Working over Christmas in Dunkirk

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As the ship was in a refit and I was on Nights was looking at some of the places to visit but most are shut from November till April, been to Dunkirk several times (all work related) but never had the chance to have a good look around, got out for a run a few times on the beach front and on a dry day got down to the Memorial & Cemetary.

The cemetary has two parts dedicated to War graves, one small part from WW1 and part of the commonwealth war Graves, the other a Memorial and cemetary to the fallen of the BEF and those in the evacuation and operation Dynamo at Dunkirk.

Quite moving but one Grave did stand out as a laminated Picture was drapped over the headstone, as I crouched down to look, it was a photo probably taken not long after the War as the grave was marked by a cross and not the headstone that is there today, the photo showed a couple at the grave, I turned it over and on the back read "His Mum and Dad"

Few pics below,



The two below are of the WW1 Graves the crosses are the Graves of belgium forces.






The ones below speak for themselves,














The last two are of the church in the town centre, story that I was told many years ago it was a place were either resisitance or collabirators were exicuted, I dont know if this is just a myth and cant find any info regarding this but the church has suffered a lot of War damage but the area in question does stand out.

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