the personal and service information of a Wehrmacht volunteer or conscript and was used for identification and recording purposes. Issued when registered for military service, it was kept by the [more…]

20th Century

In the Graveyard of St Nicholas, Moreton

7th May 2025 Going Postal 0

During a visit to the Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset, with my daughter, we decided first to go to the graveyard of the Church of St Nicholas in the village of Moreton in the [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from Afrika”, Part Six

15th January 2025 Going Postal 0

In Part 5, I described how Afrika Korps Obergefrieter, Hans Walden, had written to Hildegard Bronnold about being strafed by the American Airforce, visiting the theatre in Tunis and staying at the home of an [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from Afrika”, Part Five

8th January 2025 Going Postal 0

In Part Four, I described how Afrika Korps Obergefrieter, Hans Walden, had written to Hildegard Bronnold about suffering in a sandstorm, retreating back through Libya into Tunisia, and his hopes for Christmas 1942. In late [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from Afrika” Part Four

18th December 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 3, I described how Afrika Korps Gefreiter, Hans Walden, had written to Hildegard Bronnold about food parcels he had sent to her, his imaginary coloured pencil sketch of the Nile and his hope [more…]

20th Century

Algiers in May 1944, By John Alldridge

26th November 2024 Going Postal 0

The stout proprietor of the Cafe de la Liberte across the street was tugging down the yellow and red striped awning as I passed him this morning. In the lounge of the Aletti Hotel they [more…]

20th Century

Desert Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Deutsches Afrikakorps

7th August 2024 Going Postal 0

The “Deutsches Afrikakorps” (DAK) were formed in 1941 after the failure of the Italian defence of their North African colonies against the British advance in Operation “Compass”. The Germans sent out the DAK, initially composed [more…]

20th Century

In The Steps of The First Army, Part Seven

14th May 2024 Going Postal 0

“In his seventh and final article JOHN ALLDRIDGE writes of Tunis and the triumphant end of a campaign.” – Manchester Evening News, November 23 1949 Tunis, Monday I thought I saw a ghost in Tunis [more…]

20th Century

In The Steps of The First Army, Part Six

7th May 2024 Going Postal 0

“In the sixth of his articles John Alldridge writes of Bizerta, where a song was born, an Army vindicated itself, and a gigantic building plan went awry.” – Manchester Evening News, November 22 1949 Bizerta, [more…]

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