Memories of the War - Quentin & Angela Macdougall

Story 1: John was in the army, in the Dunkirk mission. From March to May 1914 he was posted in Northern France. Walked 50 miles from Northern France to Dunkirk. They slept in orchards, woods and ditches. Everywhere was deserted so they could get food and resources from passing farms, they were bombed all the way. Arrived at the end of May 1914. John remembered waiting on the Dunkirk beach for rescue. He went off on a boat called the HMS Windsor. He was later posted in Northern Africa by the Suez Canal, where he swam in the canal. They were visited in the night by animals who sat around them an... Mehr ...