I'd like to go to Dunkirk

Joy Dean · 24-10-2007, 09:06 PM

My Dad came back from Dunkirk, and I'd really like to go and see it.

Can anyone suggest the best way to do this, please? - which tour company?

Owen · 24-10-2007, 09:15 PM

Norfolk Lines sail into Dunkirk.
http://www.norfolkline-ferries.co.uk...211;Dunkerque/
Book a ferry on-line.
Book a hotel on-line.
Hotels in Dunkirk with B&B and ferry Short Breaks Dunkirk weekend
All very easily done.

PS I saw you veiwing my Dunkirk 2006 thread the other day.
Have a good time.

Paul Reed works for Leger.
They do a trip.
Dunkirk & Fortress Europe | Battlefield Tours | Leger Holidays

Rich Payne · 24-10-2007, 09:24 PM

The BEF campaign of 1940 was very fast moving and covered a lot of ground. If you just want to see the port of Dunkirk then a day trip on the Norfolk Line ferry will probably suffice !

Do you know where your Father served in the campaign ? Numbers of troops were also evacuated from De (La) Panne and that may be worth a look as well.

Whether an organised tour is worthwhile for you will really depend on where your Father travelled. If you can, I would recommend travelling into industrial Northern France up towards the Belgian border (preferably on a rainy day !) just to see where the British troops were billeted during the winter of 1939 - 40 's "Phoney war" (I would hope though that an NCO in the RAMC managed to make himself fairly comfortable

)

Owen · 24-10-2007, 09:31 PM

I've just thought of my old mate Jim West,(from our WFA Branch) he was RAMC.
TA lad from Leeds. He came out at Dunkirk then onto India & Admin Box. ( later 36th Div)
Last time I called him his wife told me he had Alzheimer's.
He didn't even know he she was so no hope of remembering me.
Great old chap.

Joy Dean · 24-10-2007, 09:44 PM

Thank you for your quick replies. An organised tour would be best for me, travelling with people with similar interests.

Yes, I read that with interest.

I travelled with Leger to Ypres and the Somme recently.

My papers are rather in a muddle at present, but I must have a search for my father's army records.

Owen · 24-10-2007, 09:49 PM

Joy, just found this old post of yours.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/researc...html#post23886

Quote:

A letter from my Dad dated 29 January 1940 gives his address as no. 4 Company, 17th London General Hospital, no 4 Base Sub Area, B.E.F.

I see it was,

Quote:

4th Base sub area was at Boulogne.

Would be good if you could get there.

Joy Dean · 24-10-2007, 10:09 PM

I'd forgotten that. Thank you.

I have recently been to Ypres - where Grandad was in WW1 - and seen the Ploegesteert Memorial - where I saw my great-uncle's name - and now, 20 years on since my Dad died, I have a need to see where Dad was in WW2. I probably won't go to India, but would like to see where he was in France. But I am by myself, and wouldn't want to travel by myself.

Owen · 24-10-2007, 10:19 PM

Joy,
There's also this tour 31st May – 3rd June 2008
Battlefield Tours 2007 tour list

Joy Dean · 24-10-2007, 10:24 PM

That is certainly worth thinking about, thank you very much. I'd like to go to Ypres again. I'd like to go to Poperinge again, too, to see Talbot house - can't go everywhere though!

24-10-2007, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joy Dean Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 31	I'd like to go to Dunkirk My Dad came back from Dunkirk, and I'd really like to go and see it. Can anyone suggest the best way to do this, please? - which tour company? __________________ In memory of my Dad, Bill Brooks (1914 - 1987). He served in the TA, 7349297. He was a staff-sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II ... Dunkirk ... India.

24-10-2007, 09:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,314	Norfolk Lines sail into Dunkirk. http://www.norfolkline-ferries.co.uk...211;Dunkerque/ Book a ferry on-line. Book a hotel on-line. Hotels in Dunkirk with B&B and ferry Short Breaks Dunkirk weekend All very easily done. PS I saw you veiwing my Dunkirk 2006 thread the other day. Have a good time. Paul Reed works for Leger. They do a trip. Dunkirk & Fortress Europe \| Battlefield Tours \| Leger Holidays Last edited by Owen; 24-10-2007 at 09:22 PM.

24-10-2007, 09:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
Joy Dean Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 31	Thank you for your quick replies. An organised tour would be best for me, travelling with people with similar interests. Yes, I read that with interest. I travelled with Leger to Ypres and the Somme recently. My papers are rather in a muddle at present, but I must have a search for my father's army records. __________________ In memory of my Dad, Bill Brooks (1914 - 1987). He served in the TA, 7349297. He was a staff-sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II ... Dunkirk ... India.

24-10-2007, 10:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Joy Dean Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 31	I'd forgotten that. Thank you. I have recently been to Ypres - where Grandad was in WW1 - and seen the Ploegesteert Memorial - where I saw my great-uncle's name - and now, 20 years on since my Dad died, I have a need to see where Dad was in WW2. I probably won't go to India, but would like to see where he was in France. But I am by myself, and wouldn't want to travel by myself. __________________ In memory of my Dad, Bill Brooks (1914 - 1987). He served in the TA, 7349297. He was a staff-sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II ... Dunkirk ... India.

24-10-2007, 10:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
Joy Dean Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 31	That is certainly worth thinking about, thank you very much. I'd like to go to Ypres again. I'd like to go to Poperinge again, too, to see Talbot house - can't go everywhere though! __________________ In memory of my Dad, Bill Brooks (1914 - 1987). He served in the TA, 7349297. He was a staff-sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II ... Dunkirk ... India.

24-10-2007, 09:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 720	The BEF campaign of 1940 was very fast moving and covered a lot of ground. If you just want to see the port of Dunkirk then a day trip on the Norfolk Line ferry will probably suffice ! Do you know where your Father served in the campaign ? Numbers of troops were also evacuated from De (La) Panne and that may be worth a look as well. Whether an organised tour is worthwhile for you will really depend on where your Father travelled. If you can, I would recommend travelling into industrial Northern France up towards the Belgian border (preferably on a rainy day !) just to see where the British troops were billeted during the winter of 1939 - 40 's "Phoney war" (I would hope though that an NCO in the RAMC managed to make himself fairly comfortable )

24-10-2007, 09:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,314	I've just thought of my old mate Jim West,(from our WFA Branch) he was RAMC. TA lad from Leeds. He came out at Dunkirk then onto India & Admin Box. ( later 36th Div) Last time I called him his wife told me he had Alzheimer's. He didn't even know he she was so no hope of remembering me. Great old chap.

24-10-2007, 10:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,314	Joy, There's also this tour 31st May – 3rd June 2008 Battlefield Tours 2007 tour list

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