That's all 56 I bought any other comments mucho appreciated.....I'm getting some of the more identifiable location shots printed off to see if the Dunkirk Tourism Office can ID the locations. Hopefully I should get some 'Then and Nows' for you Cheers Andy
Can anyone identify the Matilda T6909 ? Royal Tank Regiment? Troop Carrier in 55? Matilda listed here http://www.mafva.net/other%20pages/PRE48CENSUS%5B1%5D.doc and here Allied WWII AFV Discussion Group: Matilda confusion QUOTE;- LMS The first contract from this company was T5741 for a total of 120 vehicles allocated WD No T.6909 - T.7027. The vehicles were manufactured between December 1939 and February 1941. Of the 120 vehicles, the first 30 were manufactured as Mk II (T.6909 T.6938), while the remainder, some 90 tanks were manufactured as Mk IIA* (T.6939 T.7027). All subsequent contracts manufactured Mk IIA* and later production models. Verrieres
I have a period print of #44. It appears to be one of those widely circulated souvenir photos. Unfortunately it is a very small print and I haven't been able to pull any more detail out of it. It also appears in François de Lannoy's "Dunkerque 1940" published by Editions Heimdal. Both this book and Pierre Metsu's "Dunkerque 1940 Journal Pictorial" also by Heimdal have huge quantities of the types of pictures on this thread and also plenty of 'then & now's'. I'd recommend both of them (They are in French but the Metsu book does have English subtitles - not as detailed as the main text though).
Drew, Superb account of history.Can you locate Photograph nos 34,35,36.? No 35 appears to be a photograph of French graves.I cannot think it is connected with the Dieppe raid.Possibily from the 1940 campaign. Nos 34 appears to be the photograph of a well established German military cemetery' No 36 appears to be a German military plot within a French communual cemetery. I would think that the German military graves would have been transferred,post war, to a German concentrated military cemetery.I suppose it may prove impossible to determine their final resting place.
Hi Harry, The pictures were bought off 'Fleabay' under the title of 'Dunkirk Pictures'. They were accompanied with a brief description of each photograph. 34,35 and 36 are as follows: 34. Graveyard after a battle in the woods. Contains Jerry and Allied graves. 35. Belgium graves in field beside the road. 36. Jerry graves. (you can see the names of the German soldiers on the nearest crosses, along with dates) Not much help really...The use of the word 'Jerry' says a lot #36 has readable names(s) on the grave(s) so perhaps someone could trace him and his location? Andy
Thought I'd bump this thread up with a merge of two threads and some more pictures I found in an old Dunkirk Book I bought the other day.
