TNA ADM 199 790

Collection details

TNA ADM 199 790

Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, dating from 1940.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 790

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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689	Log in to enlarge	222 * 210 - 2 - After having searched the beach West of Dunkirk for troops and not seeing any, we proceeded into the Harbour again and took on a load of French soldiers. The Drifter GOLDEN SUNSHINE then towed my ship back to Dover. (Signed) T.W. Betts Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. 4th June, 1940.	Drifter Sunshine Betts Dover West

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 689.

222
* 210
- 2 -
After having searched the beach West of Dunkirk for troops
and not seeing any, we proceeded into the Harbour again and
took on a load of French soldiers. The Drifter GOLDEN
SUNSHINE then towed my ship back to Dover.
(Signed) T.W. Betts
Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.
4th June, 1940.