Does anyone know the exact whereabouts of Gort's final GHQ at La Panne? all I know it was located in a beach villa at La Panne - it would be gook to locate which villa if indeed it still exists
Yes, but it was more of a block of flats when I was there. There's a plaque and bench on the other side of the road opposite it. Remind me later when I'm not at work Jerry and I'll dig out the details for you.
It was demolished in 2007 unfortunately. The address was Zeelaan 18-20. Lord Gort's HQ at Dunkirk The link in the thread to the local history site doesn't work anymore. This is a current one PANNETHEKA Untitled Document
Does anyone have a photo of the previous building- before the modern flats- that I can use in a forthcoming book please.
Did you click link in Rich's post to the thread on the forum ? I posted a photo from the battleground europe book on dunkirk that shows the old building.
Jan 'Rewdco' has contacts in De Panne. I'm sure that he'll be able to come up with something. It's complicated as the building had a lot of different uses over the years and could be listed under two languages. It had little architectural merit either. Normally I'd expect to find old post cards for sale showing the town hall.
