The Battle Of Houssemagne
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
Click here to view my copy of the Company Commanders preliminary report on The Battle Of Houssemagne. (pdf)
The Battle Of Hechtel September 1944
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
The Battle Of Hechtel(Sept 7th – 12th 1944) was one of many battles involving the Welsh Guards, and resulting in the award of Battle Honours to the regiment. Click here to view my copy of the Company Commanders preliminary report of this battle. (pdf)
The Advance To Brussels 1944
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
Here is my copy of the Company Commanders preliminary report on the advance into Brussels 29th Aug – 3rd Sept 1944. Click here to view the original document (pdf)
St Pierre Tarentaine
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
Here is copy of the Company Commander’s preliminary report on the Battle Of St Pierre Tarentaine. Click here to view the original document (pdf)
The Battle Of Montchamp
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
Here is a copy of the Company Commanders preliminary report of the Battle for Montchamp. Click here to view the document (pdf).
D Day!
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
Immediately prior to the Normandy Invasion the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, issued the following message to the troops. Click here to view my personal copy of this document D Day – Secret (pdf)
A Message From Monty
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
On the 10th June 1944, 4 days into the Normandy Invasion (D Day) a personal message was issued to every member of the British 21st Army Group from their Commander In Chief, General Bernard Montgomery. Here is my personal copy of that document. A message from Monty (pdf document)
A Message From Ike
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
This is a copy of a letter issued to Allied Soldiers by Eisenhower. Click to view my personal copy of A Message From Ike (pdf document) Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of […]
The History Of The Welsh Guards
April 16, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
Filed under War Archives
The Welsh Guards came into existence on February 26, 1915 by order of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards. They were the last of the Guards to be created, with the Irish Guards coming into being in 1900. Just two days later, the […]
Shot At Dawn
April 15, 2010 by A.R (David) Lewis
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Shot at dawn headline in the Journal, The voice of the North, 16/6/01. The hardest word. If ever there was a place that thoroughly fulfilled the oft used description “Hell on Earth” , then it was the Western Front 1914—18. There was glory, there was heroism, there was death. Some could not cope and for […]