TNA ADM 199 792

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TNA ADM 199 792

Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, covering 1940–1941.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 792

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/792. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
967	Log in to enlarge	Page69 Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Porsonnol. H.M.S. WHIPPINGHAM - Lieutenant Eric Reed, R.N.R. Embarked troops from Dunkirk beach on 31st May and from Dunkirk harbour on the 1st June. Recommendations. d B RATING, Chief Mechanician Arthur Frederick Ford, P/K. 21534. in When the ship was alongside the pier overladen and straddled by enemy gunfire, troops rushed to ce port and the ship took a list of 20 degrees. Ford OR checked the rush and moved the troops back to starboard thus preventing a major disaster. Ford again showed powers of leadership above the ordinary in pressing troops into service for getting in the brows, cutting the moorings and getting the ship away from the pier. Afterwards he went below to take the ship out. DSM Recommendod for mention. or are ope rs	Eric Major PS Whippingham Reed Whippingham Ford Frederick May Reed

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 967.

Page69
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Porsonnol.
H.M.S. WHIPPINGHAM - Lieutenant Eric Reed, R.N.R.
Embarked troops from Dunkirk beach on 31st May and
from Dunkirk harbour on the 1st June.
Recommendations.
d B
RATING,
Chief Mechanician Arthur Frederick Ford, P/K. 21534.
in
When the ship was alongside the pier overladen
and straddled by enemy gunfire, troops rushed to
ce
port and the ship took a list of 20 degrees. Ford
OR
checked the rush and moved the troops back to starboard
thus preventing a major disaster.
Ford again showed powers of leadership above the
ordinary in pressing troops into service for getting
in the brows, cutting the moorings and getting the
ship away from the pier. Afterwards he went below
to take the ship out.
DSM
Recommendod for mention.
or
are
ope
rs