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Major-General Daniel Marcus William Beak, was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Bri
King George V presents the VC to Commander Daniel Beak at Valenciennes, 6 December 1918.
The 151st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during the Second World War in Belgium and France in 1940, and later in North Africa, Tunisia and Sicily,
Daniel Beak
…Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment which fought in the Battle of France. In June 1940 he was made commander of 12th Brigade, GOC Malta Command and 151st Infantry Brigade, part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, which he led during Operation Pugilist. General Sir Bernard Montgomery dismissed him from this post…
Tunisia campaign
Routes taken by the D-Day invasion
Troops take shelter near an M10 tank destroyer,6 June 1944
Officers inspect a German Mk IV tank knocked out by the Durham Light Infantry – 11 June 1944.