Event    From /4/1940  To /5/1940

Evacuation of Namsos

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Norway

The Namsos Campaign in Norway, was fought between Anglo-French/Norwegian forces, and German forces. After heavy fighting, the German forces took the upper hand, and the decision was made to evacuate. A convoy of destroyers under the command of Lord Louis Mountbatten, was sent from Scapa Flow to rescue the allied troops. 

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Evacuation of Namsos

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Richard Stannard

Capt Richard Stannard, V.C. (1902 - 1977) R.N.V.R., hero of the evacuation of...

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S. A. L. Boundford

S. A. L. Boundford

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Prisoners of War Association

Prisoners of War Association

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Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
T. U. Hartshorne

T. U. Hartshorne

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Private Mark Thomas Green

Private Mark Thomas Green

Mark Thomas Green was born circa 1887 in Islington, Middlesex (now Greater London), one of the eight children of Mark Green (1848-1935) and Annie Ophelia Green née Talboys (1846-1920).  In the Apr...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Howard Egerton

J. Howard Egerton

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial