... taking the salute.” The sth Green Howards reached the Dunkirk beaches on 2 June and were bringing up the rear of the British Expeditionary Force. When they arrived the beach was in chaos, soldiers were being shelled and machine gunned and evacuation by daylight ...

... the last woman Irish veteran who served as a nurse; Charles McClean, who was one of the original members of the British Expeditionary Force; and William Calvert, who fought on the Somme. The display includes a sound post where excerpts from interviews ...

... again. But things went well and by midnight the cordon had embarked. Those who left that night were the last of the British Expeditionary Force to leave Dunkirk. Mr Wilson said: “I got home in the early hours of 3 June. I can remember that dawn was breaking ...

... victory over Halifax, who before the year was out was replaced as Foreign Secretary by Anthony Eden. Within days, the British Expeditionary Force was falling back on the coastal area around Dunkirk as the German offensive swept all before it, and by May 24 the ...