The story
August 4, the 500 vehicles of the 1st Belgian Group are loaded and the 2,200 men embark aboard fourLiberty Ships (the Gladstone, the Paul Benjamin, the Henry Austin and the Finlay). In the evening, the vessels sail and join the convoy which is forming off Whitstable, in the Thames' estuary.
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
Every record is a doorway to a larger story. Explore Back to Normandy to discover more, or visit Fred Vogels' personal website to learn about the person and the projects behind it.