Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy,
but, by God, they terrify me.

- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington ("Dispatch, Aug 1810")

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Today in Military History

May 10

1918:

VC won by Rowland Richard Louis Bourke, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Ostend, Belgium

1940:

DIEPPE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 19 Aug 42)

1940:

German troops invade Netherlands, Luxembourg and France

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