Angus Lapsley (@ACWLapsley)

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Angus Lapsley @ACWLapsley Apr 9, 2023

Thank you @curatorian for making my Easter and confirming that this is my grandfather, Claude Lapsley, a chaplain in the 8th Army. I hardly remember him, but knew he was Anzio and something in his bearing in this film recalled my late father. @I_W_M @ArmyChaplaincy

Ian Kikuchi @curatorian Apr 9, 2023

Easter Sunday, 1944 - in Italy, in the Anzio beachhead, troops of the Royal Army Service Corps - now @UKArmyLogistics - serving with 1st Division, attend a church service.

@I_W_M AYY 702/5-6 / iwm.org.uk/collections/it…

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Angus Lapsley @ACWLapsley 2d

Thank you to the @PoppyLegion Belgium for this morning’s ceremony at the Heverlee cemetery. Over 1000 people lie here, among them Sargeant Peter Lissner, 19 years old, a navigator in the RAF and already married. May he not be forgotten.

Angus Lapsley @ACWLapsley Oct 20

@DanNeculaescu is a great choice as Romania’s new foreign minister. I’m biased because I’ve seen what an effective NATO Perm Rep he has been and how deeply he gets the security challenges we face in Europe today. He leaves many friends here in Brussels.

Angus Lapsley @ACWLapsley Sep 25

NATO’s Atlantic command has always been important. But the emergence of JFC Norfolk as a multi-domain command with responsibility for the UK homeland, Scandinavia and much of the Arctic, puts it at the heart of UK strategic interests in NATO. General Nick is a great addition.

NATO Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk - JFCNF Verified account @JFCNorfolk Sep 24

General Nick Perry DSO MBE 🇬🇧 assumes Command of Joint Force Command Norfolk.

Addressing the Command, Gen. Perry set out a clear focus for JFC Norfolk and NATO’s mission across the North Atlantic:

“The North Atlantic is once again a theatre of strategic competition. The assumptions many of us enjoyed for decades can no longer be taken for granted. That is why:

🔹Deterrence matters.
🔹Readiness matters.
🔹Warfighting matters.

And that is why this Command exists.

Our task is simple to describe, but demanding to deliver: to ensure NATO can deter aggression, defend the Alliance and, if deterrence fails, prevail in conflict alongside our Allies and partners.”

🔗jfcnorfolk.nato.int/activity/gener…

@NATO | @SecGenNATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @NATOJFCBS | @JFC_Naples | @NATO_MARCOM | @NATO_AIRCOM | @LANDCMD | @DefenceHQ | @DefenceOps | @UKNATO | @UKCDS_MOD | @GenGJenkinsRM | @CSOC_MOD | @UKinUSA

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Angus Lapsley @ACWLapsley Dec 11, 2025

🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 joining 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 in @JFCNorfolk provides powerful coherence between controlling the Atlantic and protecting NATO’s High North flank. Deep links with the Baltic states will remain, not least through the JEF. Another key building block in stronger collective defence.

NATO Verified account @NATO Dec 10, 2025

🇫🇮 Finland, 🇸🇪 Sweden, and 🇩🇰 Denmark are now part of the same NATO Command, strengthening defence in the Atlantic and boosting shared security in the Arctic region ❄️

Read more ➡️ jfcnorfolk.nato.int/activity/joint…

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