Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, The Buffs Regiment leaving a train in England after Dunkirk, France, 1940
Photograph, World War Two (1939-1945).
Shows a group of soldiers walking along rail tracks next to a train.
450,000 British and French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk, Cherbourg and Brest in June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force following a rapid German advance across western Europe.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2001-02-130--1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2001-02-130--1