TNA / CAB 103 191

TNA CAB 103 191

Collection details

TNA CAB 103 191

Cabinet Office papers concerning the proposed publication of a book about Operation Dynamo and the 1940 evacuation from Dunkirk, dating from April 1949 to February 1950.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: CAB 103 191

View the archive catalogue entry ↗

Source: The National Archives, Kew, CAB 103/191. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing only document page 44. Show all matching pages ×

1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 44–44 of this collection

A note about image and OCR quality

Every reasonable effort has been made to present these document images as flat, straight and accurately cropped as possible. Historical records can be difficult to photograph or scan because of tight bindings, deep gutters, page curvature, folds, creases, fragile paper, uneven edges, shadows, glare, skewed pages, fading, stains, tears, attachments and restrictions on how a document may be handled. These conditions can distort parts of an image and consequently affect the OCR transcription.

Considerable post-production work has been undertaken to crop, align, flatten and enhance the images where practicable, but the results represent our best effort rather than exact facsimiles. Text showing through from the reverse of a page, printed backgrounds, stamps, ruled lines, marks and text visible from neighbouring pages may confuse or spoil OCR output. Handwriting is not reliably recognised and, in most places, may be missing, incomplete or incorrectly transcribed. Always check the page image and, where accuracy matters, consult the original record held by the identified archive.

OCR is not a transcription. It is machine-generated text used to create research tags and help locate names and references within the source images; it should not be read as a verified narrative.

Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
44	Log in to enlarge	8/150 4 Q.2./5539 THE WAR OFFICE, TNO WHITEHALL, S.W.1. LIOST SECRET. 28 May, 1940. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE ACCO ODATION AND DISPOSAL OF PERSONNEL EVACUATED FROM THE B.E.F. 1. The Plan falls into three Phases:- Phase (1) The receeption of personnel according to "Dynamo" 'lan and their indiscriminate allocation to Reception Areas already specified, namely:- Aldershot Command 30,000 Southern Command 150,000 Western Command 80,000 Northern Command 40,000 Phase (2) The re-distribution of:- (a) Divisional Troops to selected new Divisional Areas. (b) Corps and G.H.Q. Troops by arms to various "Re-organisation Centres": Phase (3) The final re-distribution of Corps and G.H.Q. Troops from "Re-organisation Centres" to new Corps Areas. 2. PHASE (1) has already been implemented and is proceeding according to "Dynamo" Hovement Instructions Q(Ii)2.a/43 Nos. 1 & 2, of 25/4/40 and 27/5/40 respectively. RD 3. PHASE (2) (i) G.H.Q. personnel to re-assemble in LONDON AREA. (ii) Divisional Troops will be sent from their Reception Areas to their Divisional Areas, which are allocated by Commands as follows:- NORTHERN COMMAND. 1 Division Yorkshire Administrative Area LEEDS and SHEFFIELD. 2 Division Yorkshire Administrative Area BRADFORD, HALIFAX, HUDDERSFIELD. 12 Division m NORTHUHBRIAN AREA. 42 Division I Corps North Midland Area, NOTTINGHAM, LEICESTER, DERBY. SCOTTISH COLLMAND. 5 Division (including 25 Inf. Bgde) 9th Divl. Area - ELGIN - ABERDEEN. SOUTHERN CONNAND/..	London May

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 44.

8/150
4
Q.2./5539
THE WAR OFFICE,
TNO
WHITEHALL, S.W.1.
LIOST SECRET.
28 May, 1940.
INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE ACCO ODATION AND DISPOSAL
OF PERSONNEL EVACUATED FROM THE B.E.F.
1.
The Plan falls into three Phases:-
Phase (1) The receeption of personnel according to
"Dynamo" 'lan and their indiscriminate allocation to
Reception Areas already specified, namely:-
Aldershot Command
30,000
Southern Command
150,000
Western Command
80,000
Northern Command
40,000
Phase (2) The re-distribution of:-
(a) Divisional Troops to selected new Divisional
Areas.
(b) Corps and G.H.Q. Troops by arms to various
"Re-organisation Centres" :
Phase (3) The final re-distribution of Corps and G.H.Q.
Troops from "Re-organisation Centres" to new Corps Areas.
2. PHASE (1) has already been implemented and is proceeding according
to "Dynamo" Hovement Instructions Q(Ii)2.a/43 Nos. 1 & 2,
of 25/4/40 and 27/5/40 respectively.
RD
3. PHASE (2) (i) G.H.Q. personnel to re-assemble in LONDON AREA.
(ii) Divisional Troops will be sent from their Reception
Areas to their Divisional Areas, which are allocated
by Commands as follows:-
NORTHERN COMMAND.
1 Division
Yorkshire Administrative
Area LEEDS and SHEFFIELD.
2 Division
Yorkshire Administrative
Area BRADFORD, HALIFAX,
HUDDERSFIELD.
12 Division
m
NORTHUHBRIAN AREA.
42 Division
I Corps
North Midland Area,
NOTTINGHAM, LEICESTER, DERBY.
SCOTTISH COLLMAND.
5 Division
(including 25 Inf. Bgde) 9th Divl. Area - ELGIN -
ABERDEEN.
SOUTHERN CONNAND/..