133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance |
Ainsworth, John Alfred |
2-inch mortar |
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance |
Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel |
Aerodrome |
181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance |
Arnim, Hans-Jürgen, von |
After |
1st (Airlanding) Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery |
Arnold, William Frank |
Air commodore |
1st Air Landing Reconnaissance Squadron |
Ashford, Richard |
Air Force Squadron |
1st Airborne Division |
Atkinson, Robert Norman |
Air Vice-Marshal |
1st Airlanding Brigade |
Barton, Wallace Stanley |
Airborne forces |
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA |
Baskeyfield, John Daniel |
Airspeed Horsa Glider |
1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) |
Bellamy, Robert Hugh |
Anti-aircraft warfare |
1st Parachute Brigade |
Bols, Eric Louis |
Anti-tank warfare |
1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers |
Bourne, Geoffrey Kemp |
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle |
1st Special Service Brigade |
Bradish, W. P. B. |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley |
21st Independent Parachute Company |
Brereton, Lewis Hyde |
Artillery |
22nd Independent Parachute Company |
Briggs, Bernard Walter |
Avro 504 |
261st (Airborne) Field Park Company Royal Engineers |
Brotheridge, Herbert Denham |
Avro Lancaster |
2nd (Oban) (Airlanding) Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery |
Brown, Henry Faulkner |
Bangalore torpedo |
2nd Parachute Brigade |
Browning, Frederick Arthur Montague |
Battalion |
3rd Infantry Division |
Buchanan, John Stewart Aitchison |
Battleship |
3rd Parachute Brigade |
Burwash, Herbert David |
Billet |
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division |
Bush, Alan |
Boche |
4th Armoured Brigade |
Cain, Robert Henry |
Bombardier |
4th Parachute Brigade |
Charteris, Euan Basil Cyril |
Bomber |
4th Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers |
Chatterton, George James Stewart |
Breda 30 |
51st (Highland) Infantry Division |
Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough |
Bren Gun |
51st Troop Carrier Wing |
Cochran, Alexander Verner |
Bridgehead |
5th Parachute Brigade |
Coningham, Arthur 'Mary' |
Brigade |
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment |
Cooper, Thomas Bruce |
Brigadier general |
6th Airborne Division |
Crichton, John Louis |
Bristol Blenheim |
6th Airlanding Brigade |
Darvall, Lawrence |
Broadside |
78th Infantry Division |
Davis, Peter Brian Newsom |
Buffalo Landing Vehicle Tracked |
9th Field Company Royal Engineers |
Deane-Drummond, Anthony John |
Cockpit |
Afrika Korps |
Dempsey, Miles Christopher |
Colonel |
Air Ministry |
Derek Aldwin 'Tommy' Grant |
Combined Operations |
Air Raid Precautions (ARP) |
Dobie, David Theodore |
Commanding Officer |
Allied Expeditionary Air Force |
Donaldson, Adrian |
Company |
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) |
Down, Ernest Edward |
Compass |
Bofors AB |
Dupenois, Georges |
Corporal |
Bomber Command |
Egan, Bernard Charles Mary |
Corps |
Border Regiment |
Eisenhower, Dwight David |
Croix de Guerre |
British 21st Army Group |
Fiddament, Arthur Leonard |
Cruiser |
British 5th Corps |
Fitch, John Anthony Colson |
Defensive fighting position |
British Army |
Flavell, Edwin William Conquest |
Destroyer |
British Commandos |
Fox, Dennis Barraclough |
Dinghy |
British Eighth Army |
Frank, Anthony Mutrie |
Distinguished Conduct Medal |
British First Army |
Fraser, Simon Christopher Joseph, 15th Lord Lovat |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
British I Airborne Corps |
Frost, John Dutton |
Distinguished Service Order |
British I Corps |
Gale, Richard Nelson |
Division |
British intelligence agencies |
Galpin, Dennis Patton |
Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
British Second Army |
Gough, Charles Frederick Howard |
Dressing Station |
Central Landing Establishment |
Göring, Hermann Wilhelm |
DUKW Amphibious Vehicle |
Coldstream Guards |
Grayburn, John Hollington |
Eighty Eight artillery gun |
Devonshire Regiment |
Gwinnett, John |
Fighter |
Dorset Regiment |
Hackett, John Winthrop |
Fighter Bomber |
Durham Light Infantry |
Harvey, Leslie Gordon |
Flame-thrower |
First Allied Airborne Army |
Hibbert, James Anthony |
Flare |
Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG |
Hicks, Philip Hugh Whitby |
Flight Lieutenant |
Forces Françaises de l’Intérieure (French Forces of the Interior) |
Hill, Stanley James Ledger |
Flight Sergeant |
French Foreign Legion |
Hitler, Adolf |
Flying officer |
French Navy |
Hodge, Francis Vere |
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor |
German 15th Army |
Hollinghurst, Leslie Norman |
Fore |
German 7th Parachute Division |
Holman, Michael Robert |
Full general |
German 84th Infantry Division |
Hopkinson, George Frederick |
Fuselage |
Gestapo |
Howard, Reginald John |
Garrison |
Glider Pilot Regiment |
Jack, Captain Allen |
General Aircraft Hamilcar Glider |
Guards Armoured Division |
John Couch Adams Roseveare |
General Aircraft Hotspur Glider |
Hardwick Hall Airborne Forces Training Depot |
Johnson, Alexander Percival |
General Officer Commanding |
Hitler Youth |
Kerr, David Fisher |
General Staff Officer |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
Kilkenny, John Callistus |
George Cross |
IX Troop Carrier Command |
Kindersley, Hugh Kenyon Molesworth |
Glider Tug |
King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
Kluge, Wolfgang, von |
Glider Tug Cable Angle Indicator |
Luftwaffe |
Lander, John |
Grand Slam |
Messerschmitt AG |
Lathbury, Gerald William |
Gunboat |
Ministry of Aircraft Production |
Lautour, Robert Edward Vane de |
Gunners |
No. 38 Group RAF |
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford |
Hand Grenade |
No. 46 Group RAF |
Lennard Withers |
Handley Page Halifax |
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
Lindsay, Martin Alexander |
Hangar |
Parachute Regiment |
Lipmann-Kessel, Alexander William |
Hawker Hector |
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF |
Livesey, Trevor John |
Hawker Hurricane |
RAF Army Co-operation Command |
Loder-Symonds, Robert Guy |
Hawker Typhoon |
RAF Fighter Command |
Longland, Cedric James |
Hispano-Suiza HS.404 |
RAF Second Tactical Air Force |
Lonsdale, Richard Thomas Henry |
Hun |
RAF Transport Command |
Lord, John Clifford |
Infantry |
Red Army |
Luard, Peter John |
Jerry |
Royal Air Force |
Luxmoore, Jones, Osmond |
Lance-Corporal |
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) |
Lyne, John Francis |
Landing Craft |
Royal Army Service Corps |
Mackay, Eric Maclachan |
Legion of Honour |
Royal Artillery |
Mackenzie, Charles Baillie |
Lieutenant colonel |
Royal Australian Air Force |
McCardie, William Derek Hessing |
Life Jacket |
Royal Corps of Signals |
McDermont, Andrew Johnston |
Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch |
Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) |
McGee, Michael John |
Lighter Barge |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Meikle, Ian Ormiston |
Lockheed Hudson |
Royal Engineers |
Methven, David Alexander |
Lockheed P-38 Lightning |
Royal Scots Fusiliers |
Midwood, Robert |
M4 Sherman Tank |
Royal Ulster Rifles |
Montgomery, bernard, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein |
Machine gun |
Schutzstaffel (SS) |
Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
Major |
South Staffordshire Regiment |
Murdoch, Barry |
Major general |
The Royal Navy |
Murray, Douglas Campbell |
Messerschmitt Bf 109 |
The Young Mens Christian Association |
Murray, Francis Anthony Stoddard |
Miles Master |
United States 101st Airborne Division |
Murray, Iain Arthur |
Military airbase |
United States 17th Airborne Division |
Mussolini, Benito |
Military Cross |
United States 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
Myers, Edmund Charles Wolf |
Military Glider |
United States 82nd Airborne Division |
Newnham, Maurice Ashdown |
Military Medal |
United States 9th Infantry Division |
Olav V of Norway |
Mine |
United States Army Air Force |
Otway, Terence Brandram Hastings |
ML 3-inch mortar |
United States Navy |
O’Callaghan, Eric Charles |
Monoplane |
US Eight Air Force |
Packe, Michael St John |
Mortar |
US Ninth Air Force |
Parker, Reginald Goulbourne |
MP 40 submachine gun |
Vichy France |
Parry, George Edward Maule |
National Service Act, 1939 |
War Office |
Patch, Alexander McCarrell |
Naval fleet |
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) |
Payton-Reid, Robert |
Naval Squadron |
Women’s Voluntary Service |
Pearson, Alistair Stevenson |
No. 82 grenade |
| Perrin-Brown, Christopher |
Non-commissioned officer (NCO) |
| Pétain, Henri Philippe Benoni Omer |
North American P-51 Mustang |
| Pickard, Percy Charles |
Obice da 149/19 howitzer |
| Pine-Coffin, Richard Geoffrey |
Order of the Bath |
| Poett, Joseph Howard Nigel |
Order of the British Empire |
| Queripel, Lionel Ernest |
Ordnance QF 75 mm |
| Ramsay, Bertram Home |
Panther Tank |
| Randall, Derrick Henry |
Panzer |
| Ridgway, Matthew Bunker |
Panzer IV Tank |
| Robb, Campbell Galway |
Parachute |
| Rock, John Frank |
Phosphorus Munitions |
| Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen |
Pillbox |
| Scarlett-Streatfeild, James Rowland |
Pilot Officer |
| Sherriff, Charles Gordon |
Platoon |
| Siely, John |
Pontoon Bridge |
| Simpson, Denis Jackson |
Port |
| Skilton, Douglas Henry |
Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) |
| St Valery Norman, Henry Nigel |
QF 6-pounder Gun |
| Storrs, David Valentine |
Radar |
| Strange, Louis Arbon |
Rearguard |
| Street, Gerard Lewis William |
Reconnaissance |
| Sweeney, Henry John |
Regiment |
| Tatham-Warter, Allison Digby |
Regimental Aid Post |
| Taylor, William Andrews |
Regimental sergeant major |
| Teichman, Philip Raymond |
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt |
| Temple, Reginald Robert |
Rifle |
| Thompson, William Francis Kynaston |
Royal Victorian Order |
| Tilly, Gerald |
Rudder |
| Timothy, John |
Sapper |
| Townsend, Eric |
Self Propelled Gun |
| Turrell, Albert Thomas |
Sergeant |
| Urquhart, Robert Elliot |
Sergeant major |
| Vernon, Charles Dennis Harling |
Shell |
| Walch, Arthur Gordon |
Short S.25 Sunderland |
| Wallis, David William |
Short Stirling |
| Wallwork, James Harley |
Siegfried line |
| Watkins, Robert Talbot |
Spandau 'Machine Gun' |
| Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell |
Spoiler |
| Welch, William Gordon |
Starboard |
| White, Raymond Ernest |
Sten gun |
| Widdicombe, John Wicks |
Stern |
| Wilkinson, Arthur Bernard |
Stevedore |
| Williams, John Llewellyn |
Subaltern |
| Wilson, Bernard Alexander |
Submarine |
| Witzig, Rudolf |
Supermarine Spitfire |
| Yeldham, Eric Charles |
Supply Dropping Point |
| Young, Peter George Francis |
Tail Wheel |
| | Tank |
| | Thompson submachine gun |
| | Tiger Tank |
| | Tommy Atkins (Tommy) |
| | Tracer ammunition |
| | Trim tab |
| | Troop Carrier |
| | Troopship |
| | Turret |
| | Undercarriage |
| | Vice Admiral |
| | Vickers .50 machine gun |
| | Vickers Wellington |
| | Victoria Cross |
| | Waco CG-4 Glider |