You can view quite a few military badges and insignia online and try to match them - or try one of the World War 2 forums, post a message with a photograph of the insignia/badges and someone is very likely to reply.   Best method is to apply for his Army Service Record which will also tell you where he served: takes time but it's worth waiting for.  For more information on how to do this, see www.veterans-uk.inf0/service_records/army.html.    This record would give you the option of researching War Diaries for the units he served in, from which you could piece together his war experiences.   I did this for my Dad and ended up writing a book about his service as a bomb disposal officer in Malta!   S A M Hudson  --- On Fri, 16/12/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: NOTTSGEN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 217 To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 16 December, 2011, 8:00 Today's Topics:    1. WW2 regiments - how to find out (Mrs Watson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:36:00 +0000 From: Mrs Watson <[email protected]> Subject: [NTT] WW2 regiments - how to find out To: <[email protected]>, Notts Gen <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Seasons Greetings How do I find out which regiment my grandfather was in during WW2.  I have a photo of him in his uniform, but can't see any insignia. Many thanks See below for my research interests: CORNWALL: Hancock, Prynn DERBYSHIRE: Fox, Hawley, Kitson, Naylor, Salsbury, Shimmel, Skidmore DURHAM: Longstaff, Munn, Plews, Walton, Watson IRELAND, County Down:  Munn NOTTS: Bower, Challens, Fox, Pitt, Smith NORFOLK: Daniels, Gotts, Grimes, Marshall, Slaughter, Wright YORKSHIRE Eland, Longstaff                           ------------------------------ End of NOTTSGEN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 217 ****************************************