The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Regimental Museum

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Mar 29th, 2023

For complete disclosure: I'm biased due to my Grandfathers Medals being displayed in this section of the Edinburgh Castle Museum. In World War 1 a significant number of French soldiers had been cut off by the Germans and due to the telegraph lines being cut they couldn't call for assistance. My Grandfather, a Private at the time, stood on the back of his horse and reconnected the lines which allowed for the French to call for help and saved many lives. For which my Grandfather was presented the French Medaille Militaire, possibly the first non French recipient. Later on in World War Two, 6th June 1944 - D-Day. My Grandfather was in the War Rooms with Churchill, whilst his son, my father was driving the first British Tank on to Sword beach. My fathers tank wasn't meant to be the first tank, there were two other tanks in front of him on the landing craft. Sadly the the two tanks in front of him left the landing craft and sank with the loss of all on board (as far as we know). My father said having watched this he "Shut my eyes, pushed the levers forwards and when I opened my eyes I was on the beach". A little bit of family history. Edinburgh Castle is well worth a visit.
Feb 28th, 2023

(Translated by Google) The best to repel the English hordes (Original) Los mejores para repeler las hordas inglesas
Feb 14th, 2023

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Dec 20th, 2022

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Oct 18th, 2022