#Dunkirk80

#Dunkirk80: At this time 1940 the Battle of the Dunkirk Perimeter was in full swing. It covered a much larger area than most imagine, crossing into Belgium, & large numbers

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

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

#OTDH1940, W/Lieut. Roy Hollinrake, my great uncle, was serving in 53rd (Bolton) Field Regt, R.A. By 27 May, his unit, part of 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, were at Cysoing, just

MattBak63401251

#OTD 1940. During the night, 5th and 4th Divisions break contact from German IV Corps and withdraw through 50th and 3rd Division at Poperinghe. 5th Division takes up a new

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

Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron

On this day 80 years ago, Operation Dynamo began. A flotilla of military and civilian ships and boats began the evacuation of Allied military forces from Dunkirk. Our ships’ predecessors

#Dunkirk80 - ‘Hold to the last round, to the last man.’ #OTD the desperate rearguard battle to hold the decreasing perimeter around the town still raged and was only intensifying.

#Dunkirk80 - ‘Hold to the last round, to the last man.’ #OTD the desperate rearguard battle to hold the decreasing perimeter around the town still raged and was only intensifying.

#Dunkirk80 - ‘Hold to the last round, to the last man.’ Like the Norfolk’s at Le Paradis only 24 hours earlier the 2/Royal Warwicks & gunners of the Royal Cheshire’s

A final #Dunkirk80 related thread from me with in collaboration with @Dunkirk_1940 on the actions by Captain Harold Ervine-Andrews of 1/East Lancashire Regiment which resulted with him being awarded a

#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

Ben Hodges 🕵️

A thread...OTD At 16:00 hrs word got through to Bn HQ, 1/KSLI that Lt (A/Capt) J H Walcot and Lt M Vallance had both been wounded leading A Coy in

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