Tenby Memorial Committee

Tenby Memorial Committee

  • Aims and Activities
  • Documents
    • Tenby ephemeral capital of Belgium
    • Report to BE Ambassador
    • Belgian Commemoration (09/24/23)
    • Emile de Cartier de Marchienne
    • Tenby, agent recruiting
    • Tenby 1940 – When it all (re)started
    • Tenby 1940 – The true story
    • Tenby 1940 – Arrival of airmen
    • Victor van Strydonck de Burkel
    • Royal Museum Of The Armed Forces
    • Brigade Piron
  • News
  • Photo gallery
  • Aims and Activities
  • Documents
    • Tenby ephemeral capital of Belgium
    • Report to BE Ambassador
    • Belgian Commemoration (09/24/23)
    • Emile de Cartier de Marchienne
    • Tenby, agent recruiting
    • Tenby 1940 – When it all (re)started
    • Tenby 1940 – The true story
    • Tenby 1940 – Arrival of airmen
    • Victor van Strydonck de Burkel
    • Royal Museum Of The Armed Forces
    • Brigade Piron
  • News
  • Photo gallery
  • News letter 01 sept 2024

    1 September 2024 /

    Éditorial – Nous remercions très vivement les membres du TMC qui ont choisi de participer en personne ou financièrement, aux commémorations organisées à Louvain la Neuve ainsi qu’au Pays de…

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  • Memories from across the Channel

    30 September 2023 /

    Commemoration – How can we perpetuate the memory of world conflicts, with what lessons it implies for the younger generation?In Tenby, Wales, several hundred people responded by paying tribute to…

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  • Tenby: Belgian resilience on the Welsh coast

    26 September 2023 /

    Belgian resilience – Among the many battles that punctuated the Second World War, an important chapter in Belgian military history is too often forgotten: Tenby. After the defeat of the…

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  • Tenby 1940: faith in victory

    26 September 2023 /

    Tenby 1940 – This weekend of September 23 and 24, Tenby commemorates the symbolic presence of part of the Belgian army on British territory, in September 1940. An episode nicknamed…

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  • Historical Commemoration in Tenby: “The Belgian Resurgence” Celebrated with Active Participation from the Tenby Memorial Committee

    21 July 2023 /

    Historical commemoration –  Tenby is gearing up to host a memorable event on the 23rd and 24th of September, organised by the dedicated team of the Tenby Memorial Committee and…

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  • The Ceremony at the Cenotaph in London 2023: Touching Tribute to the Involvement of the TMC

    15 July 2023 /

    Cenotaph in London 2023 –  On July 15, 2023, the ceremony at the Cenotaph in London brought together a delegation of Belgian military personnel, highlighting the honour and solidarity towards…

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  • Tenby, the resurrection of the Belgian army

    6 February 2023 /

    Tenby – In September, the Welsh town will evoke the rebirth of our troops after the capitulation of May 1940. The 80th anniversary of the country’s liberation and the end…

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  • Journée d’étude en histoire militaire et histoire publique

    22 December 2022 /

    La création des Forces Belges Libres à Tenby en 1940 Journée d’étude en histoire militaire et histoire publique – 3 février 2023 – Musée L – La commémoration des 80 ans de…

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  • Tenby 1940 – the true story published in Militaria Belgica 2021

    29 December 2021 /

    Tenby May 1940 – Much has been written about the way in which General van Strydonck de Burkel in Temby (GB) began to reorganize the Belgian armed forces. From 28…

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  • Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, Biographical note and Log book 1940-1944

    30 July 2021 /

    Biographical note – The biographical note by Hans Rombaut, historian at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts and the logbook kept from 10 May 1940 until the…

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Cover picture: new colours being presented to Belgian troops at Temby by the Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot and Lt General Victor van Strydonck de Burkel (© IWM Feb. 1941)

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    Recent Posts

    • News letter 01 sept 2024 1 September 2024
    • Memories from across the Channel 30 September 2023
    • Tenby: Belgian resilience on the Welsh coast 26 September 2023
    • Tenby 1940: faith in victory 26 September 2023
    • Historical Commemoration in Tenby: “The Belgian Resurgence” Celebrated with Active Participation from the Tenby Memorial Committee 21 July 2023
    • The Ceremony at the Cenotaph in London 2023: Touching Tribute to the Involvement of the TMC 15 July 2023
    • Tenby, the resurrection of the Belgian army 6 February 2023
    • Journée d’étude en histoire militaire et histoire publique 22 December 2022
    • Tenby 1940 – the true story published in Militaria Belgica 2021 29 December 2021
    • Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, Biographical note and Log book 1940-1944 30 July 2021

    Correspondent sites

    City of Tenby

    Belgium WWII

    Royal Museum of the Armed Forces – Brussels

    Documents

    • Emile de Cartier de Marchienne
    • Report to BE Ambassador
    • Tenby – Belgian Commemoration on September 24, 2023
    • Tenby 1940 : Quand tout a (re-)commencé
    • Tenby and the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
    • Tenby August 1940 – Arrival of airmen, the first to leave for combat
    • Tenby ephemeral capital of Belgium
    • Tenby, centre de recrutement d’agents par les services secrets britanniques et belges pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
    • 75 jaar geleden: Belgische militairen nemen als Brigade Piron deel aan de bevrijding van België en Nederland
    • Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, Biographical note and Log book 1940-1944
    • Tenby 1940 – the true story published in Militaria Belgica 2021
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