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The Dunkirk Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to the missing that commemorates 4,505 missing dead of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), most of whom fell prior to and during the Battle of Dunkirk in 1939 and 1940, in the fall of France during the Second World War. The memorial was completed some 17 years after the events it marks. It was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1957, in front of visiting dignitaries, and hundreds of veterans and relatives of those who died. Later commemorations held here include the 75th anniversary in 2015.

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  • The Dunkirk Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to the missing that commemorates 4,505 missing dead of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), most of whom fell prior to and during the Battle of Dunkirk in 1939 and 1940, in the fall of France during the Second World War. Located in the town cemetery of Dunkirk, France, the design by Commission architect Philip Hepworth features memorial panels, a shrine in the form of a shelter, and an engraved glass pane by John Hutton. Those commemorated include soldiers lost on ships sunk during the evacuation, as well as a recipient of the Victoria Cross. The memorial was completed some 17 years after the events it marks. It was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1957, in front of visiting dignitaries, and hundreds of veterans and relatives of those who died. Later commemorations held here include the 75th anniversary in 2015. (en)
  • Het Dunkirk Memorial is een Brits oorlogsmonument in de Franse stad Duinkerke in het Noorderdepartement. Het monument bevindt zich op de noordoostelijke hoek van de stedelijke begraafplaats van Duinkerke, tegen de grens met Nieuw-Koudekerke. Het monument herdenkt 4.508 gesneuvelden uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog die geen bekend graf hebben. Het werd ontworpen door . Op een gegraveerd glazen paneel van John Hutton wordt de evacuatie van Duinkerke afgebeeld. (nl)
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  • One of the rows of screen walls making up the memorial (en)
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  • the missing of the British Expeditionary Force (en)
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  • Dunkirk, France (en)
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  • (en)
  • Here beside the graves of their comrades are commemorated the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force who fell in the campaign of 1939–1940 and have no known grave. (en)
  • Ici à côté des tombes de leurs camarades sont commémorés les soldats du corps expéditionnaire britannique morts au cours de la campagne 1939–1940 et qui n'ont pas de tombe connue. (en)
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  • Dunkirk Memorial (en)
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  • 1957-06-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Het Dunkirk Memorial is een Brits oorlogsmonument in de Franse stad Duinkerke in het Noorderdepartement. Het monument bevindt zich op de noordoostelijke hoek van de stedelijke begraafplaats van Duinkerke, tegen de grens met Nieuw-Koudekerke. Het monument herdenkt 4.508 gesneuvelden uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog die geen bekend graf hebben. Het werd ontworpen door . Op een gegraveerd glazen paneel van John Hutton wordt de evacuatie van Duinkerke afgebeeld. (nl)
  • The Dunkirk Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to the missing that commemorates 4,505 missing dead of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), most of whom fell prior to and during the Battle of Dunkirk in 1939 and 1940, in the fall of France during the Second World War. The memorial was completed some 17 years after the events it marks. It was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1957, in front of visiting dignitaries, and hundreds of veterans and relatives of those who died. Later commemorations held here include the 75th anniversary in 2015. (en)
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