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B23/159/41
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OM :- SENIOR 12th February, OFFICER, 1941. HARWICH AUXILIARY PATROL, IPSWICH.
No. 1221/28
THE FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING, DOVER.
Report further in accordance to my 1187/28. with your B23/159/41 and
Flotilla, early which included there I found that Auxiliary Patrol
I in was June, appointed and on arrival in Command of the Harwich
report, had already arrived. the vessels named in Lieutenant a portion Jordan's of my
until observed I should join, and for this reason it M/S
On such arrival time as these ships had been taken over by Captain
that Office. that Lieutenant Jordan's first report was rendered will to be
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but
with the attached comment, was handed to me and I carried out
Immediately after my arrival, this first report, together
thorough investigation, finally arriving at the conclusion reported a
in my letter of June 9th. In this respect I must add that I
received an even more lurid verbal report from Lieutenant Jordan
before he realised that I had been at Dunkirk for the period
of the evacuation; but I assume that there is sufficient
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misrepresentation of fact in the two written reports to make
is;
it unnecessary for me to go into details.
come
I would respectfully make the following comments in support
of my refusal to believe a large proportion of these reports.
(a) A comparison of the two only goes to show that this
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Officer's imagination improves with keeping.
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en
(b) There are very few of the original crews of these
ships now serving under my command, for which, in a large
measure, I blame Lieutenant Jordan because he did not
carry out my orders to explain the T.124 Articles to
the men. This number has subsequently been reduced
in the turn-over to R.N.P.S., but they are all of the
opinion that they made only one passage to Dunkirk and
ent
er
back, and that was at approximately noon on Saturday taken
June 1st, when the French troops were being Lock at the off.
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I I or time, was the and in action the saw vicinity nothing taken as of of stated the the Train enemy by Lieutenant Ferry activity reported Jordan. in his
(c)
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Harwich, recent had (if never this and can seen be I most or heard certainly of me ships had before nothing on his the night to do to Cewbison Officer with of the at the
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(a) May embarkation were report I to case. do the 30th. not performed disgust as doubt being I of strongly which troops for by a individuals case I in moment have always relt about his in that obtain these acts addition reports ships, of gallantry but the from adds whole first
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consider such an egoist it quite as this of ficer.
(e) If there is/