TNA ADM 334 83

Collection details

TNA ADM 334 83

Little Ships Club correspondence and personal accounts relating to the Dunkirk evacuation, covering 1940–1941.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 334 83

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 334/83. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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30	Log in to enlarge	stron. Reta. $ is Opans" aconstent "Cons tant ship Nymph" COCKFOSTERS, astended ApeT# TELEPHONE: HERTS. Renarks. Bron ought $ off M. RNET 3391. Jan 18th. 1941 193 000T Dear Luard, Someone with an utterly indecipherabl name - I expect you know who it is, of 251 Upper Richmond Rd - and I expect I know him but for the life of me I cant January 1941 ship times over severel 11 Lost he went himself. ship Lost Over.? ship PO over but make it out. He writes asking that I make up a story of the Dunkirk effort. He includes all sorts of butter about nothing being complete without the Sundowner in it. Well in compiling here it is for what it is worth. One thing I would ask you and that on you the is to either let me have it back or make y one of our "Bonny Heather". me carbon in and the family says they want a copy. Like a fool I didnt put a over to Dunkirk, some sort of a record. Roger kept command till he got his im his address commission and now has gone to one of Over the "B" class commissioning this next ? week. He's in command there also and gets old lly, 11 his second stripe right away. So the Sundowner has done him a good turn too. I'm doing his job for him here but believe me I would rather a thousand Tax times be afloat, but the boys say its their turn this time. Perhaps there is cretary. something in that, but boys did I enjoy the little effort over the other side. The only thing both he and I were mad about was that we were blocked from a second run. Cheerio and all of the best. Yours very sincerely, Nightoller the that difficulties other there side was were on a bit the experienced of of breeze in and regard a little boats first that the very ship, (4) it difficult warned did during It not for is to matter duty, quite the embark previous morning that clear, which troops, side from night of except the was the the 31st used. time water on May, the at was popple which lee so side smooth made on was of it by way of intelligent anticipation, the of which the us small were I	Bonny Heather Sundowner The Boys Lee Little May Richmond right

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stron.
Reta.
$
is
Opans"
aconstent "Cons tant ship Nymph"
COCKFOSTERS,
astended ApeT#
TELEPHONE:
HERTS.
Renarks. Bron ought $ off M.
RNET 3391.
Jan 18th. 1941 193
000T
Dear Luard,
Someone with an utterly indecipherabl
name - I expect you know who it is, of
251 Upper Richmond Rd - and I expect I
know him but for the life of me I cant
January 1941
ship times over severel
11 Lost he went himself. ship Lost Over. ? ship PO over but
make it out.
He writes asking that I make up
a story of the Dunkirk effort. He includes
all sorts of butter about nothing being
complete without the Sundowner in it. Well
in compiling
here it is for what it is worth.
One thing I would ask you and that
on you the
is to either let me have it back or make
y one of our
"Bonny Heather".
me carbon in and the family says they want
a copy. Like a fool I didnt put a
over to Dunkirk,
some sort of a record.
Roger kept command till he got his
im his address
commission and now has gone to one of
Over
the "B" class commissioning this next
?
week. He's in command there also and gets old lly,
11
his second stripe right away. So the
Sundowner has done him a good turn too.
I'm doing his job for him here but
believe me I would rather a thousand
Tax
times be afloat, but the boys say its
their turn this time. Perhaps there is
cretary.
something in that, but boys did I enjoy
the little effort over the other side.
The only thing both he and I were mad
about was that we were blocked from a
second run.
Cheerio and all of the best.
Yours very sincerely,
Nightoller
the that difficulties other there side was were on a bit the experienced of of breeze in and regard a little
boats first that the very ship, (4) it difficult warned did during It not for is to matter duty, quite the embark previous morning that clear, which troops, side from night of except the was the the 31st used. time water on May, the at was popple which lee so side smooth made on was of it
by way of intelligent anticipation, the of which the us small were I