by Sean Longden
King’s Royal Rifles ref1, ref2
London Scottish ref1
Lothian and Borders Horse ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Lothian and Borders Yeomanry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Middlesex Regiment ref1, ref2
Norfolk Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ref1, ref2, ref3
Queen Victoria Rifles ref1, ref2
Queen’s Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Rifle Brigade ref1
Royal East Kent Regiment ref1, ref2
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Royal Scots Fusiliers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Royal Sussex Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Royal West Kent Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Seaforth Highlanders ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
other units
10th Casualty Clearing Station ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
13th Casualty Clearing Station ref1, ref2
Military Police ref1, ref2, ref3
Pioneer Corps ref1, ref2
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Royal Army Ordnance Corps ref1
Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Royal Corps of Signallers ref1
Royal Engineers ref1, ref2, ref3
British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
advance into Belgium ref1, ref2
at St Valery ref1
disciplinary breakdown ref1
equipment shortcomings ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
evacuation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
failure of organization ref1
fighting force ref1
French command ref1, ref2, ref3
poorly trained ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
rear echelon units ref1
rearguard action ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
reformation ref1
retreat towards Dunkirk ref1, ref2, ref3
siege of Calais ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
supply units ref1
transport companies ref1
British Free Corps ref1, ref2
British Legion ref1
British Union of Fascists ref1
Briton, Arthur ref1
Broad, William ref1
Brode, Reverend ref1
bronchitis and asthma ref1
Brooke, General Sir Alan ref1, ref2
brothels ref1, ref2
Brown, Stuart ref1
Brownshirts ref1, ref2
Bruges ref1
Brussels ref1, ref2
Bruyères ref1
Bryant, Jimmy ref1
Buchanan, Colonel ref1
burial duties ref1, ref2
Butirka ref1
Caestre ref1, ref2
Cailleville ref1
Cain, Private John ref1
Calais ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
fall of ref1, ref2
siege of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Cambrai ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Cameron Highlanders ref1, ref2, ref3
Camiers ref1, ref2, ref3
campaign medals ref1, ref2, ref3
Canada ref1
Canadian Army ref1, ref2
cannibalism ref1
Carter, Private ref1
Casablanca ref1
Caskie, Reverend Donald ref1, ref2
Cassel ref1, ref2, ref3
casualty figures, records of ref1
Catholic nuns ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Cervera ref1, ref2
Chambers, Sergeant ref1
Champion, Harry ref1
Channel Islands ref1
Charters, Jack ref1, ref2
Charters, Jim ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
chemical attacks ref1
Cherbourg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Chichester ref1
Chitty, Lt-Colonel ref1, ref2
Christie, John Forbes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Churchill, Winston ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Civil Guard, Spanish ref1
Civil Resettlement Units (CRUs) ref1
civilian internment, Britain ref1
Clark, Gunner ref1, ref2
Clarke, Brigadier Stanley ref1
claustrophobia ref1, ref2
Coates, Sergeant S.D. ref1, ref2, ref3
Colditz Castle ref1, ref2
The Colditz Story ref1, ref2
collaborators
POWs ref1, ref2, ref3
sexual entrapment ref1
Collier, Richard ref1
Collins, Reginald ref1
Colpaert Farm ref1
conscription ref1
Coster, Fred ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28
Courtrai ref1
Cowie, Private Hugh ref1
Crawley ref1
Cripps, Sir Stafford ref1
Cromarty ref1
Czech Resistance ref1
Czech troops ref1, ref2
Czechoslovakia ref1, ref2
D-Day landings ref1, ref2
Daly, Edward ref1
Daniels, Private ref1, ref2
Danzig ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Davey, Colour Sergeant ref1
Davidson, RSM ref1
Davies, Bob ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
De Panne ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Deacon, Mrs ref1
Denmark ref1
Desvres ref1
Dieppe ref1, ref2
Dinard ref1
diphtheria ref1, ref2
disability pensions ref1
Dortmund ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Douai ref1
Doullens ref1, ref2
Dover ref1
Drottingholm ref1
drunkenness ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Duchess of Bedford ref1
Dunbar, Lance-Corporal Robert ref1
Dundee ref1
Dunkirk commemoration parades ref1
Dunkirk evacuation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
artillery and equipment abandonment/destruction ref1, ref2
BBC reports ref1
chaos and indiscipline ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
German assault ref1, ref2
German entry into ref1
‘little ships’ ref1, ref2, ref3
rearguard action ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
see also Royal Navy
Dunkirk mythology ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Dunkirk Veterans Association ref1, ref2
Durham Light Infantry ref1
Dutch POWs ref1
Dutch soldiers ref1
Dyer, CSM ref1
Dyle Plan ref1, ref2, ref3
dysentery ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
East Lancashire Regiment ref1
Eichstadt ref1
El Alamein ref1
Ellison-MacArtney, Lt-Colonel ref1
Emmerich ref1, ref2
Empress of Russia ref1
Enghien ref1
escape attempts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
escape routes ref1
punishments ref1, ref2
see also evaders
Escarbotin ref1
Escaut Canal ref1
Escaut Line ref1
Eu ref1
evaders ref1, ref2, ref3
capture and imprisonment ref1, ref2
consular assistance ref1
escapes ref1, ref2
forced labour ref1, ref2, ref3
in France ref1, ref2
ill treatment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
interrogation ref1, ref2
release ref1
solitary confinement ref1
in Spain ref1
civilian aid ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
consular assistance ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
disguises ref1
escape routes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
French-speaking ref1
groups ref1
hiding places ref1, ref2, ref3
passes and identity cards ref1
river crossings ref1
sick and wounded ref1, ref2, ref3
suspected German infiltration ref1
Evans, Private Albert ref1, ref2
Evans, Private R.P. ref1, ref2
Fallingbostel ref1
Falmouth ref1
fascism ref1
Fécamp ref1, ref2
field hospitals ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Fields, Colour Sergeant Edwin ‘Gracie’ ref1, ref2
fifth columnists ref1, ref2
First World War ref1, ref2, ref3
POWs ref1
Fleischmann, Arthur ref1
Fontaine-le-Dun ref1
food
bartering ref1, ref2, ref3
fighting rations ref1
foraging ref1, ref2
French military rations ref1
hospital rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
POW camp rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Red Cross parcels ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
thieving ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
on transit to German camps ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
workcamp rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
forced labour
military work, prohibition against ref1, ref2, ref3
officer and NCO exemption ref1, ref2, ref3
see also workcamps
Forêt de Nieppe ref1, ref2
Forges-les-Eaux ref1
Fort de la Revère, Nice ref1
Fort St Jean, Marseilles ref1, ref2
Fortune, Major-General Victor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18
Foster, Frederick ref1
France
Abbeville ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Albert ref1
Amiens ref1
Angoulême ref1
Armentières ref1
Arques le Bataille ref1
Arras ref1
Ault ref1
Ballilleul ref1
Besançon ref1
Béthune ref1
Blosseville ref1
Bolbec ref1
Boulogne ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Bouvaincourt ref1
Brest ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Bruyères ref1
Caestre ref1, ref2
Cailleville ref1
Calais ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Cambrai ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Camiers ref1, ref2, ref3
Cassel ref1, ref2, ref3
Cherbourg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Desvres ref1
Dieppe ref1, ref2
Douai ref1
Doullens ref1, ref2
Dunkirk ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Escarbotin ref1
Eu ref1
Fécamp ref1, ref2
Fontaine-le-Dun ref1
Forges-les-Eaux ref1
Franleu ref1, ref2
Gaillon ref1
Gisors ref1, ref2
Hal ref1
Hardelot ref1
Hazebrouck ref1, ref2, ref3
Hesdin ref1, ref2
La Bassée ref1
La Pallice ref1, ref2, ref3
Laval ref1
Le Havre ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Le Mans ref1, ref2
Le Touquet ref1, ref2
Le Tréport ref1, ref2
Lille ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Louviers ref1
Lyon ref1
Marquise ref1
Marseilles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Metz ref1
Mons ref1
Montreuil ref1, ref2
Mulhouse ref1
Nantes ref1, ref2, ref3
Neufchâtel ref1, ref2
Nice ref1
Ochancourt ref1
Paris ref1, ref2
Paris-Plage ref1
Peronne ref1
Pornichet ref1
Rennes ref1, ref2
Rouen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
St Dié ref1
St Hippolyte du Fort ref1
St Léger ref1
St Malo ref1
St Nazaire ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
St Omer ref1
St Pol ref1, ref2
St-Valery-en-Caux ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
St-Valery-sur-Somme ref1, ref2
Sézanne ref1
Steenvoorde ref1
Tourlaville ref1
Valenciennes ref1
Veules-les-Roses ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Vimy ref1
Vitry ref1
Wormhoudt ref1, ref2, ref3
France and Germany Star ref1
Franco, General ref1
Franleu ref1, ref2
Fraser, Sergeant ref1
Free French ref1
Freid, Freddy ref1
French Army ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
2nd Army ref1
5th Army ref1
33rd Infantry ref1
armistice ref1, ref2, ref3
capitulation ref1, ref2
cavalry ref1
colonial troops ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
French Foreign Legion ref1, ref2, ref3
French gold reserves ref1
French industrial goods, requisition of ref1
French POWs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
French Resistance ref1
Frévent ref1
frontstalags ref1
Frontstalag 142 ref1
Frontstalag 190 ref1
frostbite ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Gaillon ref1
gambling ref1
gangrene ref1, ref2, ref3
gas gangrene ref1, ref2, ref3
Gaulle, Charles de ref1
Geneva Convention ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Georgic ref1, ref2
German Army
2nd Armoured Division ref1
blitzkrieg ref1, ref2, ref3
motorcycle patrols ref1
reconnaissance units ref1
SS ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
SS Totenkopf Division ref1, ref2
superior capability ref1, ref2, ref3
Germany
Berlin ref1
Dortmund ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hessen ref1
Sassnitz ref1
Swinemunde ref1
Thuringia ref1
Trier ref1, ref2, ref3
Gerona ref1
Gestapo ref1, ref2, ref3
Ghoris, Madame ref1
Gibraltar ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Gilbert, Fred ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
girlfriends and wives ref1, ref2
Gisors ref1, ref2
Goddard, Fred ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann
ref1
Gordon Highlanders ref1, ref2, ref3
Gort, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Gothenburg ref1, ref2
Grainger, Ernie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
granite quarries ref1
Grant, Major James Murray ref1
The Great Escape ref1, ref2
Green, Lance-Corporal Stanley ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Grenier, Madame ref1
Griffin, Geoff ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Grossenwald Forest ref1
Guildford ref1
Gydnia ref1
Hal ref1
Hardelot ref1
Harman, Nicholas ref1
Harris, Gunner ref1
Hart, Captain Ernest ref1
Hartbusch Wood ref1
Haywards Heath ref1, ref2, ref3
Hazebrouck ref1, ref2, ref3
Hebe II ref1
Heinkel bombers ref1
Hemer ref1
Hemmings, Private ref1
Hesdin ref1, ref2
Hessen ref1
Hewitt, Sergeant Wally ref1
Hibbert, Lieutenant Tony ref1
Higgins, Major ref1
Hitler Youth ref1
HMS Harvester ref1
HMS Havelock ref1
HMS Kelvin ref1
HMT Lancastria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Hodgins, Lieutenant ref1
Hodgkins, Private ref1, ref2
Hogan, Corporal Norman ref1
Hogg, Lieutenant ref1
Holme, Ronald ref1
Holmes, Private Bill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35
Holness, Cyril ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Home Guard ref1
Hosington, Corporal ref1
hospital rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
hospital ships ref1, ref2
hospitals
field hospitals ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
general hospitals ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
stalag hospitals ref1
Houthakker, Sergeant Stephen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hoyle, Private ref1
Hurricane fighters ref1
intelligence gathering ref1
Irish neutrality ref1, ref2
Ironside, Captain ref1
Ironside, General ref1
Italy ref1, ref2
James, Admiral ref1
Jemelles ref1
Jennings, CSM ref1
Jersey ref1
Jewish concentration camp victims ref1, ref2
Jewish families ref1
Johnson, Private ref1, ref2, ref3