Start and finish at the National Memorial Arboretum:
Dunkirk memorial right next to the entrance, representing a grave in the sand dunes:
Memorials to a soldier captured at Cassel in the rearguard action defending Dunkirk during the evacuation, showing a similar story to that of my Father-in-Law Harry Munn:
Bench and plaque from the Mayor and people of Dunquerque:
And another from DePanne which is just over the border in Belgium, the evacuation beaches extended a long way up the coast from Dunkirk itself. For many years the Dunkirk Veterans Association including Harry paraded through the town and were greeted as heroes, wearing their medals and attending banquets and receptions in their honour. 2000 was the last as due to falling numbers and the effects of increasing age the Association was wound up.
