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... Army was so badly prepared for Hitler The plight of the British Expeditionary Force was made all the worse by the sudden capitulation of the Belgians, leaving the British plan to defend the Low Countries in tatters. Surrounded and suffering heavy losses ...
... war with 202 Squadron when he was 19 years old and immediately went into action as a ground crew member with the British Expeditionary Force in France. During his seven years' service he ...
... him after hearing him recount on TV his tales of daring when he was a member of the Old Contemptibles - the first British Expeditionary Force to France in 1914. The couple, from Sidmouth, Devon, arranged to meet 18 months ago and the former captain, ...
... regiment was one of the eight completely destroyed in a desperate rear-guard action as the German Army pushed the British Expeditionary Force into the sea at Dunkirk in 1940. Mr Mckernan was badly wounded and cap ...
... Britain, protesting against Germany's violation of Belgian neutrality, declared war on Germany. August 7, 1914: British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Sir John French, landed at Le Havre. August 25, 1914: Battle of Mons. Germans defeated the British ...
... hero uncle I AM researching the life and times of my late great uncle, Ernest A Phillpott He was a soldier of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium in 1914. A company sergeant major in the Northamptonshire’s (48th), he was promoted in the ...
... St Edmund’s Hospital with his six neices and nephews. Mr Blason is proud to be an Old Contemptible — part of the British Expeditionary Force that held up the advance Germans in the First World War. He survived the bloody Battle of the Somme as a signaller ...
... Brigade, Queen Victoria's Rifles and the Royal Tank Regiment were ordered to fight to the last man to allow the British Expeditionary Force to be spirited away from the beaches of Dunkirk 24 miles away. ...
... historic fleet massed in Dover harbour today to commemorate the miracle of Dunkirk. Fifty years ago 400,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force were trapped against the sea on the beaches surrounding what was then a tiny French fishing port. Most escaped thanks ...
... Remember Normandy SIR: Having read and seen on TV the 50th anniversary of the Dunkirk Beaches evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force, I feel I must also ask your readers to also remember that on June 6th, 1944 the largest invasion the World had ...
... year? Don’t write in, answer at the bottom of this page August 4: Sir John French is appointed to command the British Expeditionary Force to France. August 5: The first electric traffic lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio. August 4: Germany refuses ...
... earthquake. ' He was transferred to the RAF Reserve, but was recalled in 1939 and went to France with the R.A.F. of the British Expeditionary Force and was in the Dunkirk evacuation. After six weeks in England he was sent to Johannesburg and he dlayel in South ...