Badsey
Proper noun
Meaning
Badsey
A village and civil parish (served by Badsey and Aldington Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0743).
Examples
Badsey, 1990 p. 47 The first V-1 attacks on London, which started on 13 June further increased the pressure on Montgomery from Whitehall to speed up his advance.
Badsey, 1990 p. 56 On 14 July 1944, Montgomery wrote to his patron Brooke, saying he had chosen on a "real show down on the eastern flanks, and to loose a Corps of three armored divisions in the open country about the Caen-Falaise road.
Badsey, 1990 p. 44. At the celebrated tank action at Villers Bocage on 14 June, the British lost twenty Cromwell tanks to five Tiger tanks led by SS Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann in about five minutes.
Badsey, 1990 p. 77 On 11 August, Montgomery changed his plan with the Canadians to take Falaise and to meet the Americans at Argentan.
This culminated in a full-scale invasion that led to Sweyn being crowned king of England in 1013. citation Badsey, S. Nicolle, D, Turnbull, S (1999).
Badsey, 1990 p. 53-54 On 10 July, Montgomery ordered Bradley to take Avranches, after which the 3rd US Army would be activated to drive towards Le Mans and Alençon.