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.

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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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236	Log in to enlarge	H.W. 113. CONFIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON THE GRANT OF HONOURS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS IN TIME OF WAR, 1939 - 1940. ADMIRALTY MEMORANDUM ON IMMEDIATE AND OPERATIONAL AWARDS submitted by Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent Secretary, Admiralty, and Rear-Admiral E.N. Syfret, Naval direction of the Chairman of the Committee. Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and circulated by Request for Special Allowance of Decorations for Dunkirk. (The above subject has been placed, as Item 1 (b), on the Agenda for the meeting of the Committee at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 18th July, at the Treasury.) With reference to Memorandum H.W.106 of 9th July, paragraph 2, I am afraid that we shall have to ask for some special provision of decorations for the Dunkirk withdrawal over and above the one thousand decorations allowed by scale to the Royal Navy afloat for the first ten months of the War. Apart from those already published for Dunkirk, decorations Gazetted for the Royal Navy since the outbreak of War amount to 765, and there is no doubt that adequate recognition of operations, other than the Dunkirk thdrawal, carried out in the last two months will absorb most, if not all, of the balance of our ten months' allowance. Recommendations for the Dunkirk operations have now been carefully considered. In view of their quality it is not surprising that of a total of 19,000 the names of no less than 935 have been brought to notice as having done better than might have been expected even of good men. Of these 935, 47 have already been awarded decorations, and it is intended that some 300 more should be decorated. The list has been carefully scrutinised in detail with a view to reduction on the basis of further. a very high standard, and it cannot fairly be reduced any We are accordingly faced with an immediate deficit of some 350 decorations. You will remember that in their Memorandum of 20th November 1939 the Admiralty accepted for sea-going Ships the scale of one decoration for every 250 Officers and Men for every six months of warfare, but asked for additional awards decorations for services in such operations should be taken our scale for special Operations. The decision that was accepted by the Admiralty with veluctancelendliowsiving, and it was understood that, should at time the necessity for an additional allowance arise, an appeal should be made to the Committee. 1.	Carter Last

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H.W. 113.
CONFIDENTIAL
COMMITTEE ON THE GRANT OF HONOURS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
IN TIME OF WAR,
1939 - 1940.
ADMIRALTY MEMORANDUM ON IMMEDIATE AND OPERATIONAL AWARDS
submitted by Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent
Secretary, Admiralty, and Rear-Admiral E.N. Syfret, Naval
direction of the Chairman of the Committee.
Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and circulated by
Request for Special Allowance of Decorations for Dunkirk.
(The above subject has been placed, as Item 1 (b), on
the Agenda for the meeting of the Committee at 5 p.m. on
Thursday, 18th July, at the Treasury.)
With reference to Memorandum H.W.106 of 9th July,
paragraph 2, I am afraid that we shall have to ask for some
special provision of decorations for the Dunkirk withdrawal over
and above the one thousand decorations allowed by scale to the
Royal Navy afloat for the first ten months of the War.
Apart from those already published for Dunkirk,
decorations Gazetted for the Royal Navy since the outbreak of
War amount to 765, and there is no doubt that adequate
recognition of operations, other than the Dunkirk thdrawal,
carried out in the last two months will absorb most, if not all,
of the balance of our ten months' allowance.
Recommendations for the Dunkirk operations have now
been carefully considered. In view of their quality it is not
surprising that of a total of 19,000 the names of no less than
935 have been brought to notice as having done better than
might have been expected even of good men. Of these 935, 47
have already been awarded decorations, and it is intended that
some 300 more should be decorated. The list has been carefully
scrutinised in detail with a view to reduction on the basis of
further. a very high standard, and it cannot fairly be reduced any
We are accordingly faced with an immediate deficit of
some 350 decorations.
You will remember that in their Memorandum of
20th November 1939 the Admiralty accepted for sea-going Ships
the scale of one decoration for every 250 Officers and Men for
every six months of warfare, but asked for additional awards
decorations for services in such operations should be taken our
scale for special Operations. The decision that
was accepted by the Admiralty with
veluctancelendliowsiving, and it was understood that, should at
time the necessity for an additional allowance arise, an
appeal should be made to the Committee.
1.