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I was awfully interested in her previous performances and should
certainly prize the L.C. club pennant you so generously offer, as a souvenir
of the "Bonnie Heather" and the ghastly time we went through together.
I left the B.H. immediately after the Evacuation was completed and
rejoined my own vessel andarmed Escort Trawler and resumed the peaceful
occupation of ordinary warfare.
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I understand I have to attend an Investiture in the near future.
Trusting I have not bored you with this account, which I regret
to say does not do justice to your famous little vessel.
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Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) C. W. Read.
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that carry VA manang arrangements with employers, etc. so
back to town very regretfully by train.
few of them felt able to sign on for a month and veni
The opportunity of playing boats for a month with the
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seemed to me too good to miss in any case, and I had bue
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but toured there was some difficulty in getting signed on and Tic
able to warn my partners that I should be away for a bith
late Sheerness Dockyard interviewing mumerous people TI
accurate in the afternoon and by about 17.00 had formed a TW
to be 1dea what the job was and was quite determined was that
supervising the fuel and victualling of the motor be 4b
put off, so appealed to the Commodore himself with few
the basin. Within half-an-hour of explaining to
night's