The town of Dunkirk is located in the department of Nord in the extreme northern tip of France approximately 12 kilometres from the Belgian border. During the First World War Dunkirk was a major port of debarkation for the British Expeditionary Force in September and October 1914. Throughout WWI it was a seaplane base and later an American Naval Air Service base. The town was also a French hospital centre and the 8th Canadian Stationary Hospital was there from November 1918 to April 1919. Although an estimated 7,500 shells and bombs fell on the town during the war, ship building and other port activities continued. During the Second World War, Dunkirk was the scene of the historic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France in May 1940.
The Dunkirk Memorial stands at the entrance to the British War Graves Section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery, which lies at the south-eastern corner of the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. It commemorates more than 4,500 casualties of the British Expeditionary Force who died in the campaign of 1939-40 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by Philip Hepworth. The engraved glass panel depicting the evacuation was by John Hutton.
SURNAME
Stone
FORENAME
George Victor
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
T/134436
DATE OF DEATH
27th May 1940
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Dunkirk Memorial,France Column 142
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Army Service Corps
son of William John and Eva...
SURNAME
Robinson
FORENAME
John Reginald
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Rifleman
NUMBER
6897623
DATE OF DEATH
27th May 1940
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Dunkirk Memorial,France Column 118
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 8 Bn K.R.R.C. (2 Bn Queen Victorias Rifles)
born...
SURNAME
Hunter
FORENAME
John Swain
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Rifleman
NUMBER
6898389
DATE OF DEATH
27th May 1940
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Dunkirk Memorial,France Column 118
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 8 Bn K.R.R.C. (2 Bn Queen Victorias Rifles)
born...
SURNAME
Bullock
FORENAME
Ernest James
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Rifleman
NUMBER
6897600
DATE OF DEATH
27th May 1940
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Dunkirk Memorial,France Column 118
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 8 Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps (2 Bn Queen Victorias...
SURNAME
Chappell
FORENAME
William Anthony
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
2043653
DATE OF DEATH
28th May 1940
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Dunkirk Memorial,France Column 3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 12th Royal Lancers,R.A.C.
born Essex
resided...
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