“Long enough in the drink…” My great-uncle Lawrence’s experience of the Dunkirk Evacuation

May 28, 2026Leave a comment

I’ve been thinking about my grandad’s brother, Lawrence Scott, as the anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation has approached. A Corporal in the Royal Corps of Signals, in May 1940 he spent sixty hours waiting to be lifted off the beach at Bray-Dunes, to the east of Dunkirk. Men awaiting evacuation at Bray Dunes, near Dunkirk, … Continue reading “Long enough in the drink…” My great-uncle Lawrence’s experience of the Dunkirk Evacuation

Prisoner number 67

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025Leave a comment

On the 15th of August 1945 my grandad wrote: ‘Awoke about 23.10 & heard guard tell Major Busby that there is no work tomorrow. Rumour that war is over very strong.’ Grandad was a British POW in Hiroshima Camp #6-B at this time. This is his story. My grandad, Kenneth Tonge, had worked in an … Continue reading Prisoner number 67

Caroline Scott

Author of 'The Photographer of the Lost' / 'When I Come Home Again' / 'The visitors' / 'Good Taste' / 'The Best of Intentions'

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“Long enough in the drink…” My great-uncle Lawrence’s experience of the Dunkirk Evacuation

Prisoner number 67