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Department 37
to /1/89
COPY.
SECRET.
c/o Admiralty,
Whitehall, S.W.1.
11th June, 1940.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit the following report
in acceptions with your medal instructions. The delay
has been consioned by the difficulty in collecting the
necessary information from the Officers, BOXE of whom
landed at Dover, - at Margate and some at Ramagate.
During and just after the final attack 80 much was happening
at the - time that I have described firstly what
happened in the visinity of the Bridge and that nation I
took, and, secondly, what happened are. As appendices
2 have attached the repart of the adventures of Mr. Crews,
Warrant Schoolmator, after to had left the GRENADE and a
statement of the Imoin dissage done by the bombs.
Dunkirque 8. with 0112 900 treeps for Dover; these troops
During the evening of the 28th My = left
used disembarked without insident, and on the Foreneen of
the 29th of May 2 reseived orders from V.A. Dever to proceed
with all disputed to Dunkirque, taking JAGUAR and GALLANT
with - 1 TAB ordered to take route X to report If I
was subjected to shelling off Gravellines. No shelling
use experienced but all destroyers vare subjected to a dive
bonbing attack when close to the const. GALLANT suffered
damage astorn but 18 the did not appear to require assistance
: proceeded alongside the sestem side of the pier, borthing
JAGUAR outside - A certain number of attacks 1970
GRENADE could net fire her guna owing to JANUAR being on
experienced but 30 boobe I very close to either ship.
her starboard side and the pier 00 her port side.
JARIAR was filled with troops and then proceeded,
being 3. subsequently bashed and his whilet on passage. About
alose to CANADA but did no damage. No troops were put
this time 5009 bonbe from 8 high lovel attack fell fairly
destroyer into to remain alongside. A transport should of
GRENAIS as the S.N.O. stated that be wished a
Acting on- the instructions of the S.N.O. I order a V -class
GRENADE Left and this position was taken by 6 travlers.
destroyee whose - 3 have forgotten to proceed alongaide
ahoul of these traviers.
At about 15.00 the first deliberate attack on
GRENADE 4. commend; two bonbo fell about 80 - 25 yards from
the Pursonatle, damaging A-gan and VD ding one rating shoud on the
Starboard Bow, killing use and wouddnet ⑉ rating on
Searchlight the Platform. Some ratings LAGER in on the the trawlers other side
of these and no doubt until
GRENADS and is the CHILD fall
of vare about 80 feet from the water
that they the use released
ink, the
0899 of the boath
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and 0. of the ydar and the coom? delibed commond attack 8 dive -
bombing
GRENATE command.
dropped. 3 have found it
attack and 8 number of
1870 GRENADE WAS htt, but I
disfloult opinion to discover third two bombe 9870 dropped alone to the miltaneously Starboard
Bide between after end of the Fore hitting the ship
se-in the a & 9 guns, making-shole Moss Deak and sinkings
an of the explier redd, No. falling Leiths side, causing
N fire at just the shead of GRENADE; No. the 8 bottom of the ship near
the strawler Biok Bay, penstrating nearly to
before exploding.