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Eighty years ago, as WWII raged on, supreme efforts were being made by the Royal Navy and an armada of civilian ‘little ships” to evacuate the hundreds of thousands of men trapped on the harbour and beaches of Dunkirk after the German Blitzkrieg through France. Some 50 OSE were among their number, of whom 11 were lost, including those pictured: Paul Cooke (who had won two England rugby caps before the war), Christopher Mackworth and Rodney Watson. The School was devastated - The Chronicle reported that a ‘visibly shaken’ Warden Kendall announced the losses in Chapel. A large group of the rescued men were put up in a huge tent on Port Meadow, opposite Teddies. As they marched down the Woodstock Road, they were cheered. #neverforget #dunkirk #OSE #alwaysinourthoughts #teddiestogether #ourhistoryEighty years ago, as WWII raged on, supreme efforts were being made by the Royal Navy and an armada of civilian ‘little ships” to evacuate the hundreds of thousands of men trapped on the harbour and beaches of Dunkirk after the German Blitzkrieg through France. Some 50 OSE were among their number, of whom 11 were lost, including those pictured: Paul Cooke (who had won two England rugby caps before the war), Christopher Mackworth and Rodney Watson. The School was devastated - The Chronicle reported that a ‘visibly shaken’ Warden Kendall announced the losses in Chapel. A large group of the rescued men were put up in a huge tent on Port Meadow, opposite Teddies. As they marched down the Woodstock Road, they were cheered. #neverforget #dunkirk #OSE #alwaysinourthoughts #teddiestogether #ourhistoryJan 1 1970