La Plaine au Bois Memorial Site - The Oak Trees - Esquelbecq

The 40 Oak Trees adjoining the Barn, grown from seed in Britain, were sent to France on 18 February 2004 by Birmingham Dunkirk Veterans Fellowship to commemorate the men, many from the Birmingham area, captured and executed by German SS troops during the retreat to Dunkirk on 28 May 1940, who perished in or near the Barn.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge