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DVA Casket Overall - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 13 Apr 2009
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DVA Casket-Plaque on Casket - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 28 Mar 2010
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DVA Casket-Plaque on Shelf - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 28 Mar 2010
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DVA Casket-Members Scroll - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 28 Mar 2010
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Location/overall view - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 07 Oct 2024
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The plaque on the box - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 07 Oct 2024
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The Plaque on the shelf - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 07 Oct 2024
Reference WMO/168975
Edit memorial name, location & address- Metal Metal (any)
- Paper Paper
- Timber Timber (any)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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Plaque on box-THIS CASKET CONTAINS SAND FROM THE EVACUATION BEACHES/OF DUNKIRK, WHERE DURING MAY AND JUNE 1940 A TOTAL OF/366,000 BRITISH AND ALLIED SERVICEMEN WERE RESCUED FROM/THE MIGHT OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES BY GALLANTRY OF THE/ROYAL NAVY AND OTHER SMALL SHIPS/”From glorious defeat grew the shoots of final victory”; Plaque on shelf- PRESENTED TO/THE PARISH CHURCH OF WHITEHAVEN/BY THE WEST CUMBRIA BRANCH OF THE/1940 DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOCIATION/ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE/EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK; Scroll- West Cumbria Branch/1940 Dunkirk Veterans Association/ROLL OF MEMBERS/1988/ [names]
President/Major M.A. Powell T.D.- Seascale/Vice President/W. Dixon- Whitehaven/Secretary/ S. Stanfield- Whitehaven/Treasurer/G. H. Thomas- Egremont Members/W. Airey- Kendal/H. Barry- Whitehaven/E.J. Brown- Carlisle/T. Brown- Carlisle G. Chambers- Whitehaven/J.C. Clements- Whitehaven/J.P. Connelly- Kendal/Rev. D.M. Court- Ulverston H. Dixon- Cockermouth/G.H. Halliday- Barrow/R.W. Hewer- Parton/C.T. Hodgson- Distington M.C. Hodgson- Whitehaven/G.B. Hogg- Cockermouth/L. Hopkins- Whitehaven/W. Hoyne- Carlisle G. Hudson B.E.M. – Barrow/R. Hunter- Egremont/T.L. Irving- Carlisle/W. Lambert- Whitehaven J. Lewthwaite- Whitehaven/J.L.S. Lowrey- Whitehaven/J. B. Lynn- Whitehaven/F.G. Martin- Frizington F. Maxwell- Whitehaven/L.W. McDine- Whitehaven/W.W. Milne- Whitehaven/W. Mooney- Whitehaven W. Morgan- Whitehaven/W. Moses B.E.M.- Carlisle/R. Norris- Carlisle/J.F. Renwick-Cleator J. Richardson- Workington/H.S. Roberts- Whitehaven/J. Slater- Frizington/L. Smith- Whitehaven J. Sowerby- Whitehaven/M. Spedding B.E.M.- Frizington/H. Steele- St. Bees/T. Stephens- Whitehaven D. Stubbs- Carlisle/G.W. Surtees- Workington/G.H. Taylor- Whitehaven/T.W. Thompson- Whitehaven A. Thwaites- Whitehaven/1989/G.D. Doyle- Millom/J. Hocking- Whitehaven/H. Powe- Egremont G. Thomason- Barrow/T. Todd- Whitehaven/R. Wild- Carlisle/J. Gracy- Whitehaven
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