| Additional Information: | Son of Bertie James William Robbens, and of Ethel May Robbens, of Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Memorial: | DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France |
| Grave Reference/ Panel Number: |
Column 14. |
| Location: |
The Dunkirk Memorial stands at the entrance to the British War Graves
Section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery, which lies at the south-eastern corner of
the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to
Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. The Memorial commemorates those soldiers of the
British Expeditionary Force who fell in the campaign of 1939-1940 and who
have no known grave. The total number of names on the Memorial is over
4,000; of these 5 were members of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps and
the remainder all belonged to the land forces of the United Kingdom. The
names of the men commemorated are engraved on Portland stone panels on a
series of large columns on either side of a broad walk, forming an avenue
which leads to a shrine. At the entrance to the avenue are two columns
surmounted by stone urns and bearing on their front faces the inscription,
on one in English and on the other in French: 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. |