Graham Evans

Working Peer @UKHouseofLords Former Member of Parliament Businessman and Police Officer.

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Please play to your kids, and those so wrapped up in bashing Britain they can’t see the wood for the trees 🇬🇧

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

Commemorations in Normandy to mark D-Day 82 were attended by senior defence personnel including Defence Minister Lord Coaker and the Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshall Sir Rich Knighton.

In tribute to the thousands of British and allied troops who lost their lives to secure our freedom, Defence Secretary John Healey laid wreaths at the British Normandy Memorial and the 48th Commando of the Royal Marines monument.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

If ever there was a popular actor whose most famous role was diametrically opposite to his own life , surely it was Arnold Ridley. He became famous and very popular for playing Private Godfrey in the hugely popular tv series Dads Army. His character of Godfrey was elderly, doddery, kind, polite, mildly incontinent and a conscientious objector.
But Mr Ridley's life could not have been more different. Born in 1896 he tried to enlist at the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 but was turned away because of a hammer toe. But he was accepted by the Somerset Light infantry in 1915 and sent to the Western Front.

In the space of a year he saw much hand to hand fighting in the trenches He was stabbed in the groin with a bayonet and his legs were riddled with shrapnel. In 1916 at the Battle of the Somme his left hand was rendered forever almost unusable by another bayonet wound , at the same time he was smashed in the head by a German rifle butt which left a legacy of blackouts. He was then medically discharged that year.

He rejoined the army in 1939 as a 2nd Lt, his job was looking after journalists in France attached to the BEF, was evacuated on an overcrowded warship during Dunkirk operations from Boulougne. But by now his WW1 wounds were catching him up and he left the army on medical grounds in 1940.

He immediately joined the Home Guard in Caterham! He did of course go on to write The Ghost Train.

Arnold Ridley passed away in 1984. A true hero who gave so much to our country. R.I.P.

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

Today we remember the men and women involved in the great crusade and the largest amphibious operation in history.

Crew of @HMSDragon took time during operations in the Arabian Sea to pay a traditional flight deck tribute to all those involved in #DDay and Operation Neptune.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great meeting with the talented folks who’ll be working at the Obama Presidential Center. We're excited to welcome everybody here soon!

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

YES BOYS! 🦁

A winning start to our Test match summer 💪

Victory by 115 runs at Lord's

[︎ ︎GómìnàOjóKan 🇳🇬 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇹 @tunnarmcniarr]

Manchester United Premier League champions 2013 🏆

[British Army 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy]

This day in history 6 June 1944, #DDay, British soldiers landed in Normandy alongside Allied forces to begin the liberation of Europe 🪖

Today, we remember their courage, sacrifice, and service 🫡

Lest we forget.

[J.D.M. Stewart @jdmstewart1]

I always showed this cartoon to my students when teaching Canadian history at BSS. 82nd anniversary of D-day today.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

82 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, brave British and Allied forces changed the course of history forever.

We must never forget the service and sacrifice of those courageous men and women.

Our debt to them can never be repaid.

[🇾🇪Utd Before Fergie🇾🇪 @UtdBeforFergie]

Happy 77th birthday to the outstanding @LouMacari10
Utd and Scotland legend and champion of helping the homeless. An exceptional human being, have a great day sir #mufc

[Tom Tugendhat @TomTugendhat]

This is a man-made tragedy all down to energy policies that have pushed prices higher in search of a carbon ambition at home and simply pushing businesses to the wall.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

This is an image from @I_W_M of British Commandos on a landing craft approaching Sword Beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944. 82 years ago today.
War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices to defeat fascism so that they should never be necessary again.

[Lord Hanson of Flint Labour Peer & Minister @RTHondavehanson]

In a corner of parliament at the far end of the Royal gallery a box lies permantly open containing sand from all five Normandy beaches -a reminder to both houses of the sacrifice & the cause of freedom fought for by brave service people on DDay June 6 th 1944. #DDay

[The Rifles @RiflesRegiment]

82 years ago today, D-Day took place. At 0015 hrs, our antecedent regiment, the 2nd Ox and Bucks, carried out the first action of the invasion. In this 1986 recording, Major John Howard recounts the glider assault on Pegasus Bridge, Codenamed OPERATION DEADSTICK.

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

98 names. Not forgotten – finally found.

On the 82nd anniversary of D-Day – the Allied landings that helped secure Europe’s freedom – these names are added to the @britishmemorial

Every man is remembered. Each one is a hero.

We shall never forget. #DDay

[Andy @AndyAitcheson]

Here it is. The found footage of Ian Liddell VC.

As far as I know this footage has NEVER been seen publicly before.

Filmed on the 7th April 45, 4 days after the action on the bridge, and 2 weeks before he was killed.

He was called the officer that never lost his temper, I think you can see that here.

@ColdstreamGds @rentaquill

[Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft]

My tribute in @Daily_Express to our D-Day veterans - heroes every one of them – a full 82 years after the event that changed the course of World War Two

[101st Airborne Div. @101stAASLTDIV]

Before sunrise in Normandy, thousands of flags were placed to honor thousands of lives.

@DeptofWar | @USArmy | @USArmyEURAF | @18airbornecorps | @usabmc | @SETAF_Africa | @173rdAbnBde

[Paul Reed @sommecourt]

#DDay82: When I visited Normandy for the first time in 1979 with my Dad we met Major John Howard DSO outside the Gondrée Café. By this time 81 years ago he and his men had taken the key bridges and the code words Ham & Jam signalling their capture filled the radio network.