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Love how the drivers hatch slams down when the light tank hits the trench. Hope the driver was sitting back!

I went to a recruitment office in the early 80s and was told not to bother applying to an infantry regiment unless I had family connections!

Reminds me of the Sandhust series where the candidate destined for the Guards (?) Basically, he did no exercise but Polo and failed. Was back squaded. Passed second time I believe. But he was from the right family and the right school so...

My family legacy is a new canpaign to ask South Asian families in Britain to share their stories of service in the world wars & raise public understanding of the enormous contribution

For Royal British Legion from @britishfuture.bsky.social and @easterneye.bsky.social

www.myfamilylegacy.org.uk

And here I am at 61, thinking I need to retire to spend more time with my books, vinyl and miniatures!

From Welwyn Garden City!

An example of what happens when a whole bunch of people have nothing worthwhile to do...

How about width and length badge!

Or as we know, Julius Caesar, "infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy'...

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

And at the last minute demanding cupholders are infact fitted with the contractor charging double the cost of the van...

I wouldn't knock the ferocity of the fighting, but the German plan was never going to work.

Or Wales!

Sorry, it is. The tank museum use this photo. I believe the step on the lower glassis is also an identifying feature.

Surely, if you're white, you are most probably decended from immigrants at some point in your families history?

It's Tiger 131. Captured after an altercation with some Churchill's.

Navy just loved their second seat!

Is there any wealth left that is statistically significant?

Part of the rapidity equation was the Mauser charger loading, which was not present for the long lee. Single loading of the magazine only. The original intention was to issue multiple magazines!

What about the other 199 countries... is it as advanced as the one with China...

Is she still going!

Where he lived in Greenwich.

Norfolk Attraction | Tanks at the Muckleburgh Military Collection Tanks at the The Muckleburgh Military Collection in Norfolk are part of the UK's largest private display of guns and military vehicles. Under cover its a great day out for all the family.

The training base is still there, now an excellent museum, well worth a visit. www.muckleburgh.co.uk

First heard about the commando landings in 'Forgotten Armour' by J Bowsher and thought oh, wouldn't it be nice if there was a book about that!

It's funny how some records stick in your consciousness and don't let go! This is one for me.

And bridge layer!

No one seems to be asking why they had the contact details of the Atlantic? Maybe one of them is a wistle blower?

I would have had my money on Margo...

This has happened in the UK. What they did was split the business into the profitable part, in the uk parcels. And leave the letter post to wither on the vine.

Aerial reconnaissance photographs combined to give a panoramic view looking south-eastwards towards Pyinwan village; scattered homes are just visible along the river bank to the right of the image. An arrow points towards a stretch of river bank where trees thin out; original handwriting says 'Assault beach'. The originally marked boundaries of the beach have been highlighted by yellow lines.

🗓️ #OTD in 1945 – COPP 1 provides pilotage for Operation Turret, landings near Letpan in the Arakan (now Rakhine State) in Burma (Myanmar). The main assault beach is actually at nearby Pyinwan (📸 Jack Crane family), to the west of Letpan. #NavalHistory 🧵

▶️ www.coppsurvey.uk/march-1945/#turret