Missing Website - british-army-units1945on.co.uk

[Postwarden]

I can't connect to the invaluable website;

http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk

Does anyone know what has happened to this superb source of information?

Jon

[grenadierguardsman]

Same here ?
Andy

[54Bty]

Maybe it is on the same server as the Royal Artillery 1939-1945 web site, that disappeared a few months back.

Marc

[btns]

Domain name:
british-army-units1945on.co.uk

Registrant:
Alan Young

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
29 The Quadrant
Worthing
West Sussex
BN12 6HE
United Kingdom

Data validation:
Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 10-Dec-2012

Registrar:
LCN.com Ltd [Tag = LCN]
URL: http://www.lcn.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 26-May-2008
Expiry date: 26-May-2018
Last updated: 05-May-2016

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
ns6246.ukserverhosting.net
ns6247.ukserverhosting.net

WHOIS lookup made at 21:52:48 14-Sep-2016

[REMEVMBEA1]

I had it on my bookmarks and just clicked on it and got this


This site can’t be reached
The web page at http://british-army-units1945on.co.u...-11-to-15.html might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
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ERR_NAME_RESOLUTION_FAILED


It's possible that it's only a temporary fault , I hope so as it is an excellent site.

[Wmr-RHB]

I am afraid this is worse then only some temporary system down.

Looking if the hostname can be resolved to an IP address I get:
** server can't find british-army-units1945on.co.uk: NXDOMAIN
In other words, the domain is not in DNS (the world wide "telephone dictionary" of the internet) any more.

This however can also be temporary (let us hope) e.g. because the registration wasn't payed for in time.

[Postwarden]

This site disappeared like this once before about three years ago but eventually came back.

As there's nothing like it anywhere else in print or on the net let's hope it reappears.

Jon

[btns]

Anyone using the link below should seriously consider making a donation:

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http:/...ts1945on.co.uk

Not to me of course , but to the Wayback Machine:
https://archive.org/web/

It is unlikely that the e-mail address will function, but in my earlier post I have given the owner's name and address.
You may investigate and try to contact him.

[Wmr-RHB]

Originally Posted by btns

Anyone using the link below should seriously consider making a donation:

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http:/...ts1945on.co.uk

Not to me of course , but to the Wayback Machine:
https://archive.org/web/

It is unlikely that the e-mail address will function, but in my earlier post I have given the owner's name and address.
You may investigate and try to contact him.

And to add to the merits of the Wayback Machine: Regiments.org is (was) another resource full website that is still available there at http://web.archive.org/web/200710110...regiments.org/

[StaffClerkRAOC]

I am new to the forum as I wanted to post this to ler you know about the above website:

Today I emailed Alan Young using his personal email as I had previously corresponded with him from time to time. I received notification from his daughter that her father Alan sadly passed away last year. She also stated the following regarding the website:

The service provider that was used for the website unfortunately ceased proving pwp websites and deleted my dad's and thousands of other websites. I aim to Re create it but this will take some time due to the volume of information and pictures that were on it. His other site
http://argylls1945to1971.co.uk
Is still available to view and will be for the foreseeable future as it is with another service provider.

[Mike]

bump.

Sorry there was a slight delay in approving the above 1st post.

[btns]

If members found this a useful site, could it be considered to offer support and create a special forum section for it?

[Postwarden]

I'd certainly support that proposal.

Jon