• North-West Europe 1944–1945 is a battle honour (more properly known as an honorary distinction) earned by regiments of the British Commonwealth forces...
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  • The North West Europe campaign was a campaign by the British Commonwealth armed forces in North West Europe, including its skies and adjoining waters...
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    (14–15 July 1940). The raids for which the British awarded the "North-West Europe Campaign of 1942" battle honour were: Operation Biting – Bruneval (27–28...
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    to Philippines Campaign (194445). Breuer, William B. (1986). Retaking The Philippines: America's Return to Corregidor & Bataan, 1944–1945. St Martin's...
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  • Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards North-West Europe 1942 (Battle honour) North-West Europe campaign of 194445 Battle Honours, Lancashire Infantry Museum...
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    offensives in 1944 by launching an invasion of India (Operation U-Go). This failed with disastrous losses. During the next campaigning season beginning...
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  • battle honour North-West Europe campaign of 194445, British Commonwealth military unit battle honour Archdeacon of North West Europe, a Church of England archdeacon...
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    (1983). The Unnecessary War: Island Campaigns of the South-West Pacific 194445. South Melbourne: The MacMillan Company of Australia. ISBN 0-333-35628-4. Craven...
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    The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily...
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  • CANLOAN (category Military history of the British Empire and Commonwealth in World War II)
    program were loaned to British regiments that fought in the North-West Europe campaign of 194445. However, several CANLOAN officers also served with British...
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    Singapore, fought in the Italian Campaign, and operated with the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 194445, operating on the Western Front...
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    Robert Francis Brydges Naylor (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    1943 to 1944, and Commander of the Line of Communications of the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 194445. Robert Francis (Frank) Brydges...
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    would commit most of their forces to an invasion of France in early 1944, but also launch a relatively small-scale Italian campaign. A contributing factor...
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  • Miles Graham (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    officer of the Eighth Army in the North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign, and of the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 194445. Miles...
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    the North West Europe campaign in 194445. I5th (Scottish) Division was a Second Line Territorial Army (TA) formation, created as a duplicate of 52nd...
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  • Michael Carver (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    subsequent campaign in North West Europe which followed until the German surrender in May 1945. He was also appointed a Commander of the Order of the British...
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  • Glider Pilot Regiment (category Airborne units and formations of the United Kingdom)
    Pegasus Bridge Merville Battery Southern France Arnhem 1944 Rhine North-West Europe campaign of 194445 The Parachute Regiment – the UK's other airborne infantry...
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  • Guards Tank Brigade Group. They subsequently served in the North West Europe Campaign of 194445, taking part in several actions, including the Battle for...
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  • John Boyd (cricketer) (category Europeans cricketers)
    in April 1944, with him also being made an OBE in March 1945 for gallant and distinguished service in the North-West Europe campaign of 194445. Following...
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  • Randle Feilden (category Alumni of the University of Cambridge)
    Quartermaster General (DQMG) of the 21st Army Group in the North-West Europe Campaign of 194445. After the war, he became the senior steward of the Jockey Club....
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  • Bert Hoffmeister (category Canadian Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    company commander in 1939 to major general and commander of the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division in 1944. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia to parents Louis...
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    battlefield successes in Europe and the Pacific during the campaign, such as the liberation of Paris in August 1944 and the successful Battle of Leyte Gulf in the...
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  • John Hawkesworth (producer) (category Alumni of the University of Oxford)
    Guards and served with it throughout the North-West Europe Campaign of 194445. He left the army with the rank of captain in 1946. In the late 1940s Hawkesworth...
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    The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers....
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    Stacey, C.P. (1960). The Victory Campaign, The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945 (PDF). Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World...
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    throughout the world, including in the European theatre against Germany, North African Campaign against fascist Italy, and in the southeast Asian theatre; while...
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    Geoffrey Collins (cricketer, born 1909) (category British Army personnel of World War II)
    the rank of Lt. Col. with 90 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment and served in the North-West Europe Campaign of 194445, including the Liberation of Antwerp...
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    Hubert Essame, The 43rd Wessex Division at War 194445, London: William Clowes, 1952. [NB: Personnel are given for whole North West Europe campaign]....
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    Major C. C. J. (1960). The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe 1944–1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World...
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    The Borneo campaign or Second Battle of Borneo was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II to liberate Japanese-held...
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