THE MASSACRE AT LE PARADIS - HELL IN PARADISE - MAY1940.
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​The following sources were used in putting this web site together.

​Books 

My Wasted Years 1940-1945 - Arthur BROUGH
Peace and War - R. W. BROWN
​Saat in den Sturm - Herbert BRUNNEGGER
The Royal Norfolk Regiment - Tim CAREW
The Auschwitz Kommandant - Barbara CHERISH
The London Cage - Helen FRY
At The Sharp End - Peter HART
Images of War SS-Totenkopf France 1940 - Jack HOLROYD
A Reluctant Hero The Life of Captain Robert Ryder VC - Richard HOPTON
The Man who Missed the Massacre - Cyril JOLLY
The Vengeance of Private Pooley - Cyril JOLLY
Last Stand at Le Paradis - Richard LANE
A Boyhood in the Fleggs ... and a few war time stories - Jimmy (Ernie) LEGGETT
Forgotten Voices Dunkirk - Joshua LEVINE
​A History of the Second World War - B. H. LIDDELL HART
Scourge of the Swastika - Lord LIVERPOOL
Dunkirk - The Men They Left Behind - Sean LONGDEN
Battle For the Escaut 1940 - Jerry MURLAND
The Canal Line - Jerry MURLAND
​Retreat and Rearguard Dunkirk 1940 - Jerry MURLAND
The London Cage - Lt Col A. P. SCOTLAND
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man - Hugh SEBAG-MONTEFIORE
​Massacre and Murder in Le Paradis - Bill SHARPE
The Holy Boys - Jon SUTHERLAND and Diane CANWELL
​Dunkirk Retreat to Victory - Major General Julian THOMPSON

Web Resources


Wikipedia
Commonwealth War Grames Commission

DVD and Film (subjects in red are links to various footage)

The Ghosts of Paradis A Film By Helene CHAUVIN
You Tube Interview with Bob Brown from BBC Look East
Der Schwur des Soldaten Pooley - East German film from 1963.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

A number of newspaper and magazine articles were uncovered during our research and these can be viewed by clicking here.


We would like to thank the following people and organisations for generously giving their time, their expertise and their memories in order to make this web site a reality:


Individuals

Heather Ashworth
Julie Bailey
Billy and Anthea Barber, May Metcalfe and Sally Marjoram in memory of Private Frederick Barber
​Emma and Charles Bartram (in memory of Private Eric "Strips" Farrow)
​Richard Batson
Michael Bradley and the Bradley Family in memory of Frederick Bradley.
Dorothy Brenner, Jacqueline (Jackie) Wilde and Jonathan (Jon) Davis in memory of Lt Cecil Yallop
Arthur Brough
Bob Brown
​The Clear Family in memory of Private Fred Clear
​Ian, Joy, Christopher and Michelle Clements in memory of L/Cpl Fred Clements
Kay Cole in memory of Sergeant Walter Gilding
Nick Conrad 
​Jim Costello
Sylvia Cripps
​The Culling Family in memory of Private Sidney Culling
​Phillip Curson
Mike Duthoit
​Major David Dickson
Deborah Duncan-Rees (In memory of Cyril Jolly)
​Mike Eastaff
​Elizabeth (Liz) Easthope
Rob Edwards

The Family of Major John Henry Elwes
The Errington Family (In memory of Major John Errington)
​Robert John Everett
​Michael H. Everitt
​Trevor and Linda Forder
Vicky and Edward Gee
​Edmund and Julia Gibbs (In memory of Private Francis Porter)
​Terry and Kevin Gray (In memory of Private Frank Gray)
Mark Green - www.vconline.org.uk
​Brent Greenwood
​Chris Hadley
Greg and Jeannette Hawkes
John and Ros Head
​Alan Hornby
Alan Howe
​Tony Howlett
​Graham and Valerie Hunt
​Derek James (Eastern Daily Press Newspapers)
Major Ian Johnstone MBE
Elizabeth Jolly (In memory of Cyril Jolly)
​Iain Laird
Debbi Lane (in memory of Richard Lane)
Jim Lane
​Anne and Mark Larner
Faye Lebon
​David Lee
Sandra De Ville Leggett
​Billy Loane
Robert Long
​Brigadier Max Mariner CBE
Katherine Marks and Family in memory of Private Frank Leonard Chevis
​Robert McMaster
​Robina Nicholson
Dennis and Margaret O'Callaghan
Heather O'Callaghan
Sally Rash, Kathleen Tebble and Sue Roche in memory of Private Raymond Pigg
Carl Reeve
​Brian Roberts
Ralston Ryder
Jean Simpson in memory of RSM William Cockaday
Nick and Joy Smith
Steven Snelling
Sally Sowter
​Anne and Peter Steward
​Linda and Chris Stimpson
​Neil R. Storey in memory of Sgt Verdun Storey
Susan Tether in memory of Private Ronald Whiteley
Julia Want
David Warren

​​​Christine Wheeler in memory of Private Michael McQueeney
Lance Whiteley in memory of Private Ronald Whiteley
Andrew Whyte and the Preston Family in memory of Arthur Preston

The Wooltorton family in memory of Private Charlie Wooltorton
The Wright Family in memory of Corporal Eric Victor Wright


Groups and Organisations

Archant Newspapers (formerly Eastern Counties Newspapers)
BBC Radio Norfolk
​East Anglian Film Archives
​Eastern Daily Press Newspaper
Larking Gowen LLP Chartered Accountants
​Neatishead, Irstead and Barton Turf Heritage Group
The Norfolk and Norwich Branch of the Dunkirk Veterans' Association
​The Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum and Study Centre
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
​The Royal Scots Regimental Museum

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