Major Stidwell: Journey Through World War II and Beyond

The contributor brought along a number of his grandfather's possessions including wartime photographs, a typewritten account of the D-Day Operation, maps, a book, two letters from Lord Harrow, and a record of service. The grandfather, Major Stidwell, was in the Army and participated in the North African and Italian campaigns. Around the time of the Battle of Salerno, he was missing in action. After returning to the UK, he was selected for special duties for D-Day as a member of the Combined Operations. Major Stidwell fought in France, the Netherlands, and Germany, taking part in the occupation... Mehr ...

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Dokumenttyp: Text
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Schlagwörter: British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Africa / African / Anzio / Armed Forces / Armies / Army / BAOR / Battle / Battle of Anzio / Battle of Salerno / Britain / British / British Army / British Army of the Rhine / D-Day / Dutch / Employment / England / English / Europe / European / France / French / German / Germany / Holland / Italian / Italian Army / Italian Campaign / Italy / Italy Campaign / Letter / Letters / Military / Netherlands / North West Europe / Photo / Photograph / Photographs / Photos / Rhine / Rhineland / Salerno / The Netherlands
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The contributor brought along a number of his grandfather's possessions including wartime photographs, a typewritten account of the D-Day Operation, maps, a book, two letters from Lord Harrow, and a record of service. The grandfather, Major Stidwell, was in the Army and participated in the North African and Italian campaigns. Around the time of the Battle of Salerno, he was missing in action. After returning to the UK, he was selected for special duties for D-Day as a member of the Combined Operations. Major Stidwell fought in France, the Netherlands, and Germany, taking part in the occupation of the latter. He returned to the UK in 1946 and was awarded an MBE for his services. Major Stidwell passed away in 1985 when the contributor was seven years old.