CITATION AND AWARD FOR THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM): WO2(SSM) TJ ATKINS – 8H
On 30 May 42, about 4 miles S of Bir El Hamat, Sgt (now SSM) Atkins who was commanding a troop of Stuart tanks …
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The Capture of Hamburg, May 1945
The Capture of Hamburg was one of the last battles of World War II, where the remaining troops of the German 1st Parachute Army fought the British VIII Corps for the control of Hamburg, between 18 April and 3 May 1945 …
On Border Patrol – West Germany 1953
Whilst with 8H in Germany I got caught for one of these Daimler Scout Car border patrols …
The End of the War, May 1945
On May 1st came the news that Hitler had met his end in his command Post or ‘Bunker’ in Berlin …
Vickers Light Tank, Mk IV in Combat – 4 operational theatres and 3 continents
The Tank, Light, Mk VI was the sixth in the line of light tanks built by Vickers-Armstrongs for the British Army during the interwar period.
The Plight of the Light Brigade Veterans
The suffering of the Light Brigade veterans did not end on the 25th of October, 1854 …
