In May 1940, the town of Renaix, in Belgium, was the theatre of intense British military activity. Nowadays, everyone uses the E429 motorway to...
Personal Number: 6187 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Michael George Henry BARKER, CB, DSO, DL, MiD Unit: East Surrey Regiment ; Lincolnshire...
It is not uncommon when studying the BEF to read how wonderfully they performed and that the retreat to, and evacuation from, Dunkirk was a...
Personal Number: 38596 Rank: Captain Name: Christopher John Darrel JEFFREYS, MVO, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 2 September 1927...
“It seemed inconceivable that there could be another war after all that had been said and written about the horrors of the previous one. Yet here...
Viscount Gort Victoria Cross Memorial Paving Stone,Embankment,London [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] Victoria Cross citation Captain (Brevet Major,...
Anyone got any information on the 'Gort' Line? Partically interested in maps, locations and units that were using them. Cheers Andy
I have read a story about lord Gort shooting with a gun at German aircraft while his man next him was reloading the guns . Something true or an...
I know it was at De Panne. Are there any photos? Any more of a precise location? The British Official History is vague on it.
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