Event    From 26/5/1940  To 3/6/1940

Dunkirk Evacuation

Categories: Armed Forces

In May 1940, British, French and Belgian troops were cut off on the French coast by German forces and faced death or capture. A hastily assembled fleet of 850 'little ships', code-named 'Operation Dynamo', departed from Britain (many making several return voyages) and rescued over 338,000 British and French troops. The event inspired Winston Churchill's 'We shall fight them on the beaches' speech and gave rise to the phrase 'Dunkirk Spirit' and to the Brits' reputation for turning a defeat into a victory.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Dunkirk Evacuation

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Charles Lightoller

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Dunkirk at Teddington Lock

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Hurlingham Yacht Club

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F. Greygoose

F. Greygoose

Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
G. Guyver

G. Guyver

Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Captain John Chapman

Captain John Chapman

John Chapman was born circa 1887 in Middleton St George, Durham, the second of the four children of John George Chapman (1860-1941) and Florence Gertrude Chapman née Bent (1863-1950). On the 1891 c...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Rifleman Claude Robert Harry Bartram

Rifleman Claude Robert Harry Bartram

Claude Robert Harry Bartram was born on the 27 June 1893 the son of John Abraham Bartram (1856-1925) and his second wife Emily Catherine Bartram née Hunger (b.1857). His birth was registered in the...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial