Morris C8 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Dunkirk 80 years ago ww2. This week i will add some of my original Dunkirk photos. 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Many thanks for posting I shall look forward to the next installment. Every time scenes from the retreat and the beach areas appear I am always staggered at the sheer volume of equipment left behind. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Its still very hard to actually imagine the true scale of what was left behind. These are some awesome photos. Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) It was not just the items on the beach, there was a trail of abandoned equipment all the way back from Belgium and on to Cherbourg. There was also the cost of human life destroyed. Very nearly a whole armys equipment was left, as well as many rescue boats and ships. But somehow a Scammell tank transporter and load made it home. Railway engines and rolling stock reused. A lot of the vehicles left were repaired and went as far as the fighting and then retreating in Russia. Artillery and munitions were used to bolster German supplies. To see the photos is facinating, I think there will be a lot of questions. Edited May 27, 2020 by john1950 addition spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I have seen a lot of photos on Flickr etc of British vehicles being used by the German Army, its fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 A few more from my collection. Keith 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I'm guessing the Paddle steamer might be The P.S Devonia ? Can anybody shed more light on 'little ship' at 6.22 ???? Eagle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 HMS Devonia (J113) was not the only paddle minesweeper sunk, the others were:- HMS Brighton Belle (J117) HMS Brighton Queen (J28) HMS Crested Eagle HMS Waverly (J51) Source:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_at_Dunkirk Gwen Eagle a cabin cruiser fromWilliam Osborne's yard in Littlehampton Photo http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/detail/37974-tpt-transport-boat-ship-sail-yacht-osbourne-cruiser-gwen-eagle.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Devonia. Photo from my collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland_laddie Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Thanks for sharing those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Quote Can anybody shed more light on 'little ship' at 6.22 Gwen Eagle. Here is the photos of it from my collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) Part 2 Inland. Photos from my collection. Keith Edited May 26, 2020 by Morris C8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland_laddie Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 22 minutes ago, Morris C8 said: Quote Can anybody shed more light on 'little ship' at 6.22 Gwen Eagle. Here is the photos of it from my collection. Quick 'Google' found this. Gwen Eagle was a 40ft long twin screw motor cruiser built by William Osborne Ltd in Littlehampton in 1938. Her owner, Donald Hudson, lived in Hove and was a member of the Sussex Motor Yacht Club in Brighton. There is also a brief mention in the book 'The miracle of Dunkirk' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Morris C8 said: Part 2 Inland. Photos from my collection. Keith I think it often gets forgotten about the amount of private vehicles taken over to France either by choice or requisition. Seeing buses and cars and some non military trucks in the photos is interesting. I have a book about the Ox and Bucks LI in France 1940, I recall a passage written by the Padre where he laments about having to leave his own Morris 8 that he took over with him. Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Quote .I think it often gets forgotten about the amount of private vehicles taken over to France either by choice or requisition. Seeing buses and cars and some non military trucks in the photos is interesting. You can see a truck far left. Photo taken off my original neg. Edited May 27, 2020 by Morris C8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8Hants Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 My old workmate said they were 'ordered', not to burn their vehicles, but to drop the sump plug, jam the accelerator, and let them seize up - which just made a gift of thousands of vehicles to the Germans. He didn't know for certain, but he thought the official reason was so the smoke didn't interfere with RAF operations, but as he said, it might have put the Luftwaffe off their aim as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper 3/9 RAAC Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 What an amazing record of vehicles & equipment. I to, am surprised at the number of private vehicles. I note also a number of K Model Bedfords with insignia which I assume were "requisitioned" by the army.(eg: last video at 12.05) as most military Bedfords had the square nose. Some of those vehicles would have taken some shifting by jeez! 😮 Thanks for sharing Pierre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 2 hours ago, T8Hants said: My old workmate said they were 'ordered', not to burn their vehicles, but to drop the sump plug, jam the accelerator, and let them seize up - which just made a gift of thousands of vehicles to the Germans. He didn't know for certain, but he thought the official reason was so the smoke didn't interfere with RAF operations, but as he said, it might have put the Luftwaffe off their aim as well. All so not to give there position away, but a lot were burnt. Burnt out Morris CS8 and Burnt out Bedfords at Calais. Original photos from my collection. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I am also noticing the large amount of cars used by the British Army, whether that is staff car or civilian. Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Rootes75 said: I am also noticing the large amount of cars used by the British Army, whether that is staff car or civilian. Kevin. A few more from my collection. Keith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Humber cars and a captured pre war split screen Humber like the one i used to own last photo. Original photos from my collection. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, Morris C8 said: A few more from my collection. Keith First photo shows a 39 Ford Prefect in military colours and markings, didn't realise they were used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) A few more from my collection. 1st photo of a Shot up Mercury 99A Taken from my original Negative . Keith Edited May 27, 2020 by Morris C8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Looking for information on impressed vehicles I found this in 'WW2 People's War' "When all the impressed vehicles had been checked and no more were coming in because the factories were then producing new vehicles" Unfortunately not much information on the vehicles only:- "things as coal lorries, furniture vans, tippers, all sorts of vehicles" Another interesting quote from the piece:- "There were only about four crews doing this in the whole area, two in a crew, one was an officer for signing paperwork because he was the only one who could read" https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a2691416.shtml Edited May 27, 2020 by MatchFuzee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Morris C8 said: A few more from my collection. 1st photo of a Shot up Mercury 99A Taken from my original Negative . Keith Now that is a rarity, a 2dr Ford Prefect. Only produced for a year or so before the war and production only resumed after the war in the 4dr version. Very interesting. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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