Allied Forces Index

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.     Site Home     WW2 Home     Add Stories     WW2 Search     Library     Help & FAQs  WW2 Features     Airfields     Allied Army     Allied Air Forces     Allied Navy     Axis Forces     Home Front     Battles     Prisoners of War     Allied Ships     Women at War     Those Who Served     Day-by-Day     Library     The Great War  Submissions     Add Stories     Time Capsule     TWMP on Facebook     Childrens Bookshop  FAQ's     Help & FAQs     Glossary     Volunteering     Contact us     News     Bookshop     About Advertisements World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

6th Airborne Division    6th Airbourne Division was formed in mid 1943 and consisted of the 3rd and 5th Parachute Brigades, 6th Airlanding Brigade and supporting units. They saw action in Normandy from June 1944 but were withdrawn to England in September. The division was sent to Belgium in December 1944 and in March 1945 they crossed the River Rhine. 17th February 1944 Orders Received 24th February 1944 Preparations 18th Mar 1944 Instructions 28th Apr 1944 Planning 1st May 1944 Planning 24th of May 1944 Top Secret 2nd June 1944 Orders 3rd June 1944 On the Move 4th June 1944 Preparations 5th June 1944 Preparations 6th June 1944 Pathfinders 6th June 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Landings 6th Jun 1944 Gliders 6th June 1944 Airlift 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th June 1944  In Action 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 D-Day 6th Jun 1944 Landing 6th Jun 1944 Second Objective 6th Jun 1944 Shelling 7th Jun 1944 Village Cleared 7th June 1944 In Action 7th June 1944 Objectives Taken 7th Jun 1944 Forwards 7th Jun 1944 Attack Made 7th June 1944 Resupply 7th Jun 1944 Enemy Active 7th June 1944 Patrols 7th June 1944  In Action 7th Jun 1944 In Action 7th Jun 1944 Attack 8th June 1944 Under Attack 8th Jun 1944 Counter Attack 8th June 1944 Supplies 8th Jun 1944 Enemy Attacks 8th June 1944 Mortar Fire 8th June 1944  Hard Fighting 8th Jun 1944 Under Fire 9th Jun 1944 In Action 9th June 1944 Resupply 9th June 1944 In Action 9th June 1944  Digging in 10th of June 1944 Advance 10th Jun 1944 Recce 10th Jun 1944 Attacks 10th Jun 1944 Targets Engaged 10th Jun 1944 In Action 10th June 1944 Resupply 10th June 1944 In Action 10th June 1944  Prisoners 11th Jun 1944 In Action 11th June 1944  Shelling 12th Jun 1944 In Support 12th Jul 1944 Reliefs 12th June 1944  Shelling 13th Jun 1944 Counter Attack 13th Jun 1944 Shelling 13th June 1944  Air Raids 14th Jun 1944 Defence 14th Jul 1944 Shelling 14th Jun 1944 Recce 14th June 1944  Bombing and Straffing 15th Jun 1944 Little Information 16th Jun 1944 Attacks 17th Jun 1944 Liaison 19th Jun 1944 Quiet 19th Jun 1944 Conference 20th Jun 1944 Quiet 21st Jun 1944 In Action 21st Jun 1944 Bridges Shelled 26th Jul 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 Attack Made 27th Jul 1944 In Action 28th Jul 1944 Shelling 29th Jul 1944 In Action 10th Jul 1944 Orders 11th Jul 1944 On the Move 12th Jul 1944 Communications 12th Jul 1944 On the Move 13th Jul 1944 Targets 14th Jul 1944 Enemy Engaged 15th Jul 1944 Enemy Engaged 16th Jul 1944 OP's Relief 16th Jul 1944 Service 17th Jul 1944 Reorganisation 17th Jul 1944 Preparations 18th Jul 1944 In Action 18th Jul 1944 Air Raid 19th Jul 1944 Targets 19th Jul 1944 Shelling 19th Jul 1944 Unexploded Ordnace 20th Jul 1944 Harassing Fire 20th Jul 1944 Premature 22nd Jul 1944 Snipers and Patrols 23rd Jul 1944 Patrols 24th Jul 1944 In Action 24th Jul 1944 Patrols 25th Jul 1944 Targets Engaged 25th Jul 1944 Shelling 26th Jul 1944 Targets Engaged 26th Jul 1944 Inspection 27th Jul 1944 Bombing 27th Jul 1944 Inspection 28th Jul 1944 Rounds Fired 28th Jul 1944 Demonstration 29th Jul 1944 In Action 29th Jul 1944 Postings 30th Jul 1944 Communication 30th Jul 1944 Reorganisation 30th July 1944 Harrassing Fire 30th Jul 1944 Guard Duty 31st Jul 1944 Reorganisation 31st July 1944 Shelling 31st Jul 1944 Orders 1st Aug 1944 Rounds Fired 1st Aug 1944 Visit 1st Aug 1944 In Action 1st Aug 1944 Recce Patrol 2nd Aug 1944 Breakfast 2nd Aug 1944 Mines 2nd Aug 1944 Harrassing Fire 2nd Aug 1944 Positions Altered 3rd Aug 1944 New Positions 3rd Aug 1944 Harrassing Fire 3rd Aug 1944 Booby Traps 4th Aug 1944 Orders 4th August 1944 Recce 4th Aug 1944 Shelling 5th Aug 1944 Ammunition 5th Aug 1944 Prisoners 6th Aug 1944 Hostile Artillery 6th August 1944 Instructions 6th Aug 1944 Artillery Active 7th Aug 1944 Orders 7th Aug 1944 Skirmish 8th Aug 1944 Orders 8th Aug 1944 Reorganisation 9th Aug 1944 Harrassing Fire 9th Aug 1944 Visit 10th Aug 1944 Quiet 10th August 1944 Shelling 11th Aug 1944 Survey 11th August 1944 Shelling 12th Aug 1944 Reliefs 12th August 1944 Docks Shelled 12th Aug 1944 Reliefs 12th August 1944 Shelling 13th Aug 1944 Orders 13th August 1944 Reorganisation 13th Aug 1944 Training 13th August 1944 Shelling 14th Aug 1944 Orders 14th August 1944 Visits 15th Aug 1944 Practice 15th August 1944 Move 15th August 1944 Visits 16th Aug 1944 Intelligence 16th August 1944 Reorganisation 16th Aug 1944 Advance 16th Aug 1944 In Support 16th August 1944 Preparations 17th Aug 1944 Advance 17th Aug 1944 Advance 17th Aug 1944 Advance 17th August 1944 Move Forward 18th Aug 1944 Advance 18th August 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 18th Aug 1944 Attack Made 19th Aug 1944 Advance 19th August 1944 Transport 19th Aug 1944 Advance 19th Aug 1944 Advance 20th Aug 1944 Advance 20th August 1944 Confusion 20th Aug 1944 Attack Made 21st Aug 1944 Advance 21st Aug 1944 Attack Made 21st Aug 1944 Advance 22nd Aug 1944 Forwards 22nd August 1944 Visit 22nd Aug 1944 In Action 22nd Aug 1944 Out of Range 23rd Aug 1944 Forwards 23rd Aug 1944 On the Move 24th Aug 1944 Advance 25th Aug 1944 Advance 26th Aug 1944 Withdrawal 27th August 1944 Transport 19th Sep 1944 Advance 20th Sep 1944 Advance 4th Dec 1944 Leave 20th Dec 1944 Postings 21st Dec 1944 Advance Party 23rd Dec 1944 On the Move 24th Dec 1944 On the Move 25th Dec 1944 On the Move 27th Dec 1944 Air Raid 28th Dec 1944 Defensive Positions 29th Dec 1944 Move 30th Dec 1944 Defensive Positions 31st Dec 1944 Quiet 1st Jan 1945 Orders 2nd Jan 1945 Reliefs 5th Jan 1945 Village Cleared 3rd Jan 1945 In Action 4th Jan 1945 Hard Fighting 6th Jan 1945 On the Move 7th Jan 1945 New Positions 8th Jan 1945 Reliefs 12th Jan 1945 Reinforcements 24th Jan 1945 Reliefs 25th Jan 1945 Patrols 25th Jan 1945 Reliefs 26th Jan 1945 Prisoners 27th Jan 1945 Shelling 28th Jan 1945 Enemy OP 29th Jan 1945 Quiet 30th Jan 1945 Quiet 31st Jan 1945 Propaganda 31st Jan 1945 Patrol 1st Feb 1945 Prisoner Taken 2nd Feb 1945 Propaganda 2nd Feb 1945 Aircraft Crash 3rd Feb 1945 Patrols 4th Feb 1945 Enemy Sighted 5th Feb 1945 Civilian Questioned 6th Feb 1945 Enemy Observed 7th Feb 1945 Fighting Patrol 8th Feb 1945 Flares 9th Feb 1945 Shelling 10th Feb 1945 Recce 14th Feb 1945 Targets 1st Mar 1945 Preparations 3rd Mar 1945 Move 12th Mar 1945 Orders 15th March 1945 Conference 18th Mar 1945 Preparations 20th Mar 1945 On the Move 22nd Mar 1945 Preparations 23rd Mar 1945 Preparations 23rd March 1945 Orders 24th March 1945 Gliders 24th Mar 1945 In Action 24th March 1945 In Action 24th of March 1945 Rhine crossing 25th Mar 1945 In Action 25th Mar 1945 Advance 25th March 1945 In Action 26th Mar 1945 Reliefs 26th Mar 1945 Objectives Taken 26th March 1945 Reliefs 26th March 1945 Attack Made 27th Mar 1945 Advance 27th Mar 1945 Advance 27th March 1945 In Action 28th Mar 1945 Advance 28th Mar 1945 Advance 28th Mar 1945 Advance 28th March 1945 Advance 29th Mar 1945 Orders 29th Mar 1945 Recconaissance 29th Mar 1945 Advance 29th March 1945 Enemy Artillery 30th Mar 1945 Advance 30th Mar 1945 Advance Continues 30th March 1945 In Action 31st Mar 1945 Advance 31st Mar 1945 Advance 31st Mar 1945 In Action 31st March 1945 Advance 1st Apr 1945 Bridgehead 2nd Apr 1945 Shelling 3rd Apr 1945 Attack Made 4th Apr 1945 Attack Made 5th Apr 1945 Bridges 6th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 7th Apr 1945 Advance 8th Apr 1945 Advance 8th Apr 1945 Hard Fighting 9th Apr 1945 Consolidation 10th Apr 1945 Moving Forward 11th Apr 1945 Advance Resumes 12th Apr 1945 Forwards 13th Apr 1945 Forwards 14th Apr 1945 On the Move 15th Apr 1945 On the Move 16th Apr 1945 Advance 17th Apr 1945 Advance 18th Apr 1945 Advance 19th Apr 1945 Moves 20th Apr 1945 On the Move 21st Apr 1945 Area Cleared 22nd Apr 1945 Preparations 23rd Apr 1945 On the Move 24th Apr 1945 Conference 25th Apr 1945 Conference 26th Apr 1945 Conference 27th Apr 1945 Orders 28th Apr 1945 Wood Cleared 29th Apr 1945 Wood Cleared 30th Apr 1945 Advance 1st May 1945 Reorganisation 1st May 1945 Move 2nd May 1945 Reorganisation 2nd May 1945 On the Move 3rd May 1945 Reorganisation 4th May 1945 Reorganisation 5th May 1945 Reorganisation 6th May 1945 Visit 6th May 1945 Visit 10th May 1945 Visit 13th May 1945 Visit 14th May 1945 Orders 15th May 1945 Orders 17th May 1945 Reliefs 17th of May 1945  18th May 1945 Reliefs 19th May 1945 On the Move 19th May 1945 Paratroops return to Britain 20th May 1945 On the Move 21st May 1945 On the Move 22nd May 1945 On the Move 23rd May 1945 On the Move 25th May 1945 On the Move 8th of June 1945 Change of Command If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 6th Airborne Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Barrett Stanley Philip. Cpl. (d.24th March 1945) Griffin James Alfred. Marine. Mcmulen Thomas Norman. Pte. Newton Gordon. Cpl. Smith Joseph Harold Albert. L/Cpl. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 27th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264001 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 6th Airborne Division? There are:333 items tagged 6th Airborne Division available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.