Dunkirk 1940. Inland. France & Belgium. Photos, some never seen before

I now have this well known photo in my collection. Has German on the back. English tank in ?
British tanks with a German grave. Any one have more info on the photo.
Keith

 

German field cooker 1940 with French troops clearing up on the side of the road . Pile of mess tins on the right.
Photo from my collection.
Keith

 

French pows working at a vehicle - kit dump. German on the back . Some writing in pencil very faint on a few of the photos.
Photo from my collection.
Keith

 

In any case, the photo was taken near Arras
The tank at the grave site can be seen in 2 other pictures
The field grave in the background in picture 1, which was later quite elaborately completed, is striking
Picture 2 allegedly shows members of the SS-Totenkopf Division.
In this case, the grave site could be that of Obersturmführer Karl-Heinz Brohl and his men who fell at the Mercatel area

HISTOREICH: Le SS-Obertsturmführer Brohl tué près d'Arras
Солдаты дивизии СС «Мертвая голова» осматривают подбитый британский танк «Матильда»


I am happy to leave everything else to the Arras experts

 

Blown up Bridge over the river Loire. Photos from my collection
Link. Les combats de la Loire Juin 1940 | Chemins de mémoire
Keith

 

German wagons along the road next to the river Loire. 1940. Photo from my collection
Keith

 

Unsere Kolomne an der Loire - finally I can read one!

 

BEF burnt out ambulances 1940. Photo from my collection German on the back. Looks like docks in the background.
Keith

 

Burnt-out cars left behind by the English at Uloutoir/Ulontoir
The place name seems to be misspelled in any case
If we are talking about docks, I would guess Le Havre

 

You're right: the white square badge is much further away from the exhaust(?)
And a closer look at Keith's photo reveals that the steel helmet has the regular Wehrmacht insignia, otherwise the runes would have to be there - which would rule out Brohl

In this case, it would be more likely that they were members of PzJgAbt 42 - IF they were indeed Panzerjäger

 

Could be number 23 or 25 on the first truck. Photo from my collection
Keith

 

It's a civilian model Bedford so almost certainly an RASC vehicle. It's unlikely to be the "23" used by a battalion in a division"s junior brigade. With no Corps or GHQ / LoC bars, I'd say it will be the "25" of a Divisional Petrol Company RASC.

 

Morris CS9, Thanks to Christian for the id. no markings or area.
Keith

 

this is the glacis , place between Dunkerque and Malo les bains ,
The houses in the distance are on the eastern part of the beach.

 

Aha, a Morris CS9 armoured car! By the looks of the ruins in the background, probably somewhere in Belgium or Northern France.
And, if I'm not too much mistaken, there was only one unit in the BEF that operated them: the 12th Royal Lancers.

 

As far as I'm aware, most CS9's were abandoned in the vicinity of Ghyvelde or dumped in the nearby Dunkerque-Nieuport canal.

 

The bridge on the right is the Avenue des Bains bridge. Here is a photo taken from the opposite direction to the first view, with the beach behind us. The bridge is the same

 

Just finished some quick background checking.

On Wednesday, May 29th, the 12th Lancers ceased to be under the command of 3rd Division and came under command of II Corps. That same afternoon, at 15h00, the Regiment was ordered to withdraw to Ghyvelde, sabotage/ditch their vehicles and to get in touch with OIC II Corps Troop Embarkation Beach at De Panne. (Source: 'Their Greatest Hour' and 'Through Hell to Dunkirk').

This, however, raised my curiosity. What was that lone CS9 doing at Malo-les-Bains? To which squadron did it belong? (no markings to be seen on Keith's photo). I may of course be mistaken, but when I look at the strange transversal position of the vehicle, it looks like it may perhaps have served as a makeshift barricade.

I contemplated the possibility that this CS9 may have been used by LtCol Lumsden. It seems, however, that he had his own staff car.

Unfortunately, my library related to the 12th Lancers is somewhat incomplete (I lack some reference works such as ' One Young Soldier' and 'Previous Encounters'). I found no other picture of this particular vehicle elsewhere. The picture just posted by misterxxx59140 shows no other CS9 in the vicinity, which could suggest this was an isolated vehicle (sent to Dunkirk for a special purpose?).

Conclusion: the CS9 seen on Keith's photo and its whereabouts still remains a mystery to me.

 

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Keith