94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Howard WW2 history

Published: Nov. 18, 2023, 6:13 a.m.

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Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier\\u2019s six-year journey through World War II.\\xa0
By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards

Bob Metcalf enlisted in the fourth battalion, the Green Howards in December 1935. He saw action in France in 1940, where he was wounded. Subsequently, he served with the sixth battalion, the Green Howards, and the western desert, in Sicily, and was part of a British increment that fought with the fifth United States Army in Italy. After the war, Bob lived in Canada and became a Canadian citizen. He wrote his memoir in the early 1970\\u2019s.

Plus loads of family stories!

More great unpublished history of world war two!

Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
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Links to features in the show:

France and Flanders \\u2013 The Scotsmen story\\xa0
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0rqsd4pF1fs37YC76TPuVgh4tpudaa3Lu7nHhMMX71WGSMQo2rnJ7Vu8eJ6hADWuFl&id=100072081056641

D-Day Operation Overlord facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1528243384106448/permalink/3551589835105116/

Assn of Dunkirk ships
https://www.facebook.com/DunkirkShips/
https://www.adls.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/culturevannin/photos/a.421476987984802/2655215381277607/?type=3

Isle of Man Culture Vannin Facebook page
for the Manx Heritage foundation: taking Manx culture forward

https://culturevannin.im/watchlisten/videos/world-war-two--the-isle-of-man-411483/?fbclid=IwAR1DGg6OnFOGCNd1evVKIBIUuliCuwI7vT-v5xDUcN44-bE5hSJ-kG1myjI

Reddit Stories about WW2 heroes. Sgt Carbonero:
https://reddit.com/r/ww2/s/7zhCVvj7sr

Friends of Normanby Village Facebook page \\u2013 4th Green Howard story. Albert Edward Mead.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/614763812894288/posts/1047674802936518/?comment_id=1047749999595665&reply_comment_id=1047877976249534&notif_id=1699710094723212&notif_t=group_comment_mention

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