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Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation began after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France.
Dunkirk evacuation
Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation began after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France.
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Cromartyshire
Local GemsCromartyshire was a county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 enclaves and exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th century. The largest part, six times the size of the old shire, was Coigach, containing Ullapool and the area north-west of it. In 1889, Cromartyshire was merged with Ross-shire to become a new county called Ross and Cromarty, which in 1975 was merged into the new council area of Highland.
Cromartyshire
View pinPark Road East drill hall
Local GemsThe Park Road East drill hall is a former military installation in Wolverhampton.
Park Road East drill hall
View pinThe Brakenhale School
Local GemsThe Brakenhale School is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Bracknell, Berkshire, England. It was formerly a community school that was established in 1958 and became an academy in April 2016. It is part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust.
The Brakenhale School
View pinPipers Row tram stop
Local GemsPipers Row tram stop is a tram stop on the Wolverhampton Station branch of Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro. It was opened on 17 September 2023 as part of the Wolverhampton station extension.
Pipers Row tram stop
View pinLostock Hall Gatehouse
Local GemsLostock Hall Gatehouse is an Elizabethan building on Hall Lane in Lostock, a western suburb of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.
Lostock Hall Gatehouse
View pinGreat Hollands
Local GemsGreat Hollands is a suburb of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. It takes its name from a medieval field-name of Easthampstead parish, which it was previously in. Building of the estate began around 1967 as the town continued to expand.
Great Hollands
View pinSt Peter's (Wolverhampton ward)
Local GemsSt Peter's is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. It has two parts: the city centre, and the inner-city areas immediately to the north and north-west, including Dunstall Hill and part of Whitmore Reans.
St Peter's (Wolverhampton ward)
View pinAscot Priory
Local GemsAscot Priory is a former priory in Berkshire, England, established in 1861. It was the mother house of the Society of the Most Holy Trinity, a community of nuns within the Anglican Communion. It now serves as a church and spirituality centre.
Ascot Priory
View pinSt Peter and St Paul's Church, Wolverhampton
Local GemsSt Peter and St Paul Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It was built from 1826 to 1828, with extensions being built in 1901 and 1928. It was designed by Joseph Ireland and the architect for the extension in 1901 was Edward Goldie. It is built as part of Giffard House, which is now a presbytery for the church. It is situated on Paternoster Row, between Wolverhampton City Council and the Ring Road St Peters. Both the church and Giffard House are a Gr
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wolverhampton
View pinBlakenhall
Local GemsBlakenhall is a suburb and ward of Wolverhampton, England. The population of the ward, including Goldthorn Park, was around 12,600 at the 2021 census.
Blakenhall
View pinEasthampstead
Local GemsEasthampstead is a former village and now a southern suburb of the town of Bracknell, in the civil parish of Bracknell, in the Bracknell Forest district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. The old village can still be easily identified around the Church of St Michael and St Mary Magdalene. This building houses some of the finest stained glass works of Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
Easthampstead
View pinRAF Staff College, Bracknell
Local GemsThe RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff college active for most of the second half of the 20th century. Its role was the training of staff officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of air force matters. Its motto was Visu et Nisu which is Latin for by vision and effort. The equivalent in the British Army was the Staff College, Camberley and the equivalent in the Royal Navy was the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich.
RAF Staff College, Bracknell
View pinOld Hall, Wolverhampton
Local GemsThe Old Hall, also known as the Great Hall or Turton's Hall and later the Old Hall Works, is a former manor house in Wolverhampton in England. It was once a large building surrounded by a moat and only ruins exist today.
Old Hall, Wolverhampton
View pinHeathfield School, Ascot
Local GemsHeathfield School is a girls' independent boarding and day school in Ascot, Berkshire, England. In 2006, the school absorbed St Mary's School, Wantage and was briefly named Heathfield St Mary's School but reverted to Heathfield School in 2009 to prevent confusion with another local girls' school St Mary's School, Ascot. The school's grounds cover 36 acres (15 ha) situated on the edge of Ascot, providing access from London, the major airports, the M3 and M4 motorways.
Heathfield School, Ascot
View pinWolverhampton station
Local GemsWolverhampton station is a step-free access regional interchange railway station situated in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line. The station is the fourth-busiest in the West Midlands region; it is served by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains services, and was historically known as Wolverhampton High Level. There is a West Midlands Metro tram stop located outside the station, an elevated walkway towa
Wolverhampton station
View pinForest Park, Bracknell Forest
Local GemsForest Park is a suburb of Bracknell, in Berkshire, England. It is part of the Swinley Forest ward and named after the Crown Estate of Swinley Forest. It was built in the late 1980s as the town continued to expand.
Forest Park, Bracknell Forest
View pinEaton Socon Rural District
Local GemsEaton Socon was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England, from 1894 to 1934.
Eaton Socon Rural District
View pinBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Local GemsBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and other community based health services, primarily to the resident population of the Royal County of Berkshire, England, in the United Kingdom.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
View pinR442 road (Ireland)
Local GemsThe R442 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in County Offaly.
R442 road (Ireland)
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