Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch
Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch
The London Gazette Supplement 38017: Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay’s despatch on the evacuation of the Allied armies from Dunkirk and neighbouring beaches. OCR is stored for searching; the public table shows short research extracts and small page previews.
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17 JULY, 1947 33^3 keepers to swim or to wade out to the drifting Throughout the operation all engines con- boats which, had been cast away by the soldiers tinued to give trouble. Many engines were old on disembarkation. and almost all were of different types. Several 101. By -the night of the 30/3ist a consider- boats could not be used as they had diesel able number of collapsible boats and pontoons engines and no stokers or civilians trained in had been received from the Royal Engineers .these were available. Each engine, especially of the B.E.F. These were of great assistance the older ones, required careful n… |