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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: tornado on Friday 07 April 23 11:45 BST (UK)
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i have just discovered that my Grandfather Evan Parry was at Dunkirk WW2 . How this escaped me i do not know , untill my Brother brought the subject up . In fact i think he has Granpa's War diary !. So just wondering if there is anyone else who has Dunkirk hero's?.
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My father was in the Navy in one of the ships that evacuated Allied soldiers from the beaches.
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My Father now long deceased was at Dunkirk. Taken from the beaches at La Panne, Member of the BEF and the Northamptonshire Regiment.
I heard some of the stories of his escape, but he passed away before my interest in it became stronger.
Oh, how I would love 24 hours of his time now.
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A remote cousin was one of the officers who organised the Little Ships. Seems he started the process before it was authorized on the basis that it was necessary.
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One of my Grandads was there . He fought in both world wars.
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My Dad was at Dunkirk. 5th Battalion Glosters. My two brothers and I took him back to De Panne/Dunkirk on the 60th anniversary, May 2000. The final organised anniversary parade. Thankfully prior to our visit I was able to purchase his WW2 medals and beret/badges. For him to wear. Sadly, he is no longer with us. But, I have his medals and beret/badges.
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My Maternal Grandfather Leonard Ernest Warren was there.
Also my late Father in law Ron Holman, who on discovering that he was too late to escape from Dunkirk, commandeered a motorbike and drove to La Rochelle, where he was able to get on a Coal Steamer bound for England! We have his War Diary.
Romilly.
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My great uncle was captured on his way to Dunkirk and spent the rest of the war as a POW.
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My father, Bill Brooks, RAMC, 7349297, was at Dunkirk.
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My Uncle George was shot in both feet in Dunkirk. He lived to be 103 years old.
Carol
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Thanks for all these marvellous stories of ancestors serving at Dunkirk. It is bittersweet to think of this event , but at least we won !. We should all be proud of everyone who sacrificed everything for there Country. Amen.
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I have a 4th cousin, L Cpl Hamish Archibald Addis Black whose name is on the Dunkirk Memorial. He was lost on the S.S. Lancastria.
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my father was in. the navy on one of the ships. that brought people back....luckily he got through. the war. unscathed
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my father was in. the navy on one of the ships. that brought people back....luckily he got through. the war. unscathed
My father too.
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My Father now long deceased was at Dunkirk. Taken from the beaches at La Panne, Member of the BEF and the Northamptonshire Regiment.
I heard some of the stories of his escape, but he passed away before my interest in it became stronger.
Oh, how I would love 24 hours of his time now.
I have all the details of the Northamptons at Dunkirk and beyond...
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Hi Scrimnet PM sent
I have all the details of the Northamptons at Dunkirk and beyond...
Hi Scrimnet PM sent
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My Father William Connell 152707 RASC was stationed in Metz, France at start of German Blitzkrieg 1940. They were cutoff from heading to Dunkirk, headed south on trains until they diverted east towards Switzerland. He was interned in Switzerland, Vichy France, Italian POW camp PG73, Lamsdorf Stalag 344 in Germany until he was in the Long March until end of war. It was a long 5 years of his life which as many others shared very little with our Family.