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18 Apr 21 - 05:23 PM (#4102641) Subject: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: GUEST,Busker Joe I'm fairly certain that the song I'm seeking was composed by a member of the Battlefield Band. Story of his uncle, taken prisoner by the Germans while his brother was successfully evacuated and witnessed his sibling's capture, helpless. Later the uncle became embittered as the war's successes were touted ~ said he felt somehow ashamed, as if it was his fault. Eventually he emigrated to Canada ~ didn't want to live in the country he felt betrayed by. |
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18 Apr 21 - 05:34 PM (#4102642) Subject: RE: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: Backwoodsman It’s ‘The Beaches of St. Valery’, written by Davy Steele (RIP), and it’s on the Battlefield Band’s album ‘Rain, Hail, or Shine’. |
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18 Apr 21 - 05:36 PM (#4102643) Subject: RE: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: Backwoodsman The Beaches of St Valery |
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18 Apr 21 - 06:15 PM (#4102648) Subject: RE: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: GUEST Thank you so very much! |
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18 Apr 21 - 07:40 PM (#4102654) Subject: RE: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: mg Jim Stewart of New Brunswick wrote a great song about the Scots Highlanders? who were captured and they did a dance and taught it to their captors. Great song. |
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18 Apr 21 - 08:20 PM (#4102657) Subject: RE: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: RTim St. Valery is a long way from Dunkirk (where my father was one of those rescued) and the story of the Scots at St. Valery is a totally different event. See the facts of this event in the article below..... https://51hd.co.uk/history/valery_1940 Tim Radford |
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20 Apr 21 - 05:55 PM (#4102841) Subject: RE: WW II song POW Dunkirk Battlefield Band From: GUEST,# http://learning.poppyscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Beaches-of-St-Valery-by-Davy-Steele-Activity-Card-5-2.pdf More info about the song w/lyrics at that site. |