Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2
Firemen, carrying rifles, disembarking from the Massey Shaw fireboat and marching from the pontoon gangway at Lambeth. Armed firemen crewed the Massey Shaw when she took part in the evacuation of Allied forces from the beaches of Dunkirk between 27 May and 4 June 1940. The Massey Shaw fireboat was just one of 850 craft which were nicknamed the Little Ships of Dunkirk
Picture No
10535404
Media ID
46853591
Size
3252px x 2376px
(3.1MB)
Credit
©London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
London Fire Brigade Archive
Date
1940
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Auxiliary Disembarking Dunkirk Evacuation Fireboat Gangway Lambeth Massey Pontoon
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