BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE
... BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE. Germany’s Increasing Difficulties: Ordered out of China by Japan. BRILLIANT RUN or FRENCH AND BELGIAN SUCCESSES. Russia’s Forward Movement. ...
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Army was so badly prepared for Hitler
... 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 ...
SOLDIER
... the 2nd Battalion North Statfs. Regiment in Northern ireland and Pajestine. A Dunkirk vetoran, he was with the British Expeditionary Force in France, and then served in North Africa and ftaly. He won the Milltary Medal at Anzio, where he was promoted ...
SECOND LEAVE FOR B.EF
... SECOND LEAVE FOR B.EF. Men who went to France with the British Expeditionary Force in the first month of the war will soon, it is understood, be granted their second leave. It is hoped that by the middie of this month all those who crossed last September ...
In The Line
... In The Line. “On the Western Front the British Expeditionary Force have now finally taken over their allotted sector of the French line and all divisions are in position. We are proud to know that our men are thus standing to arms beside the soldiers ...
by Carole Howe
... 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 ...
Memory Corner
... significance, for this view of a peaceful day on the canal was posted on August 17 1914, the very day that the British Expeditionary Force landed in France, ready to confront the invading Germans. ...
A television programme brought First World War veteran George Brumwell Jameson and his 53-year-old sweetheart ..
... 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, ...
which was once 2,000-strong. Recognising their dwindling numbers, and with most members in their eighties, the ..
... 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 ...
AN INSPECTOR
... married man with a son, P.c. Edwards joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in September, 1939, and served with the British Expeditionary Force. He was a prisoner-of-war for five years. ...
FIRST WORLD WAR DATES
... 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 ...
Information needed on war hero uncle
... 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 ...