Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
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Location
Region : Dunkirk, Pas-de-Calais, France
Latitude : 51.03035
Lontitude : 2.38968
CWGC Link : 2082800
The town of Dunkirk is located in the department of Nord in the extreme northern tip of France approximately 12 kilometres from the Belgian border. During the First World War Dunkirk was a major port of debarkation for the British Expeditionary Force in September and October 1914. Throughout WWI it was a seaplane base and later an American Naval Air Service base. The town was also a French hospital centre and the 8th Canadian Stationary Hospital was there from November 1918 to April 1919. Although an estimated 7,500 shells and bombs fell on the town during the war, ship building and other port activities continued. During the Second World War, Dunkirk was the scene of the historic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France in May 1940.

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Cookstown Casualties
No     Rank Name Service No Regiment / Service Date Of Death Grave Ref
1 Portrait Portrait Pte. Murphy, John Joseph 13003876 Pioneer Corps 17/06/1940 Column 153
2 Portrait Portrait Fus Slaine, William 7042852 Royal Irish Fusiliers 23/05/1940 Column 129
Cemetery History
During the Second World War, Dunkirk was the scene of the historic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France in May 1940.
The DUNKIRK MEMORIAL stands a the entrance to the Commonwealth War Graves section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery. It commemorates more than 4,500 casualties of the British Expeditionary Force who died in the campaign of 1939-40 or who died in captivity who were captured during this campaign and who have no known grave.
The memorial was designed by Philip Hepworth and unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on 29 June 1957. The engraved glass panel, depicting the evacuation, was designed by John Hutton.
Cemetery Links
No Link Reference Doc
1 British Pathe films Video - Queen Mother unveils memorial
2 Findagrave.com Gravestone photos
3 War Graves Photo Project War Graves Photographic Project
4 Wikipedia - Dunkirk Memorial Details of memorial
5 WWII Cemeteries Gravestone photos