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Old 22-07-2008, 08:56 PM   #18 (permalink)
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OOOPs - sorry Mr Roxy......
No the 2nd Cams were not at the BEF - if so they would have been 'in the bag" at St Valery along with all the 51st...which was re constituted in time for El Alamein final battle and onwards to Berlin !
They were in Egypt and the desert in '39 -and went into the "bag" on June 22nd along with 33,000 others at Tobruk after the Gazala gallop back to first Alamein - then the 4th Batt were re constituted as 2nd batt - rejoining 4th Indian Div for Tunisia and on to Italy / Greece et al ...see this short version of their capture - like typical Camerons !

2nd Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1939-1945
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