A year into the project, I thought I should provide an update on progress and some information on what I have discovered thus far. The register of awards is, presently, organized by decoration or medal and in order of the level of award (as opposed to the order of wear). A summary of the number … Continue reading Royal Signals Gallantry Awards—Project Update, February 2018
Month: Feb 2018
‘Darkest Hour’, Calais—Capture and Escape
I suspect many of the readers here will have seen Darkest Hour and Gary Oldman’s superb performance as Churchill. One aspect of the final days of the fighting in France that gets a deserved mention in the film is the ill-fated defence of Calais by Brigadier Claude Nicholson’s 30th Motor Brigade. Ordered to hold out … Continue reading ‘Darkest Hour’, Calais—Capture and Escape
