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2006-05-06 Great White North

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Posted by Steve White 2006-05-06 00:17|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2006-05-06 20:23|| Front Page Top

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