Dunkirk Evacuation 1940

Conversation With a Soldier From World War Two

My name is William Evans and before the outbreak of war I lived with my wife Eva and two sons John and...

My Fathers 'Retreat' Experience

When daylight came the Officer came round and told us to make for Dunkirk which was about 40 miles away, he...

A Swim I Will Never Forget, Dunkirk - 1940

We suffered lots of casualties, and the road became so damaged with bomb craters that we had to use tins of...

The Important Offer of that Drink

All the equipment and weaponry had been destroyed and left on the road and the only main weapon my...

Dunkirk and Marriage

Eddie,a Leeds tailor's cutter, and, during the war, a Gunner in 67th Field Regiment, Royal...

Smiler's War - The Forgotten heroes of Bolougne

So with one rifle and 23 shovels, Smiler and his 22 army colleagues and many others went to France to face...

Mick's War

In the Spring of 1967 I moved into bedsit accommodation at No.6 St. Anne's Gardens, London NW3... Mick...

Adventures at Dunkirk

Before the Dunkirk evacuation, we had captured a lot of German soldiers, and imprisoned them in a school...

From Dunkirk to Singapore

As the village where Dad lived is on the banks of the River Tweed and the main occupation at that time was...

After Dunkirk

They enjoyed the homely atmosphere and usually called my Mum "Ma". They often stayed to supper,...

Memories of Dunkirk

My memory of Dunkirk is of coming home from school and finding our large canteen kitchen full of...

Don't rock the boat! Escape from Dunkirk

Cos I was a Lance Bombardier I had to take a Bren gun. When we were in the boat coming back from...

Dunkirk — Digging Out Shrapnel and Amputating Limbs

I was twenty years old when, having completed my training as a medical nurse at St Stephen's Hospital...

Survival Through The War.

My Grandad, the person this story is about, was at Dunkirk. After Dunkirk, my Grandad stayed with his rank...

A Moment in Time.

This was the scene on the beach at Dunkirk, with the British Army, and their French allies desperately...

A Young Soldiers First Bitter Taste of War.France 1940

Coming towards us were a crowd of women all dressed in long black skirts with black lacy shwls over their...

A Dunkirk Memory

Emerging from the ruins of the town, and from various hideouts on the sands, swarms of military personnel...

Reunion After Dunkirk

My father came from a family of 11 children from bermondsey 6 boys 5 girls and my uncle john was the third...

Shorty

One of my greatgrandad's friends in the army had his legs blown off one night in a raid and they needed...

A Lost Friend

As a young child I can remember him telling me that he was in a regiment with many of his friends from...

My father's war

According to his medical records, he became sick soon after landing in France and was treated first at No....

Home and Away

Reg Davies joined the Territorial Army in the 1930s then went onto become a soldier and bandsman in the...

Charlie Vahey at Dunkirk

Later he was dug out by the French Resistance and they were amazed to find that he did not have an army...

A Small Story of Dunkirk…

My relative was coming to a small farm house just outside the port side of Dunkirk where fellow army...

My Time in France

Instead of having the modern machine gun we had the old fashioned Lewis gun.We had battle dress, a tin hat...

Evacuation from Dunkirk

Henry was one of the last to leave Dunkirk... Henry always gave to every Salvation Army collection, and his...