Stories categorised in 'Dunkirk Evacuation 1940'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
Nightmare We drove through a town that was already showing signs of a severe bombing, and straight onto the...
The French were confident that the Maginot line would hold, and the papers told us that the British army...
I did so, via Aimentieres, and Bailleuil, but found that Hazelrule had received a terrific bombing the...
Further orders were rapped out - we were to make for Dunkirk Beach with further instructions to be given on...
The road on either side was littered of course with abandoned vehicles and things upside down and so on and...
Yorky Holme's gun crew C4 consisted of Phil Plevey, Bert Tanner, George Bradley who were all killed,...
The German plane dropped two bombs that landed near the Odeon cinema and all the windows and emergency...
There wasn't much food in France at that time, and French civilians were always ready to 'make an...
Some had all their equipment, some had dumped it and I think the majority of our boys of the 50 odd in...
Bulford Barracks and bren gun carriers I joined 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 6th of foot -...
We proceeded to Annizen, near Bethume, picked up a load of stretchers, blankets and other equipment, then...
With the advent of bombs and bursts of machine-gun fire from German aircraft strafing the sands, the lines...
Prior to Dunkirk we were in the first and second battle of Narvik and we were also in the evacuation of...
Before we went to France, the king to came to inspect us at Cookham crossroads, near Aldershot, where the...
The Germans had hit a large storage tank at Dunkirk and there was a great cloud of smoke and flames 500...
When I came to the sand dunes, I could see that Dunkirk was a blazing mass of burning oil and a battle...
Realising we needed a different set of francs for money and with nothing much to do I went into a shop and...
The French Maginot Line became ineffective as the Germans with their tanks and motorised units went round...
When the bombing began on London in the August of 1940, we were organised by Captain into groups to scrub...
If anyone knew our destination they were not telling so supposition led to Aldershot, Wales Cornwall and...
The Evacuation of part of the British Expeditionary Forces between 30 May 1940 to 4 June 1940 at Dunkirk in...
'40 Hommes ou 8 Chevaux' From there we were loaded on to cattle trucks labelled '40 Hommes ou 8...
Huddled together on the beaches On the beaches we huddled together in the sand dunes for protection from...
During this debacle he had been reported 'missing believed killed'. At this time, my mother was...
The story of Albert George Heath Royal Artillery, An evacuation from Dunkirk, in his own words written...
Young and inexperienced, as we lads were at that time of life, we found the journey interesting and...
Recommended story
Story with photo 
| 1 |
