As part of their French course work at John Mason School, a party of students are on a three day visit to the Dunkirk and Boulogne areas of Northern France.
Their first stop was to visit the Operation Dynamo museum. They then made pilgrimage to the Commemorative Memorial by the beach.
During their course work it became evident six soldiers from Abingdon died during the operation to evacuate 330,000 troops from the beach head in May and June 1940.
At the memorial their teacher gave a brief description of each of the six soldiers after which two of the students, Megan and Chloe, laid a wreath and six named crosses on behalf of the teachers,staff and students of John Mason School.
Thankyou to Steve for this report.
Well done John Mason School- a beautiful way to remember such an event !
The children spoke on behalf of all of us.
Excellent to see trips that ensure such wars are not forgotten.
Always wonderful to see how beautifully maintained the war cemeteries are in France and Belgium. I know we pay for it via the War Graves Commission, but it’s money well spent and is always a humbling and sobering moment to step into such places.
Whatever our current differences with the EU, the UK has always played more than its full part in ensuring Europe remains free.
Le canoë de France?
Oops. Wrong thread.