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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141	Log in to enlarge	Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel. Page 101. RATING: Engineer C. Coggins. yacht being running fouled the whole time, in spite of motor This civilian kept the engines of this required. frequently and the continuous propeller boats to He also put the engines of several running other assisted rights when they broke down. He the Skipper throughout the operations. ably Recommended for mention. 30 ft. Motor Yacht MAID ERRANT. - Able Seaman S. Palmer, D/JX. 148052. Recommendations. Able Seaman S. Palmer. 148052. Sailed from Sheerness on Friday, 31st May, in convoy for Dunkirk. En route rescued survivors of a French destroyer, then prodeeded to the beaches. There he was swamped by French soldiers swarming over his boat, which drifted ashore. Later the boat refloated and he took one V.C.O. and 8 British soldiers; he had no crew except one Stoker, who had great difficulty with the engine. Off Dunkirk, on the way home, the engine broke down, so he broke up the yacht's wood fittings and made the 8 soldiers paddle the boat. Later, the engine restarted after on 18 hour voyage. Next day, without orders, he sailed with a crew of one other Able Seaman, but was turned back as his craft was too slow to take part in the night evacuation ordered for that evening. Able Seaman Palmer states that he passed for Leading Seaman in May, 1927. He states he possesses the L. S. & G. C. Medal. Recommended for immediate advancement. Drifter OCEAN BREEZE, War Department Launch HAIG and Skoot PASCHOLL. (Lieutenant Victor Alexander Christian Henry George de Mauny, R.N.Retired. Recommendations, Lieutenant Victor Alexander C.H.G. de Mauny. R.N. Between noon on the 30th May and 0815 4th June was continuously engaged under way on evacuation duties without any intermission. Commanded in succession OCEAN BREEZE, HAIG and then as Navigator of a group of skoots in PASCHOLL. Brought back more than 300 troops from Dunkirk beach in surf conditions on two separate occasions. Was notably	Boat Broke Drifter Evening Haig Pascholl Alexander Christian Coggins COGGINS C Day De George Haig Mauny May Page Palmer