WW2 D-Day: Them and Us
Paul Thompson
- Organisation:
- Guarderobe
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £80 plus travel
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 12th February 2026
- Tagged:
- D-Day | Army | British Infantry
Them and Us, comprising a D-Day type briefing, and has been in much demand these past few years being the 60/5th anniversaries of the Normandy Landings/ VE day. This talk involves a ‘first-person’ presentation, and includes many original quotes from the time as well as the original equipment and weapons. For the first session (exactly 1 hour) Paul delivers, as Major Thompson, a briefing as though you were part of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, followed by a reminder about equipment and weapons. This is followed by a quick change (15mins maximum during tea and or notices – somewhere out of sight) and he returns to give the story from the other side of the Channel. The second half takes 45 minutes and time should be allowed for at the end for questions. Audience participation is strongly encouraged!
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Guarderobe offer professional Historical talks in costume with (sometimes original) replica objects from prehistory, Early Roman, Late Roman, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Anglo Saxon, Vikings, Normans, early Medieval, 15th century, Tudors, The Gun Powder Treason, English Civil War, Victorian Surgeon, Victorian Life, WW1 In the Trenches, WW1 Home Front, and several WW2 topics including RAF, Army (Early War, D-Day, Far East) and Civil Defence. We do not use slides but do need some tables and an audience.
We are both archaeologists and have worked in museums and in the field for many years so bring much experience, knowledge and some humour to topics. We have been giving talks for over 30 years in the Midlands.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Paul Thompson
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- Roman Soldier and Citizen
- Powder Treason! Guy Fawkes
- Life in and out of the Tudor Court
- Roman Burials
- Roman Gladiators
- Roman Festival of Saturnalia (Christmas)
- George and Arthur: Late Roman Britain
- The Medieval Household
- The Medieval Household at Christmas
- The Tudor Household at Christmas
- Hastings 1066 Soldiers
- Burying your Anglo Saxon Ancestors
- Tommy and Dennis: A remarkable lady who fought in the Trenches
- Stille Nacht: 1914 Christmas Truce
- Keep the Home fires burning
- Border Reivers!
- The ABC of ARP
- Seen and not heard
- The Medieval Barber Surgeon
- The Tudor Barber Surgeon
- Medieval Death and Burial
- Bodices and Bloomers
- Robin Hood: fact and legend
- The Victorian way of death
- Beware the Resurrection Men
- The Greenfly and the Rose: SOE in WW2
- The Late Victorian Soldier
- Ancient Egyptian life and death
- Trouble and Strife. The English Civil War – in Coventry
- National Service
- Vikings: The Norse Code
- Chocks Away! ~ WW2 RAF Pilot, Plotter, Bomber and Police
- Heavy Metal: Bronze Age Life
- The Ancient Greeks: Part 1 Archaic Period
- The Ancient Greeks: Part 2 Classical Period to 30BC
- The Ancient Greeks: Part 3 the Ptolemaic Period 332 to 30BC
- Armour through the Ages
- The Victorian Surgeon and Medicine
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