Dunkirk veteran Garth Wright (95) salutes after laying a wreath at the British Memorial in Dunkirk Military Cemetery, France, during a memorial service as part of the 75th anniversary commemorations of Operation Dynamo. (PA)

Watch: One of the last surviving Dunkirk veterans recounts experience as ‘hell on earth’

ONE of the last surviving Dunkirk veterans has described how the spirit of the evacuation was “like a phoenix rising from the ashes”.

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