Came across these first hand accounts recently on Fort Luton museum website , some short some long- Dunkirk-Letters and Recollections of Veterans. » Dunkirk 1940 - The Before, The Reality, The Aftermath Found the rather ruthless Cpl. Foulkes account particularly interesting not everyone it seems was a stiff upper lip paragon of virtue - Personal Account Corporal Edward Foulkes DCM MM 716 Company Royal Engineers » Dunkirk 1940 - The Before, The Reality, The Aftermath There are other accounts at end of topics here- The Museum » Dunkirk 1940 - The Before, The Reality, The Aftermath Craig
First name(s) Edward Last name Foulkes Residence Manchester,Lancs Enlistment year 1881-1920 Service number 79118 Rank Private Battalion 36th Transfer to/from From Kings(Liverpool)(2nd Infantry Labour Coy) & Manchester Regt(11th Bn) Cause of discharge KR Para 392(xxviii) Notes Kings No.39745; Manchester No.65838; L/CPL; M.M.11/2/19; D.C.M.2/12/19; Named E.FAULKES in other sources(?) Source LG;SGG;MIC;MR Record set British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers 1881-1920
Extract from Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914–1920. On ancestry this is dated 2.12.1919
There is a link to Corporal Foulkes very interesting WW2 Dunkirk experiences in the first post. Craig