Pte Francis Kelly No 2 Commando The Greatest Raid of All.
While I was in Ypres during April 2025, I was able to arrange a trip which I had wanted to take for some time. I …
World War II
Battlefield Photography in relation to World War II
Achnacarry. Home of the Commando October 2024
I assist the Royal Marines Historical Society as their Armourer when they provide exhibitions around the United Kingdom. The theme in 2024 was Royal Marines …
Arnhem 80th Anniversary 18th -23rd September 2024
I was very fortunate to attend the 80th Anniversary commemorations for the Battle of Arnhem. My school granted a week’s holiday so I could attend …
80th Anniversary Normandy Beach Landings – D-Day.
As we are now in 2025, I felt that I needed to publish some details of my travels in the second half of 2024. My …
Fort Eben-Emael.
While staying at Waterloo this month I took the opportunity to visit Fort Eben-Emael located near the Belgium – Netherlands border protecting the Bridges of …
The Massacre at Le Paradis
After my visit to the Memorial Park at Wormhoudt which was the site of a German SS massacre of British and French soldiers on the …
The Massacre at Wormhoudt
During the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940 certain infantry divisions were assigned positions to slow the German advance and to grant time for the …
Blockhaus d’Eperlecques
The Blockhaus is located near La Coupole, which is near St Omer. (It is 14km northwest of La Couploe) The museum has many artifacts covering …
La Coupole V2 complex
La Coupole is located in Wizernes France. It is built into an old quarry 5km from St Omer, South East if Calais. I visited this …
The Falaise Pocket – Paul Woodadge Battlefield Tour Normandy
Today is the 6th April 2023 and it is the sixth day of Paul’s Battlefield Tour in Normandy. This is my last day. We started …
Operation Cobra – Paul Woodadge Battlefield Tour Normandy.
Today is the 5th April 2023 and it is the fifth day of Paul’s Battlefield Tour in Normandy. This is Operation Cobra Day. Paul took …
US Airborne and cutting the Cotentin – Paul Woodadge Battlefield Tour.
Today is the 4th April 2023 and it is the fourth day of Paul’s Battlefield Tour in Normandy. This is US Airborne Day. We are …
It is all about the terrain – Paul Woodadge Battlefield Tour.
Today is the 3rd April 2023 and it is the third day of Paul’s Battlefield Tour in Normandy. This is terrain day. We will look …
Commando Day – Paul Woodadge Battlefield Tour.
Today is the 2nd April 2023 and it is the second day of Paul’s Battlefield Tour in Normandy. We started at Pegasus Bridge. Operation Deadstick. …
Paul Woodadge Battlefield Tour – Normandy- Omaha Beach – Day One.
The battlefield season has started, and I am so looking forward to the next three weeks. I am joining a weeklong battlefield tour with Paul …
A tale of two Brothers at Arnhem
Having returned from Arnhem I felt I would like to add some more information of what I discovered while on the ground. The battlefield and …
Arnhem, 2022. 17th & 18th August
18th August 2022 Operation Plunder. After a day tracing the Canadians during Operation Veritable and the clearing of the Germans from the south bank of …
Arnhem, 2022. 17th August
For the next two days I was travelling with Edwin Popkin, a fantastic historian based near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. I have known Edwin for …
Arnhem, 2022. 13th August
So pleased to be back in the Arnhem area. Here for a couple of weeks so plenty of days to explore the Battlefields. The weather …
Normandy 2022. D-Day 6th June.
It has been a great adventure in Normandy 2022, and I hope everyone has enjoyed my posts. Today I travelled to Sainte-Mere-Eglise in the Utah …
Normandy 2022, 5th June.
D-Day is only the beginning of the Normandy Campaign, which lasted until the end of August 1944. Most visitors do not venture away from the …
Normandy 2022, 4th June.
The weather today followed the tremendous thunderstorms of last night. Although dry in the morning, more thunderstorms were due in the afternoon. Isigny-sur-Mer, the town …
Normandy 2022, 3rd June.
I set out towards the British and Canadian sectors today with a long drive in the Willys jeep from Omaha to Pegasus bridge. I would …
Normandy 2022, 2nd June.
I started to venture into the British Sectors today with a visit to the La Cambe, WW2 German Cemetery. This is a large collection cemetery, …
Normandy 2022, 1st June.
Today I took a slight detour from the battlefield and visited a Militaria Fair at the Écausseville Airship Hanger. It was truly a sight to …
Normandy 2022, 31st May.
Utah I returned to Utah Beach to view the beach defences. Utah was one of the two American landing zones, the other being Omaha. It …
Normandy 2022, 30th May.
Today I started off with taking a 30-minute drive to the Omaha Beach sector. My first stop was the most visited WW2 American cemetery in …
Normandy 2022 29th May
Recce trip to Utah Yesterday was my first day in Normandy for the D-Day Festival 2022. The weather has been great, with bright blue skies. …
Normandy 2022
It has been a three year wait to return to Normandy for the June 6th commemorations. All due to the pandemic. So excited to be …
