Help us raise funds for Help for Heroes
In May 2010 Andy Frizzell and Matt Charnick will be retracing the steps that John George Frizzell (Jack) a driver in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). JGF my father and Matt's Grandfather was part of the retreat from the advancing German forces in May/June 1940. He and his close unit of drivers had to abandon their vehicles some 25 - 30Km from Dunkerque and walk to Bray Dunes to make their escape from the beach between Bray Dunes and Dunkerque harbour.
After several days of trying to board one of the many 'small boats' and ships ferrying the 300,000+ troops home to safety and with little food and water he eventually ended up on the Eastern Harbour 'Mole' where he was able to board HMS Winchelsea.
Our walk is a rough approximation of his march but we do know that he did walk from around 25Km from Dunkerque passing through Hondschoote where he had to cross the Colme canal on a rope bridge courtesy of the Royal Engineers as the main bridge had been destroyed. He then went on to Bray Dunes to be told to 'find a line and join it'
Our walk will be approximately 30Km and will be roughly 35,000 - 40,000 steps, hence the name we've coined.
You can read John Frizzell's story of events from start to finish by clicking on 'A few days at the seaside' in the top menu.
You can now download our H4H approved poster by clicking 'publicity poster' in the links menu.
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..."So went the last summer of our youth:
for some of us the last summer ever."
written by John George Frizzell on the summer of 1939 in his short story,
"A few Days at the seaside".
