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Dear Sir,
May 29th 1940.
During the aerial attack on this Vessel, mentioned in above report, J. Fowles, A.B. showed great courage in climbing of the down ladder to assist & British Airman who had baled out his & rope He was wounded by machine gun bullets and shrapnel, assumed plane. mortally wounded and lost, but was later saved by another vessel.
Yours faithfully,
E. Hill
Maslis
Chief Officer.

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REPORT OF PART PLAYED BY H.M.H.C. ISLE OF GUERNSEY"
106
in the evacuation of Bunkirk.
a May 1940
Having received orders from Dover at noon, we proceeded towards Dunkirk company with the Hospital Carrier "Worthing" and Transport "Monas Queen", lowing the route given by the Naval Authorities. At approximately 4-0 p.m.
we approached Calais, which lay in ruins under & heavy pall of smoke, two tish destroyers crossed our bows, hove to and commenced shelling the re Batteries who promptly returned the challange. To avoid this No mans d we were forced to Deviate, as our proper course would have taken us ween the combatants. Whilst carrying out this manouvre, enemy planes eared and commenced bombing the convoy but none of the three vessels were pok, although as the bombs fell very close.
Arriving off Dunkirk, which was under an even heavier pall of thick ok smoke than Calais, we manouvred our way inside through the various cks of vessels which had been struck by bombs and the "Worthing" having on made fast to the Quay we moored alongside her. A few moments after our rival streams of motor ambulances arrived threading their way through
) columns of troops who were not so seriously wounded and were able to sisted in stretcher bearing so as to facilitate the loading. By 9-55 p.m.
Lk. Loading was commenced immediately and every member of the ships Crew sle of Guernsey" having 346 cases on board, and as her number of cots the is th Hospital Carriers were loaded with as many as they could take, the ok along many corridors, in fact wherever it was possible to put & and stretcher. was ly 203, of these cases were accomodated in between the cots on mpleted Ballo on the 37th May. At 11-47 a,m. on the same day,
0 voyage back to Newhaven, via Dover passed without incident loading having by 4-53 been completed, Water, provisions and Oil fuel taked aboard, proceeded to Dover for orders.
y 29th 1940
At 5-16 received orders, we proceeded towards Dunkirk, TO
4-1 for a course of an engagement between aircraft and at observed llowing p.m., having which took us well clear of Calais. At 7-18 British p.m. stood scending immediately close ahead of us and the vessel was but save stroyer a while because in our track. At 7-30 palla an airman was stopped to m. One by parachute went down a rope ladder to assist the airman, with bombs innon and reached the By a miracle none of the bombs struck cannon fore he of the seamen bottom, 10 enemy planes attacked the Ship the ship, iells and considerable damage bullets. British fighter planes drove place enemy though machine guns. was done by the concussion, shrapnel, off the rerhead. proceeded towards port at 8-20 pall. we found it was being Returning id we machine gun Dunkirk with at terrific air battle taking bombed
4d Arrived off the from the shore to keep clear.
ong shelled, the and we had orders with two destroyers, we later received At 11-30 orders p.m. to it channel in company fallen and then return to Dunkirk. brilliantly lit entered until darkness had breakwaters, the whole place being to up up ongside of fires, of the quay at 12-30 a.m. Loading numbering 490. at once the glare between the burning oil tanks atc., and managed commenced moor
2-15 what was left taken on board as many as we could throughout, carrying crew and R.A.M.C. their utmost to load the ship few minutes as by the a.m. we had personnel behaved splendidly quickly and
/ on as possible, the quay and in the water. found the their duties and although doing the ship was shaken every Leaving the quay a.m. of we proceeded and shouting for help, presumably a these men up, of bomba falling out on of the harbour and just outside transport we had n men swimming destroyers were standing by picking Dover.
ided our way for us to attempt to stop and try to save any overhead, sunk. As two carefully through them and proceeded towards of these It ve been fatal wonderful target for the airoraft hovering paintwork up.
We made such a burning port showing all our white just o ng was comparatively & patrol boat headed us off as we were heading orders flames of the quiet on the way across, except that straight before for ly Dover, laid minefield. Arriving off Dover at 7-0 a.m. we received