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ENCLOSURE No. 1 to DOVER LETTER No. B23/862/40
dated 4th JUNE, 1940.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF OFFICERS FOR SERVICES IN CONNECTION
WITH THE EVACUATION OF THE ALLIED FORCES FROM DUNKIRK.
V.A.Dover
Subject
REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM FREDERICK WAKE WALKER, O.B.E.
For distinguished service as Flag Officer in charge of the
ships and vessels off Dunkirk during the evacuation of the
British Expeditionary Force and part of the French Army. It
was largely due to his unbounded energy, initiative and resource
that the process of embarkation continued unabated by day and
night in spite of continuous and heavy bombing, frequent
bombardment, and navigational difficulties of an unprecedented
nature.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM GEORGE TENNANT, M.V.O., ROYAL NAVY.
For distinguished service as Senior Naval Officer onshore
at Dunkirk during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary
Force and part of the Fremch Army.
His excellent liaison with the French authorities enabled
the drawn out process of embarkation, both from the breakwater
and the beaches, to be carried out to the best possible advantage.
This work was carried on throughout the whole period of nine days
under the strain of continuous bombardment both from the air and
land.
COMMANDER GUY OAKLEY MAUND, ROYAL NAVY (RETIRED).
COMMANDER JAMES CAMPBELL CLOUSTON, ROYAL NAVY.
COMMANDER RENFREW GOTTO, ROYAL NAVY.
COMMANDER VILLIERS NICHOLAS SURTEES, ROYAL NAVY.
For distinguished service, under arduous conditions, while
serving on the piers or beaches at Dunkirk, and assisting in the
embarkation of the Allied Armies. The pier and beach parties
were subjected to continual bombing attacks and were frequently
under shell fire.
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