Gloucestershire Regt at Fall of France & Dunkirk, May 1940. (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, June 09, 2013, 18:19 (4179 days ago) @ downunder

I forgot you asked about possible books. I don't live in the County so searching for Library books is unlikey to be too effective here. I've just browsed a wellknown online sales site (Amazon)and there's several about the Glosters albeit most seem to be WW1 biased, or their famous exploits in Korea. There are some general histories but as they'll cover hundreds of years perhaps not any more helpful to you than the various websites ?. Of all I've seen probably the most relevant to you (you mention Dunkirk) is this from the Regimental Museum itself, although shipping to you adds to the cost at least the money's going into the right funds.
http://www.glosters.org.uk/CDs_and_DVDs/The_Dunkirk_Shield_-_The_Battles_for_Boulogne_A...

Re the Battle for France and the Dunkirk Evacuation I'm sure you know we've just passed the anniversary of that sad campaign. An excellent programme was just aired here in the UK which discussed the actions of the Glosters in some detail, hopefully you'll find it as interesting (and touching) as I did. Luckily it's already been posted on Youtube, hopefully that enables you to view it too.

"Dunkirk, The Forgotten Heroes."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-B3K4s0Zw

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7750005/Dunkirk-the-soldiers-left-behind....

Hopefully you may find my earlier posts of interest abt the Glosters & the Battle for France in May 1940, I've included their War Diary excerpts and links to the source websites.
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=39925

Enjoyed chatting, good luck with your researches, and yes please keep us advised to your progress and to any more sources of reference you may find.
eg was there a 3rd & 4th Battalion of the Glosters during WW2 ?...