8th Bn/Royal Warwicks Regt 21 May 1940 Calonne area/Belg

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8th Bn/Royal Warwicks Regt 21 May 1940 Calonne area/Belg

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Post by Peter » 19 Jul 2003, 18:24

Afternoon everybody
can anyone advise me on the battle which 8/Warwicks were involved in, presumably it was Schedlt (Escaut) defensive actions ? Seems as if the Battalion commander and quite a few of his men were killed 40/50 in all.
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Post by Andy H » 20 Jul 2003, 13:03

http://www.regiments.org/milhist/wars/ww2/eur-nw40.htm

Lists the Defence of the Escaut for this date

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