Features Watch: One of the last surviving Dunkirk veterans recounts experience as ‘hell on earth’ By PA July 6, 2017, 3:51 pm Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up ONE of the last surviving Dunkirk veterans has described how the spirit of the evacuation was “like a phoenix rising from the ashes”. Garth Wright, 97, from Plymouth, Devon, was just 20 when he was sent to northern France within weeks of war being declared in 1939. He was serving with the Royal Artillery in Lille, as part of the British Expeditionary Force, when they were pushed back to Dunkirk. Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe
