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Notes

Chapter 2

1. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt. MC. OC 2 Welsh Guards. Sammy’s Wars.

2. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. OC 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards A Not Very Military Experience.

3. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s Tape Transcript

4. Guardsman Charles Thompson. 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Letter to author.

Chapter 3

1. Sergeant Arthur Evans, 2 i/c Anti-Tank Platoon, 2 Irish Guards. Sojourn in Silesia

2. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Gort’s Army -The British Expeditionary Force of 1939-1940. IWM Sound Archive – 7175/7

3. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Lecture Notes 1945 in the possession of Sir Beville Stanier Bt.

4. Guardsman Charles Thompson. 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Letter to author.

Chapter 4

1. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. 11 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

2. Sergeant Arthur Evans, 2 i/c Anti-Tank Platoon, 2 Irish Guards. Sojourn in Silesia.

3. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt, MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Gort’s Army – The British Expeditionary Force of 1939-1940. IWM Sound Archive – 7175/7.

4. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. OC 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. A Not Very Military Experience.

5. ibid.

6. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. OC 2 Welsh Guards. Sammy’s Wars.

7. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. op.cit.

8. Guardsman Charles Thompson. 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Written account sent to author.

9. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. op.cit.

10. Guardsman Doug Davies. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

11. Guardsman Arthur Boswell. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Written account sent to author.

12. Corporal Joseph Bryan. 2 Welsh Guards attached 20 Guards Brigade Anti-Tank Company. Author’s tape transcript.

13. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt, MC. op.cit.

14. Sergeant Arthur Evans. op.cit.

Chapter 5

1. Major M T Baron von Sußkind-Schwendi, OC 38 Tank Destroyer Battalion, 2 Panzer Division in Strauss D F J. Friedens und Kriegserlebnisse einer Generation. Ein Kapitel Weltgeschichte aus der Sicht der Panzerjäger-Abteilung 38(SF) in der ehemaligen 2 (Wiener) Panzerdivision.

2. Oberleutnant Rudolf Behr. Dann ist uns Panzer ein eisernes Grab in Guderian Generaloberst H (Ed) Mit den Panzern in Ost und West. Vol. 1.

3. Sergeant Arthur Evans. 2 i/c Anti-Tank Platoon, 2 Irish Guards, attached 20 Guards Brigade. Sojourn in Silesia.

4. Oberleutnant Rudolf Behr. op.cit.

5. Sergeant Arthur Evans. op.cit.

6. Oberleutnant Künzel. Einnahme von Boulogne-sur-Mer in Militär-Wochenblatt, No.35, Cols. 1517-1521. (Berlin, 1940).

7. Sergeant Arthur Evans. op.cit.

8. Guardsman F E Smith. 1 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Letter to author.

9. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt, MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Gort’s Army – The British Expeditionary Force of 1939-1940. IWM Sound Archive – 7175/7.

10. Guardsman Arthur Boswell. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Account sent to author.

11. Corporal Joseph Bryan. 2 Welsh Guards attached 20 Guards Brigade Anti-Tank Company. Author’s tape transcript.

12. Guardsman Charles Thompson.12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Account sent to author.

13. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt, MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Sammy’s Wars.

14. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury OC 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. A Not Very Military Experience.

15. Guardsman Arthur Boswell. op.cit.

16. Oberleutnant Durkes OC 3 Company, 2 Motorcycle Rifle Battalion, 2 Panzer Division in Strauss D F J. Friedens und Kriegserlebnisse einer Generation. Ein Kapitel Weltgeschichte aus der Sicht der Panzerjäger-Abteilung 38(SF) in der ehemaligen 2 (Wiener) Panzerdivision.

17. Oberleutnant Durkes ibid.

Chapter 6

1. Guardsman Charles Thompson. 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Account sent to author.

2. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. 11 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

3. Guardsman Arthur Boswell. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Account sent to author.

4. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Gort’s Army – The British Expeditionary Force of 1939-1940. IWM Sound Archive – 7175/7.

5. Corporal Joseph Bryan. 2 Welsh Guards attached 20 Guards Brigade Anti-Tank Company. Author’s tape transcript.

6. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. op.cit.

7. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. ibid.

8. Major J C Windsor-Lewis OC 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. PRO CAB 106/228.

9. Guardsman Arthur Boswell. op.cit.

10. Guardsman Doug Davies. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

11. Corporal Joseph Bryan. op.cit.

12. Guardsman Charles Thompson. op.cit.

13. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. OC 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. A Not Very Military Experience.

14. ibid

15. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. op.cit.

16. Guardsman Charles Thompson. op.cit.

17. Major J C Windsor-Lewis. op.cit.

18. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. op.cit.

Chapter 7

1. Oberleutnant Künzel. Einnahme von Boulogne-sur-Mer, in Militär-Wochenblatt, No.35, Cols. 1517-1521. (Berlin 1940)

2. Second Lieutenant Jack Leslie. Conversation with author.

3. ibid

4. ibid

5. ibid

6. Oberleutnant Dietz. Abbeville und Boulogne unter den Schlagen einer Panzerdivision in Guderian Generaloberst H (Ed) Mit den Panzern in Ost und West. Vol. 1.

7. IWM Department of Documents – 93/28/24

Chapter 8

1. Lieutenant G J A Lumsden. RN. IWM Dept of Documents – 66/24/1.

2. Don Harris. IWM Dept. of Documents – 5/2/85.

3. IWM Dept. of Documents – 93/28/4.

4. Oberleutnant Dietz. Abbeville und Boulogne unter den Schlagen einer Panzerdivision in Guderian Generaloberst H (Ed) Mit den Panzern in Ost und West. Vol. 1.

5. Lieutenant G J A Lumsden. RN. op.cit.

6. Don Harris op.cit.

7. Lieutenant G J A Lumsden. RN. op.cit.

8. ibid.

9. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Gort’s Army – The British Expeditionary Force of 1939-1940. IWM Sound Archive – 7175/7.

10. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. OC 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. A Not Very Military Experience.

11. Guardsman F E Smith. 1 Company 2 Welsh Guards. Letter to author.

12. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Sammy’s Wars.

13. Guardsman Doug Davies. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

14. Sergeant Arthur Evans, 2 i/c Anti-Tank Platoon, 2 Irish Guards. Attached 20 Guards Brigade. Sojourn in Silesia.

15. Guardsman Charles Thompson.12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Account sent to author.

16. Oberleutnant Durkes OC 3 Company, 2 Motorcycle Rifle Battalion, 2 Panzer Division in Strauss F J. Friedens-und Kriegserlebnisse einer Generation. Ein Kapitel Weltgeschichte aus der Sicht der Panzerjager-Abteilung 38(SF) in der ehemaligen 2 (Wiener) Panzerdivision.

17. Hubert Borchert. Panzerkampf im Westen.

18. Leutnant Langhammer, ‘Deutsche Panzer gegen englische Zerstorer’ in Guderian H, (Ed) Mit den Panzern in Ost und West, Vol 1. Berlin 1942.

19. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Stanier Bt., MC. CO 2 Welsh Guards. Lecture Notes in the possession of Sir Beville Stanier.

20. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury op.cit

21. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. 11 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

Chapter 9

1. Major J C Windsor-Lewis, OC 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. PRO CAB 106/228.

2. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. 11 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

3. ibid.

4. Guardsman Doug Davies. 8 Platoon, 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. Author’s tape transcript.

5. ibid.

6. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. op.cit.

7. Oberleutnant K ‘Einnahme von Boulogne-sur-Mer’, in Militär-Wochenblatt, No.35, Cols. 1517-1521. (Berlin 1940)

8. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. OC 12 Platoon, 4 Company, 2 Welsh Guards. A Not Very Military Experience.

9. Corporal Joseph Bryan. 2 Welsh Guards, attached 20 Guards Brigade Anti-Tank Company. Author’s tape transcript.

10. Oberleutnant Dietz. ‘Abbeville und Boulogne unter den Schlagen einer Panzerdivision’, in Guderian H (Ed) Mit den Panzern in Ost und West. Vol.1.

11. ibid.

12. Corporal Joseph Bryan. op.cit.

13. Guardsman Doug Davies. op.cit.

14. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. op.cit.

15. Major J C Windsor-Lewis. op.cit.

16. Guardsman Doug Davies. op.cit.

17. Guardsman Syd Pritchard. op.cit.

18. Major J C Windsor-Lewis. op.cit.

19. Second Lieutenant Peter Hanbury. op.cit.

20. Sergeant. Arthur Evans, 2 i/c Anti-Tank Platoon, 2 Irish Guards. Attached 20 Guards Brigade. Sojourn in Silesia.