Epic! Yes - I'm up for that. I'll be back in UK in July next year in London & Yorkshire. Metcalfe Writers' Convention agenda to follow...

Your website is wonderful. A 'time sponge' - I missed breakfast!

Will this be captured and available online later?

Townsend was later appointed to the Order of Leopold II (Knight with palm with Croix de Guerre with bronze palm) by Belgium for his service as a squadron commander with 11th Armd Div Sigs. He retired in 1959. His mother was the first married lady mayor of Oxford.

"We are ashamed of the smallness of your ideas."

Given my experience of how most people avoid anything to do with creating historical records while serving, I wonder how many were written by those who were less than enthusiastic about the task they'd been given!

This was also done by several ground formations and in commemoration of various major actions e.g. Op Varsity.

Richard really knows his stuff - this will be worth listening to.

Immaculate turn-out. Same thing happened after the King's visit to the Med theatre earlier in the war.

Love these PR shots V useful ref material for all sorts of things-badges, uniforms, wpns...