- Contributed byÌý
- agecon4dor
- People in story:Ìý
- Bob Tracy, Mary Bridge
- Location of story:Ìý
- Buckingham Palace and the beach at Calais
- Background to story:Ìý
- Army
- Article ID:Ìý
- A3370231
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 05 December 2004
This story was submitted to the People's War web site by a volunteer from Age Concern Dorchester on behalf of Mrs Bridge and has been added to the site with her permission. Mrs Bridge fully understands the site's terms and conditions
I accompanied my husband, Bob Tracy, to the Palace whilst he received the D.C.M. medal, awarded for his bravery on the beach at Calais. Over 60,000 service personnel were sent to Calais, to take the pressure off Dunkirk, during the evacuation there. Bob was a member of the Royal Corps of Signals. He was posted in his ‘Wireless Truck’ out on the beach alone, receiving orders from Dover to fight to the end! After being bombed for 3 days and nights, at last he received the order to surrender, thus saving many lives. Unfortunately, they were all taken as Prisoners of War.
After 5 years in reprisal camps, he, along with 6 colleagues, escaped back to Poland to escape the advancing Allied Forces!
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