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Purveyor of tweets, apparently. Mainly history. MRHistS. Current research: 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment in N W Europe (1944-45).

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🪖 LEATHERBARROW - 12th August 1944 At the foot of Mont Pinçon #OTD in 1944, a funeral was taking place. Not an unusual occurrence in #Normandy 80 years ago but, as with all of those burials in a foreign field, a human story sits behind it... 🧵 1/8 #AFPUinNWE #WW2

🪖 LEATHERBARROW - 12th August 1944 At the foot of Mont Pinçon #OTD in 1944, a funeral was taking place. Not an unusual occurrence in #Normandy 80 years ago but, as with all of those burials in a foreign field, a human story sits behind it... 🧵 1/8 #AFPUinNWE #WW2

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#OTD in 1944, despite heavy rain making much of the country impassable, 53rd (Welsh) Division was pushing to the line of the Maas. As they had done across North West Europe, the mortars of 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment were in support. 🧵 1/3 #WW2 #AFPUinNWE

#OTD in 1944, despite heavy rain making much of the country impassable, 53rd (Welsh) Division was pushing to the line of the Maas. As they had done across North West Europe, the mortars of 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment were in support. 🧵 1/3 #WW2 #AFPUinNWE

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In 1957, Esmond Knight was the subject of "The is Your Life". Recognising wartime service on HMS Prince of Wales, this led to a meeting with someone he'd later wryly refer to as "the man who blew me to blazes", ex Bismarck gunnery officer, Baron Burkard Von Mullenheim-Rechberg.
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In 1957, Esmond Knight was the subject of "The is Your Life". Recognising wartime service on HMS Prince of Wales, this led to a meeting with someone he'd later wryly refer to as "the man who blew me to blazes", ex Bismarck gunnery officer, Baron Burkard Von Mullenheim-Rechberg.

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What made Victoria Cross recommendation in #WW2? As George Semple explained when discussing Burma VC recipient, Parkash Singh, responses on the ground were often key. Witnesses, a sense that an act may merit the medal, and the collection of accounts all lay the foundations.
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What made Victoria Cross recommendation in #WW2? As George Semple explained when discussing Burma VC recipient, Parkash Singh, responses on the ground were often key. Witnesses, a sense that an act may merit the medal, and the collection of accounts all lay the foundations.

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3rd September 1939. #OTD 85 years ago, Britain declared war on Germany, and in South London, Mrs Milligan was digging an air raid shelter...
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3rd September 1939. #OTD 85 years ago, Britain declared war on Germany, and in South London, Mrs Milligan was digging an air raid shelter...

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