Presentation by the President of the TMC of the Coat of Arms of Tenby offered to the President of the TMC
At Hôtel Atlantique, former HQ of the Belgian forces in the UK in 1940
As a thank you from the Town of Tenby to the TMC on the occasion of this Commemoration of September 24, 2023 of the hospitality offered in 1940 to the Belgian soldiers, the Town Authorities have chosen to award, to their descendants, the honor implied by the granting of FREEDOM of the TOWN.
de Cartier & van Strydonck, artisans of renewal (private collection)
General back with Colonel (UK) Heywood, head of the military mission to the Belgian forces –
March 21, 1943 – live fire maneuvers of the 1st Belgian Land Forces group in Oxford (private collection)
Maneuvers at real lights of the 1st group of
Belgian Land Forces in Oxford.
The General with Major BEM Piron, cdt the 1st group (private collection)
Victor van Strydonck de Burkel (private collection)