The Twinning between LLandudno and Wormhout was established to ensure that

the events that occurred in 1940 in the lead up to the Dunkirk Evacuation during

the Second World War are not forgotten,

when German SS Soldiers captured up to 100 British soldiers, including

 eight Llandudno men that were killed in the French village of Wormhout

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Further reading:

(An article written by the Home Front Museum, taken from the Wormhout Facebook page - click me)