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News letter 01 sept 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…