The Forest of Dean Section of the Gloucestershire regiment (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, June 09, 2013, 16:34 (4180 days ago) @ downunder

When you say the Green & Gold do you mean the onfield strips, surely the Green Blazers & baggy caps are traditional ?. I too dont like the colours, but then again I'm sure Cricket Australia would argue the commercial benefits etc have been proven to work. But doomed ?, he was right, the Aussie team of the late '80s onwards were pretty ordinary... !! ;-) He'd have been very pleased to be wrong I'm sure !

Seriously, can I ask why you spoke of a "Forest section" of the WW2 Glosters ?. Was that a guess/hunch or do you know otherwise for fact, I'm genuinely interested as to the makeup of the WW2 Regiment and how they drew & organised their recruits. As I said I've not particularly readup on the history bar whats on the websites so would really love to know your pointofview. If possible please keep us informed of your findings in this respect, thanks.

If you search the web as well as the likes of Ancestry, there are some other specialist Military subscription sites that offer free searches which are worth looking at for clues etc, they are also not too expensive to join for a week or so.
I've browsed these but not "joined" them, so cannot recommend any specific one, suggest try them all.

http://www.military-genealogy.com/index.php

http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/default.asp

http://military-genealogy.forcesreunited.org.uk/

Also, should have mentioned earlier
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/army-second-world-war-operat...

Good luck !