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  • Courage Under Fire: The 2/5th Queen’s Royal Regiment, BEF: May 1940 – by Nigel Shearsmith

    Lewes Town Hall High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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    A talk by Nigel Shearsmith, guest speaker, whose grandfather, RSM Bacon, fought in this action nr Abbeville almost exactly 86 years ago. Nigel writes: “Join amateur historian Nigel Shearman for the dramatic story of how a territorial battalion from Guildford faced the might of Nazi Germany’s invasion of France. Poorly armed and minimal training, these citizen-soldiers […]

    £6