Dunkirk Collection (page 4)

Porte de Bierne - The Bierne Gate, Bergues, Nord-Pas-de-Cala
Porte de Bierne/The Bierne Gate, Bergues, near Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: 1910s

Carillon of Dunkerque, 1851
A man plays the carillon of Dunkerque, 1851. Date: 1851

Envelope from Firminy, near Dunkirk, WW1
Envelope containing a letter dated 29 January 1915 from the architect and artist Ormerod Maxwell Ayrton (1874-1960) to his uncle Alfred Ayrton at Lloyds Bank, Chester, England

Letter from Firminy, near Dunkirk, WW1
Letter dated 29 January 1915 from the architect and artist Ormerod Maxwell Ayrton (1874-1960) to his uncle Alfred Ayrton on the latters birthday

Anthony Wilding driving armoured car at Dunkirk, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 in an armoured car with trailer attached at Dunkirk, bound for the front

Rescue of the B. E. F. at Dunkerque by Matania
This illustration shows the dramatic rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkerque in 1940. It took over 900 vessels from England to evacuate the British and French soldiers

Dunkerque Fortified
Dunkerque (Dunkirk) is fortified despite treaties prohibiting it : such incidents provoke the British into opposing France in the Austrian Succession War. Date: September 1740

DUNKERQUE
An important Channel port, Dunkerque (as Dunkirk) is best known as the scene of the crucial evacuation of Allied forces in the summer of 1940. Date: circa 1825

WWII - General Lord Gort - Patriotic Postcard sold in aid of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, with one penny from every card sold being donated to the fund

USaF B-24 Liberators bomb the Trystian Lock and the inner end of the eastern jetty at Dunkirk on 15 February 1943

Sopwith Gun Bus Lts W Hayland Wilson and Sunshine Rainey
Sopwith Gun Bus, Lts W. Hayland Wilson and Sunshine Rainey near Dunkirk, 1914. Date: 1914

Battle of Dunkirk and Furnes. Scene from Gallery of Battles. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Chantilly. Mus饠 Cond頨 Cond頍 useum)

Fireboat Massey Shaw returning to London after Dunkirk, WW2
Return of the LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw to London after evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk

Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2
Firemen, carrying rifles, disembarking from the Massey Shaw fireboat and marching from the pontoon gangway at Lambeth. Armed firemen crewed the Massey Shaw when she took part in the evacuation of

LFB Massey Shaw fireboat on River Thames, London
Built in 1934 by J Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, the Massey Shaw cost £ 18, 000 to build. It was stationed at Blackfriars river station when this photograph was taken

The lighthouse, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Leugunaer wharf, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Place Jean Bart, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

General view, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Mouth of the harbor, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Sopwith Strutter plane crashed in airfield, France, WW1
A Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane of No. 5 (N) Squadron RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) which has crashed at Petite-Synthe airfield, Dunkirk, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

The Belfry, Dunkirk, Belgium, built in 1440. By some miracle of fate, the Belfry escaped the almost-complete destruction of the town in 1940

French prisoners at Dunkirk WWII
French prisoners surrender to the Germans at Dunkirk during World War II

Dunkirk retreat WWII
Much was left behind as a consequence of the Dunkirk retreat during World War II

Dunkirk evacuation WWII
Photo shows British troops on a beach near Dunkirk forming into long winding queues ready to take their turn to board the small boats which took them to larger vessels

Abandoned vehicles at Dunkirk WWII
Abandoned British vehicles at Dunkirk during World War II

Destroyed warship WWII
German stukas destroyed the warships they found in Dunkirk harbour during World War II

Dunkirk defeat WWII
Beaches of defeat at Dunkirk during World War II

Poster advertising sea trips to Scandinavia
French poster advertising sea trips to Scandinavia, showing a view of the Fish Market at Copenhagen

Statue of Jean Bart at Dunkirk, 1845
Engraving showing the statue of Jean Bart (1650-1702), the French naval commander, at Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in 1845

British Troops making a stand near Dunkirk; Second World War
Illustration showing Captain Ervine-Andrews (top left) leading his men of the East Lancashire Regiment in a determined stand against an attack by three German Battalions, near Dunkirk, 1940

Woman Clears Bomb Rubble
A woman clearing rubble away with a pan and brush after a German air raid

Allotment Workers Ww2
Workers from the city, happily marching with their work tools over their shoulders to allotments or farms as part of the war effort

Dunkerque Preserved
When the English besiege Dunkerque (Dunkirk) Faulconnier, bailli of the town, sacrifices all his wealth and that of others to buy the English off

Spanish Quit Dunkirk
Commentary on the evacuation of Dunkirk (then in the Spanish Netherlands) by the Spanish garrison, leaving it to be argued over between the Dutch and the French

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