#Dunkirk1940

WarGravesCommission

#OTD 80 years ago German forces invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and France. For Imperial War Graves Commission staff in these countries it was still business as usual – for now

#Dunkirk80 #Dunkirk1940 A thread concerning the happenings of 133 & 132 Field Ambulances, 44th Div on this day 80 years ago. These RAMC units are often forgotten, lost in the

Home Front Museum

HomeFrontMuseum

Remembering the 8 Llandudno lads who died 80 years ago today at Wormhoudt on the retreat to #Dunkirk. This thread is their story #Wormhout #Dunkirk1940

A mercifully short thread, you'll be relieved to know! As promised, some photos to go with the various #Dunkirk80 #Dunkirk1940 threads of the last few days. The Sgt's Mess diary

Genevra Charsley

Hats off to Elizabeth Denham one woman I’ve come across who aided in the Dunkirk evacuation: “The more we got on board the lower we got in the water. As

Just a little extra #Dunkirk80 #Dunkirk1940 thread... 80 years ago Sgt Gordon Pudney (my father), along with several of his mates from the now decimated 133 Field Ambulance, were preparing

#Dunkirk80 #Dunkirk1940 #RAMC Following on from yesterdays Tweets concerning the Field Ambulances of 44th Div, here is a thread covering today's events, featuring an unwanted guest appearance from 6th Panzer

David #KeepYourDistance Turner QC

#OTD 1940 – in the words of peacetime barrister S/Lt David Croom-Johnson RNVR on HMS ROSS (a coal-powered Hunt class minesweeper built in 1919), on her 4th and final trip

Here is today's #Dunkirk80 #Dunkirk1940 thread. As always I hope those that stumble across it find it interesting. I'm taking a slightly different approach today, focusing, in the main, perhaps