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Some of the British who couldn't get out of Dunkirk/France did manage to get across to St Nazaire before the Germans, and got evacuated that way.

:lolol: Respect to the Senior Service. :salute:

There seems to have been several pongo units with forage caps, when I've been searching, including the Pioneer Corps, and in photos of the BEF. I suspect it is Army rather than the jolly what oh, boys. http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/pioneers_1.html

There's a bit of info about the British Expeditionary Forces in France early 1940 here. This includes detail of some Territorial units arriving. https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/docs-france-norway-1940-british-expeditionary-force/

Scrub that link, as I know the service record of my Granddad in WW1 and my Dad in WW2, and neither of them show up.

The photo may have been taken in France, as per the postcard. The British were in France until May 1940. War records can be researched here. https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/search

My immediate thought was Royal Pioneer Corps, which became Logistics Regiment. I've had a quick look at images on Google & the forage caps look similar. It's worth a look, anyway. The dates would fit.