TNA ADM 199 792

Collection details

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
993	Log in to enlarge	H.M.S. DWARF: - Sub. Lieutenant Desmond Astridge O'Hare,M.B.E., R.N. On Saturday 1st June off Dunkirk, DWARF was attacked by two aircraft which bombed and machine-gunned the ship. Recommendation. RATING: Petty Officer George Albert Coussens, P/J. 7788. During the attack this man was shot through both knees but remained at his post of duty, refusing to be relieved and later refusing morphine though in considerable pain. Recommended for decoration. D5ml	Dwarf Coussens George O'Hare

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 993.

H.M.S. DWARF: - Sub. Lieutenant Desmond Astridge O'Hare,M.B.E., R.N.
On Saturday 1st June off Dunkirk, DWARF was attacked
by two aircraft which bombed and machine-gunned the ship.
Recommendation.
RATING:
Petty Officer George Albert Coussens, P/J. 7788.
During the attack this man was shot through both knees
but remained at his post of duty, refusing to be relieved
and later refusing morphine though in considerable pain.
Recommended for decoration.
D5ml