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TNA ADM 334 83

TNA ADM 334 83
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TNA ADM 334 83

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

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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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EGG & SMITH.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS.
GROVELAND HOUSE,
BOW LANE
J. FRANCIS LEGG.F.C.A.
BASIL A.SMITH,LLD.,FC.A.
F.O.S.LONDON,F.G.A.
LONDON, E.C.4.
TELEPHONE: CITY 4301 (2 LINES)
TELEGRAMS: ACCOLEGITH,PHONE,LONDON.
10th October 1940.
CABLES: ACCOLEGITH,LONDON.
W. B. Louard Esq.,
14 Wood Lane,
FALMOUTH.
Dear Louard,
Little Ship Club, Dunkirk.
In reply to your letter of 7th October, the Ministry of Shipping paid for the repairs to "Constant Nymph" and also paid my claim for lost gear, such as compass, etc.
Of course the claim had to be at cost and there is a very considerable loss as everything is costing more to replace and some of the more expensive things, such as compass, were new in the summer of 1939.
No Article on Dunkirk would be complete without referring to our traffic policeman whom I mention in my
Notes. He was an elderly man in his shirt sleeves, smoking a pipe and reading of newspaper, sitting on of kitchen chair outside the wheel house of a Naval Drifter off the North
Foreland. I presumed the Drifter was in wireless communication with the shore, and every ship, this did not affect motor boats carrying only a few troops, closed with this Drifter and asked the shirt-sleeved gentleman where this lot should be taken, and the shirt-sleeved gentleman took the pipe out of his mouth, looked up from his paper for a moment, and gave them the name of the port to receive their packet.
I should like to have been able to show Hitler and
Goering of Air Force fame this terrified gentleman!
Yours sincerely,
Botman difficulties were experienced in regard that there was a bit of a breeze and a little popple on the other side on the morning of the 31st May, which made it very difficult to embark troops, except on the lee side of the ship, during the previous night the water was so smooth that it did not matter which side was used.
(4) It is quite clear, from the time at which I was first warned for duty, that the Navy collected the small boats by way of intelligent anticipation, many of us were
Constant Nymph Drifter London Few Francis Lane Lee Legg Little May Smith

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EGG & SMITH.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS.
GROVELAND HOUSE,
BOW LANE
J. FRANCIS LEGG.F.C.A.
BASIL A.SMITH,LLD.,FC.A.
F.O.S.LONDON,F.G.A.
LONDON, E.C.4.
TELEPHONE: CITY 4301 (2 LINES)
TELEGRAMS: ACCOLEGITH,PHONE,LONDON.
10th October 1940.
CABLES: ACCOLEGITH,LONDON.
W. B. Louard Esq.,
14 Wood Lane,
FALMOUTH.
Dear Louard,
Little Ship Club, Dunkirk.
In reply to your letter of 7th October, the Ministry
of Shipping paid for the repairs to "Constant Nymph" and
also paid my claim for lost gear, such as compass, etc.
Of course the claim had to be at cost and there is a very
considerable loss as everything is costing more to replace
and some of the more expensive things, such as compass, were
new in the summer of 1939.
No Article on Dunkirk would be complete without
referring to our traffic policeman whom I mention in my
Notes. He was an elderly man in his shirt sleeves, smoking
a pipe and reading of newspaper, sitting on of kitchen chair
outside the wheel house of a Naval Drifter off the North
Foreland. I presumed the Drifter was in wireless communication
with the shore, and every ship, this did not affect motor
boats carrying only a few troops, closed with this Drifter
and asked the shirt-sleeved gentleman where this lot should
be taken, and the shirt-sleeved gentleman took the pipe
out of his mouth, looked up from his paper for a moment, and
gave them the name of the port to receive their packet.
I should like to have been able to show Hitler and
Goering of Air Force fame this terrified gentleman!
Yours sincerely,
Botman
difficulties were experienced in regard
that there was a bit of a breeze and a little popple on
the other side on the morning of the 31st May, which made it
very difficult to embark troops, except on the lee side of
the ship, during the previous night the water was so smooth
that it did not matter which side was used.
(4) It is quite clear, from the time at which I was
first warned for duty, that the Navy collected the small
boats by way of intelligent anticipation, many of us were