Thread: DESERT RATS

Waks · 04-01-2007, 01:05 PM

I have recently discovered that my Grandfather was one of the original Desert Rats! I am now trying to gather information on the Rats. I am lucky in that, the Royal Armouries Museum is only a 10 minute drive from me & they have quite abit of information, but I would be extremely grateful for any info that anybody can add.

joe scouse · 11-03-2007, 10:51 AM

Try 1914-1918.net Long Long Trail

Waks · 22-03-2007, 03:57 PM

Thanks for that Joe....wil do!

kiwi · 04-07-2007, 02:08 PM

This site looks informative

History of the 7th Armoured Division 'The Desert Rats'

http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/main.htm

The Lady Marion · 09-07-2007, 07:45 AM

Hi Waks,
My Father was also a Desert Rat. The stories he would tell me as a young girl would make me laugh. Dad also told me that Rommel the German Commander wasn,t too bad and sometimes wouldn,t bother with the English troops. Other stories not so good and some kept from me. My 2nd Cousin,s Father was also a Desert Rat and if you would like I can contact him to see what I can findout for you?

Marion

ps dont know if I spelt Rommel correctly but you will know who I mean.

04-01-2007, 01:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Waks Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 7,126 Total Awards: 2	DESERT RATS I have recently discovered that my Grandfather was one of the original Desert Rats! I am now trying to gather information on the Rats. I am lucky in that, the Royal Armouries Museum is only a 10 minute drive from me & they have quite abit of information, but I would be extremely grateful for any info that anybody can add.
	*Helen.....* Searching: Horstead, Richardson, Stemmerman, Culloden, Walker, Elford, Broadhead, Lightowler.

11-03-2007, 10:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
joe scouse Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Perth sunny west Australia Posts: 25	Re: DESERT RATS Try 1914-1918.net Long Long Trail

22-03-2007, 03:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Waks Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 7,126 Total Awards: 2	Re: DESERT RATS Thanks for that Joe....wil do!
	*Helen.....* Searching: Horstead, Richardson, Stemmerman, Culloden, Walker, Elford, Broadhead, Lightowler.

04-07-2007, 02:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
kiwi Super Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,029 Total Awards: 3	Re: DESERT RATS This site looks informative History of the 7th Armoured Division 'The Desert Rats' http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/main.htm
	Isn't genealogy fun ~ The answer to one problem leads to two more! Researching Staffordshire ~ MIDDLETON - HART - GREEN - TURNER - APPLEBY Worcestershire ~ BEDWARD - PEARCE - HYDE - BAYLIS - BARNES Somerset ~ BAKER - LEAKER Northumberland ~ BROWN - ROBSON Cardiff Wales ~ JENKINS - SMITH - DAVIES New Zealand Auckland ~ BROWN - HILL - MIDDLETON - EDWARDS

09-07-2007, 07:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Lady Marion Advanced Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: I now live in Sydney Australia Posts: 519 Total Awards: 3	Re: DESERT RATS Hi Waks, My Father was also a Desert Rat. The stories he would tell me as a young girl would make me laugh. Dad also told me that Rommel the German Commander wasn,t too bad and sometimes wouldn,t bother with the English troops. Other stories not so good and some kept from me. My 2nd Cousin,s Father was also a Desert Rat and if you would like I can contact him to see what I can findout for you? Marion ps dont know if I spelt Rommel correctly but you will know who I mean.
	Davies from Devon,Cornwall and Westham.Sturgeon from Stanton Suffolk and Islington.Levitt from Fleet Lincolnshire,Cambridgeshire And Islington.Morton from Westham-Moreton from Abingdon Berkshire_Carr from St Giles Oxfordshire.Ackley from ?McClelland From Ireland.Whitehead from Scotland,Ireland and Kent.Prisk from St Hilary Cornwall.Whittlesea from Chatteris and Pidley Cum Fenton.Slater And Plant from Deptford, Bermondsey,And The Cape Of Good Hope. Fulcher from Deptford St Paul.