Our first ever visit to Dover Castle yesterday. [ATTACH] The best bit was the "Operation Dynamo" tour of the tunnels, thanks to the multimedia...
HMS Greyhound. A report by Commander Walter Roger Marshall-A’Deane, Royal Navy Whilst on patrol off Calais on 25th May a German 3” HA Battery to...
Hello guys Recently I found this vehicle front grill emblem/ car badge. It's a complete badge. Only a little part of the first R is broken. It's...
Some of the Commission’s staff were also among those rescued and lost. Here, we look through the CWGC archive to share the stories of the...
I recently found this kitbag in a house on the border of France and Belgium. It's a british may 1940 kitbag with service number and a flash on it....
Members2 20 posts Gender:Male Location:Belgium Interests:WW I Posted Today, 11:38 AM Hi All! I would like to identify a british outfit...
Hello I am very interested in the history of world war 2, I even collect souvenirs of it. This week-end I've found a British helmet with an...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dunkirk/14300.shtml BBC Television Service First broadcast: 13 November 1956 Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds...
Hello all I am a researcher for documentary on WW2 poetry. Some of our poets were involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk. Does anyone know of any...
Did the British general public know the term 'Operation Dynamo' during the actual evacuations in May/June 1940? If not, what terms or terms did...
OK, just thought I would try this, I am trying to find any photographs or associated information which applies to the 2nd Battalion, Heds and...
Operation Dynamo started on the evening of 26th May and I would like to know the name of the Hospital Ship used that evening. I know that the...
At 1900 hours, the British Admiralty instructed its commander at Dover, Vice Admiral B.H. Ramsay, to begin evacuating members of the BEF from...
RUSHTON, ERIC ROOKSBY Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Service No: 4952 Date of Death: 01/06/1940 Regiment/Service: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry...
I am trying to find an expert on ship movements during the Dunkirk evacuation who can help me with a specific enquiry. My father aged 20...
I recently read in the current book I'm reading (Dunkirk, Escape to Victory) that the weapon system was prone to numerous types of stopages and...
[IMG] [IMG] Built: 1926 by Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, for Turbine Steamers Ltd; bought by David MacBrayne Ltd, 1935. Gross tonnage: 815....
Built: 1931 by Fairfield Shipbuilding Co. Govan, for the Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company. Gross Tonnage: 1,586. Length: 269 ft. 7...
Recommendations for naval personnel involved in the evacuations of troops from Dunkirk. [IMG] [IMG]
I've read several conflicting accounts of the first Ad-Hoc pier (Example Below) being thrown together on the beaches to help with the evacuation...
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