Dunkirk 1940 photos. Some never seen before .

Strong candidate for your Jimmy Faulkner :

6978841 Lance Corporal Jim FAULKNER 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
3rd January 1918 Castlemellan, County Tyrone
Stalag IXC Bad Sulza.
WO 416/117/364
Initially listed as wounded and missing (also as Royal Irish Fusiliers) and then captured Oosttaverne, Belgium.26th May 1940 (casualty list states 29th May 1940)


Then Wounded and Prisoner of War in German Hands (Belgium) now Repatriated

 

Thank you Guy for that info, so he must have been a pow at the time the photo was taken
Link to more info https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=775168208144821&set=a.397697939225185

 

That's excellent, I was diasappointed that his P.o.W. cards didn't have any photographs.

6978841 Lance Corporal Jim FAULKNER 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Saint Nicholas Hospital, Courtrai (Kortrijk) Belgium June 1940 (left)
Arriving back in Londonderry after repatriation, 1942 (Right)

 

Postcards i have of pre war 1 & 2 of La Panne to show how sandy it was. Looks a nice place then. I would have thought the sand would have got into the houses a lot.
Keith

 

Postcards i have of pre ww 2 of La Panne to show howe sandy it was. Looks a nice place then.
Keith

 

I did and it still does!

 

It breaks my heart to see all these old cottages, houses and stylish buildings build during the Interbellum disappear one by one and replaced by soulless constructions build for the sole benefit of profit through tourism. Not only in De Panne, but also in Koksijde, Oostduinkerke and Nieuwpoort. Even Veurne, which had been somewhat preserved, is now succumbing to this disease...

My advise: be quick if you want to visit the landmarks where your grandfathers have fought - in less than a decade it might be all gone...

 

Christian has sent me a link about digging up your garden in France and uncover archaeological remains. inc ww1 and ww2 bits. Toutes les annonces immobilières dans le neuf et l’ancien - Bien’ici
This would not work in the uk
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Furthermore, the interest in carrying out excavations in one's garden to uncover archaeological remains has been reduced since the law of July 7, 2016. Since this law, all movable or immovable archaeological property belongs 100% to the State .
Undertaking archaeological excavations alone in your garden is nearly impossible without government authorization. The government has a virtual monopoly on archaeological research conducted by its own departments or by mandated professionals. Furthermore, if you discover valuable archaeological remains, you will lose the use of your garden during the excavation.

 

This essentially corresponds to German law up to modern (wwII) war material. The aircraft excavators have been at loggerheads with some archaeologists for years

We have quite good relations with the district archaeologist and can obtain a temporary permit for "exploratory excavations" relatively easily - connections only harm those who don't have them

 

Added a bit of colour.
Keith

 

Added a bit of colour. Most of it by hand . Not great
Keith

 

Added a bit of colour. Most of it by hand . Not great. Gives me something to do as it is to hot outside 31
Keith

 

The post cards of La Panne do look strange in the sand

 

Just bought these postcards of La Panne pre war. La. De Panne was just up the road or beach from Dunkirk and a lot of troops had to get to Dunkirk to get out back to to England. First photo of houses just to the right of one of the other photos i put up. I don't have a lot of photos the dunes at La Panne but a few 1940 of the seafront with the bandstand. It's hard enough to walk in the sand let alone been shot at and shelled and in hobnail boots and BD. More Dunkirk photos are coming in the post.
Keith

 

Map to show Le panne from dunkirk

 

Bray Dunes post war. I bet they must have found a lot of bef stuff under the sand. Postcards on epay
Keith

 

RAF recon photo . Sand dunes no id France. Photo from my collection.
Keith

 

Bedford Mw in the Dunes 42nd inf div ?. There is a water tower on the far right?
Photo from my collection.
Keith

 

Not seen this film yet did they do a copy in english.
WEEK-END À ZUYDCOOTE 1964 (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret)
Battle of Dunkirk in June 1940, French and British troops are massed on the beaches of Zuydcoote awaiting their embarkation for England. Julien Maillat (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Father Pierson (Jean-Pierre Marielle), Pinot (Georges Géret) and Alexandre (François Périer) share their daily lives in an abandoned ambulance while awaiting orders. Julien meets Jeanne (Catherine Spaak), a young woman holed up in her house... Directed by: Henri Verneuil assisted by Claude Pinoteau Screenplay by: François Boyer and Robert Merle, based on the novel by Robert Merle Music by: Maurice Jarre
Link .

 

One more film clip. Link.