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

Documents

This section reports reliable information, bibliographic notice and articles.
  • Tenby ephemeral capital of Belgium
  • Report to BE Ambassador
  • Tenby - Belgian Commemoration on September 24, 2023
  • Émile de Cartier de Marchienne
  • Tenby, agent recruiting center for the British and Belgian secret services during World War II
  • Tenby 1940 – When it all (re)started
  • Tenby 1940 – The true story published in Militaria Belgica 2021
  • Tenby August 1940 – Arrival of airmen, the first to leave for combat
  • Victor van Strydonck de Burkel – Biographical note and Log book 1940-1944
  • Tenby and the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
  • 75 years ago: Belgian soldiers take part in the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands as Brigade Piron

List of personalities

who have shown their support for the initiative of the Tenby Memorial Committee and who in certain cases (marked with *) have enriched our documentation by valuable contributions.

HOUTART Christian (*)

HOUTART Charles Albert (*)

ROMBOUT Hans (*)

SCHMITZ Patrice-Emmanuel (*)

VAN STRYDONCK Anita

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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    Correspondent sites

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    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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