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| Another quiet hero passes on | |
| 2006-05-06 | |
Rear Admiral Robert "Bob" Timbrell of the Royal Canadian Navy, who has died aged 86, was plucked out of Portsmouth gunnery school at the age of 20 and plunged into his first command - one of the "little ships" that helped to rescue the British army from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 "Evacuation of Dunquecue" Withdrawal orders had just come through, Where we were bound for no one knew, As time past by we heard the talk, Of our destination being the beach at Dunquecue. For days and nights on the country wide, The troops on foot fought side by side, While on roads in one unending line, The convoys race against father time. Hedges and roadside we know its true, Were strewn with guns and vehicles too, But no one seemed to think of the loss or gain, Their thoughts were one, to live and fight again. The weary trek was oh! so long, But the allied troops were still in song, The thought of loved ones there at home, Gave British tommies no want to roam. A ruined mass was what we saw, When at last we reached the Dunquecue Shore, The blazing docks with their reddish light, Give guide to see us thought the night, But what a sight there was in store, The boys in blue and ships galore, The Air Force too did play their part In the Epic of Dunquecue right from the start. Written by a member of the Enniskillen Fusiliers recuperating in Leicester in 1941 |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-05-06 20:23 |