Stranded on Dunkirk Beach Gunner Ellard Grubb, whose home is at 40 Perry Hall rOad, Orpington, has arrived in England after an ordeal at Dunkirk which he will not easily forget. While waiting o be taken across the Channel he spent two days and nights on the beach, which was constantly bombarded by the Germans. His regiment embarked for England, but he and six other men were left behind. They eventually found and boarded a Naval pinnace in the habour, it was without oil supplies and drifted with the tide…
Month: January 2019
Private A C J Boxall – Missing
6345533 Private Albert Clarence John Boxall (aged 19) with the Royal West Kent Regiment was posted as missing on May 20th 1940. His parents were anxious for any news and “would be grateful to any of his comrades in the battalion who could give them any information about their son.” He had been taken a prisoner of war (no 15534). In 1945 he was being held at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf in Poland Sources: Bromley and Kentish Times, 12th July 1940 and www.forces-war-records.co.uk [su_button url=”http://footstepstothepast.co.uk/private-albert-boxall” style=”flat” background=”#51ccd1″ color=”#ffffff” size=”6″ radius=”0″ icon_color=”#fffff”]Prisoner…