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.

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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64	Log in to enlarge	LEWI Flue good GG & SMITH. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS. GROVELAND HOUSE, BOW LANE, FRANCIS LEGG.F.O.A. BASIL A.SMITH,LLD,FQA. FO.S.LONDON,F.C.A. LONDON, E.C.4. TELEPHONE: CITY 4301 (2 LINES) TELEGRAMS: ACCOLEGITH,PHONE,LONDON. 23rd December 1940. CABLES: ACCOLEGITH,LONDON. A.E.Scrace Esq., 251 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, S.W.15. Dear Scrace, Little Ship Club. If the War News Letter of the Club has not yet gone to press I should be glad if you could include a notice that.Casswell, K.C., of 2 Mitre Court Buildings, E.C.4. is anxious for information about the work of motor boats at Dunkirk. He had a notice in the Times somewhere about the 5th December as it is hoped to publish a book dealing with the yachtman's side of the question for the benefit of a charity if he can get enough matter from those who were engaged. He particularly wants names of persons and boats with dimensions of the boats and any information he can get as to their experiences, number of trips made and number of troops brought off. I was going to mention this to you on Friday if you had been at the Show, because Casswell is a very old friend of mine, we were at School together and he and I and another man are the Trustees of the Funds of the Old Boys' Club. Actually I have not seen him for some months and it was a friend who called my attention to the notice in the Times, knowing me as a Dunkirk motor boat man, but not realising that I know Casswell. Since then I have been in touch with Casswell and he particularly wants to get this brought to the notice of the Clubs. It was a very good show on Friday night, though a very small one, I think those who were there enjoyed themselves. he 0 Yours sincerely, Mind to more fuel on board and alongside ano machine get gun and ammunition on board. Taking out deck ship's masts a and putting on quay and fixing machine gun on - all harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to proceed outside in company with other yachts. Three other yachts make across fast astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running at half-speed to ease the strain of the tow ropes. Slight swell. The tow ropes of two of the yachts broke and they told to proceed on under own power. Arrived off Dunkir Dunkin were at 11.30 p.m. and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Moored past alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops on the Mole, and up the Canal for about 2 miles. board. Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40 Frenchmen.	Boat Broke London Sun Sun XV Francis Lane Legg Little Miles Richmond Smith

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LEWI
Flue
good
GG & SMITH.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS.
GROVELAND HOUSE,
BOW LANE,
FRANCIS LEGG.F.O.A.
BASIL A.SMITH,LLD,FQA.
FO.S.LONDON,F.C.A.
LONDON, E.C.4.
TELEPHONE: CITY 4301 (2 LINES)
TELEGRAMS: ACCOLEGITH,PHONE,LONDON.
23rd December 1940.
CABLES: ACCOLEGITH,LONDON.
A.E.Scrace Esq.,
251 Upper Richmond Road,
Putney, S.W.15.
Dear Scrace,
Little Ship Club.
If the War News Letter of the Club has not yet gone
to press I should be glad if you could include a notice
that .Casswell, K.C., of 2 Mitre Court Buildings, E.C.4.
is anxious for information about the work of motor boats at
Dunkirk. He had a notice in the Times somewhere about the
5th December as it is hoped to publish a book dealing with
the yachtman's side of the question for the benefit of a
charity if he can get enough matter from those who were
engaged.
He particularly wants names of persons and boats with
dimensions of the boats and any information he can get as
to their experiences, number of trips made and number of
troops brought off.
I was going to mention this to you on Friday if you
had been at the Show, because Casswell is a very old friend
of mine, we were at School together and he and I and another
man are the Trustees of the Funds of the Old Boys' Club.
Actually I have not seen him for some months and it was a
friend who called my attention to the notice in the Times,
knowing me as a Dunkirk motor boat man, but not realising
that I know Casswell. Since then I have been in touch with
Casswell and he particularly wants to get this brought to the
notice of the Clubs.
It was a very good show on Friday night, though a
very small one, I think those who were there enjoyed themselves.
he
0
Yours sincerely, Mind
to more fuel on board and alongside ano
machine get gun and ammunition on board. Taking out deck ship's
masts a and putting on quay and fixing machine gun on -
all harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed
ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to proceed
outside in company with other yachts. Three other yachts
make across fast astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running
at half-speed to ease the strain of the tow ropes. Slight
swell. The tow ropes of two of the yachts broke and they
told to proceed on under own power. Arrived off Dunkir Dunkin
were at 11.30 p.m. and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Moored
past alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops on
the Mole, and up the Canal for about 2 miles. board.
Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40 Frenchmen.