TNA / ADM 116 4649

TNA ADM 116 4649

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TNA ADM 116 4649

Operation Dynamo reports and recommendations for awards, volume 2 (1940–1942), documenting service during the Dunkirk evacuation and the cases submitted for official recognition.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 116 4649

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 116/4649. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
109	Log in to enlarge	Page69 Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel. H.M.S. WHIPPINGHAM - Lieutenant Eric Reed, R.N.R. from Dunkirk harbour on the 1st June, Embarked troops from Dunkirk beach on 31st May and Recommendations. Le RATING. 'd Chief Mechanician Arthur Frederick Ford, P/K. 21534. When the ship was alongside the pier overladen and straddled by enemy gunfire, troops rushed to port and the ship took a list of 20 degrees. Ford CE checked the rush and moved the troops back to starboard OF thus preventing a major disaster. Ford again showed powers of leadership above the ordinary in pressing troops into service for getting in the brows, cutting the moorings and getting the ship away from the pier. Afterwards he went below to take the ship out. Recommended for mention. y an D y S as ons After inteer troop ontinu was time ip to hours ........	Eric Major PS Whippingham Reed Whippingham Ford Frederick Le May Reed

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 109.

Page69
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel.
H.M.S. WHIPPINGHAM - Lieutenant Eric Reed, R.N.R.
from Dunkirk harbour on the 1st June,
Embarked troops from Dunkirk beach on 31st May and
Recommendations.
Le
RATING.
'd
Chief Mechanician Arthur Frederick Ford, P/K. 21534.
When the ship was alongside the pier overladen
and straddled by enemy gunfire, troops rushed to
port and the ship took a list of 20 degrees. Ford
CE
checked the rush and moved the troops back to starboard OF
thus preventing a major disaster.
Ford again showed powers of leadership above the
ordinary in pressing troops into service for getting
in the brows, cutting the moorings and getting the
ship away from the pier. Afterwards he went below
to take the ship out.
Recommended for mention.
y
an
D
y
S
as
ons
After
inteer
troop
ontinu
was
time
ip
to
hours
........