submitted on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 11:37 in Obituaries Group by Serginho Similar media
Douggie Moir was a tank troop leader with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in May
1940 and took part in the 30th Infantry Brigade’s defence of Calais against
elements of Guderian’s XIX Panzer Corps, which had swept up from Abbeville
and Boulogne. 30th Brigade had been landed at Calais specifically to hold
the port, but the odds against them were overwhelming. Together with the
greater part of the brigade, Moir was taken prisoner and spent the rest of
the war attempting to escape and helping others to do so — but a home run
eluded him.
Source: Times
