Dunkirk - Old Men Remember

This book came about after conversations at the annual dinner of the Bath Branch of the Dunkirk Veterans Association in 1985, celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the evacuation. The Editor of Dunkirk - Old Men Remember spent considerable time persuading members to share their experiences, often requiring some effort, as many considered their personal experience nothing unusual and therefore not worth writing about.

However, he persevered and the result is a unique set of recollections, spanning stories from Privates to Generals. The Editor himself was a Beachmaster, and the range of recollections is both fascinating and broad. The contents includes:

• The Navy Got Them Away - including recollections from men serving on HMS Codrington, HMS Harvester, HMS Wolfhound and on shore operations
• As Seen By A Beachmaster - personal account by Commander S.A. Nettle RNVR
• Movement Control Did What They Could - personal account by Brigadier Collins, The Green Howards
• Problems for the Medics - personal account by Major James, RAMC & a diary extract from an anonymous QARANC Sister
• Headquarters Staff Make a Getaway - personal accounts by Private Barendt, RASC and Major Lawson, Royal Engineers
• From the Gunner's Point of View - personal account by men of the Royal Artillery
• Drivers had a Hard Time - accounts from drivers across numerous Regiments
• The Sappers, Ordnance and RASC - accounts from members of the Royal Engineers, RAOC and RASC
• The Infantry Look Back - accounts from men who served with the following Regiments - Lancashire Fusiliers, Royal Scots, Royal Warwickshire, Somerset Light Infantry, The Green Howards, East Surrey Regiment, Coldstream Guards, Royal Signals, East Lancashire Regiment, East Riding Yeomanry, REME
• The Perimeter Defences - two IWM owned accounts
• The Merchant Navy & Small Ships Armada - accounts from Merchant Navy and RN men
• As Seen from Above - The Air Force View - accounts from the RAF
• Some Found Other Ways Home - men who escaped via Cherbourg and Brest
• Resistance Forces in Occupied Europe Were Born at Dunkirk - an evader who escaped through Spain and a member of the Belgian Army

This is a seldom seen book, but in my experience one of the best collections of Dunkirk accounts.

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