Writing about Flashbacks Dunkirk My Uncle's War

Planning for Literacy Lesson. Pupils will focus on a soldier who was fighting at Dunkirk.

Main character

Jimmy Jones
Medic in WW2. Lovable, friendly and family orientated but also proud and doesn’t talk about his experiences during the war.

Two daughters and several grandchildren. Grandson Bobby will be in the story briefly. Present Scene

A bonfire and fireworks event at the local park. Jimmy is enjoying himself with his family. Noisy, crowded, smells of hotdogs and candyfloss, feeling his Grandson’s hand in his.
Seeing a father piggy back his children, having fun, children squealing in delight at the sparklers in their hands.
Wishing his wife was there to experience this.
Past Scene
The beaches of Dunkirk, there were explosions here too as Luftwaffe bombed the boats.
People being carried here too, carried to me as a medic. How can I help them? I have no supplies, no way of easing their pain.

Soldiers scream in pain and give up on life. Gunfire and shells all around me, the chaotic sound of warfare. A ring of flames. Smell sweat on my bloody uniform. Damp clothes. Lice crawling over my body. Trigger

The sound of wood crackling on the bonfire brings a distant memory and the sound of an exploding firework causes the flashback to begin…

Ending
Bobby ‘Daddy, what’s wrong with Grandpa?’ Jimmy’s son gently on his father’s forearm ‘Dad?’.

‘It’s nothing Son, ‘ he cleared his voice gruffly and tried to come back to the present.