DUNKIRK, ESCAPE & RETURN

My father, Albert Fuller, was in Lille in France,he would take the troops down to the line at night, he said, they used to travel in convoy, and had only a small light to the rear of each lorry to follow, as they could not use lights for fear of being hit. At Lille he was told to make his way to Dunkirk, about three miles outside of Dunkirk, all the vehicles was put into a field and set light, they walked the rest of the way to the beaches. in his immediate pack of troops and friends, there was about a dozen of them, they had little food left, and shared what they had. When reaching Dunkirk, they hid behind a wall, to shelter themselves from airplane fire, they were their about 3 or 4 days, before they were rescued, a large Norweigan coal boat arrived in the harbour, and they got on board. Very hungry and thirsty. the boat made its way across the channel and when it neared to Dover port, they were told they could not land, as on board was also Algerians and French, the boat then had to go back along the English coast and cross over to Cherbourg to let off the foreigners. before they could make there way back again. When arriving at Cherbourg, people were throwing bread on board so the soldiers could have something to eat, as they had not eaten for days.Lots of smaller boats got hit, but although crossing the channel 3 times, they made it back to Britain saftly in the end.Later he was sent to Italy, when the war finished in Italy he thought he was coming home, and then was sent to Greece to fight the Elas, it was there he was sent to dig up some British soldiers, who had had a poor burial off the coast after they were hit by a submarine, my dad had to dig them up and take them back to Athens for a decent burial. Is there any one else who was on that boat. If so, can you make contact via this website. Message for coppernob.

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