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you et home alright, they have all forgotten, no wonder.
Frantically we kept running in front of the large red rick building which will be familiar to thousands, the remains of he white hot Crested Eagle still smouldering just eastward and still bey marched column after column through the gaps in the sand dunes.
Whilst serving the Destroyer H.M.S. 4.40 I could not get a volunteer from the soldiers to take the 3 or 4 ships life boats back to the shore "They were all done up".
I ordered Roy Brown to do so he did this without hesitation and continued this work for a considerable time, while his place on the Shamrock was taken over by a seaman lent to me by the Destroyer
Commander. The Princess Maud ventured in too close and was aground, scores waded out and climbed on board her but it was obvious she was to be another souvenir for Fritz.
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I was ordered by an officer of this Destroyer not to bring anymore wounded but my very next trip found me helping aboard a badly wounded young lad, for this I was shouted at by the same
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officer my reply was a rude army one which could not be withdrawn.
The officer was right, there was no room for medical attention on his ship, burp what could you do.
I took in tow 3 large Carley Floats one behind the other these were filled to capacity about 50 men in each standing up to their waists in water in the net inside.
My craft was well loaded too, we were just making for our
Destroyer when I was brought to a standstill, my ungine stopped the propeller had fouled, I believe a human @bstruction. There were many in the shallow water. I signalled the Canvey Queen to take me in tow and with a struggle against the tide she got us along side and every man got aboard o.k. one of them took my revolver from under my nose; its a way they have in the army. Naval men came down and tried to free the obstruction without success. I was too weak to dive under the thick black oil which surrounded us, so rather than be left sitting on our useless craft I asked to be taken on H. S. ship
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this was the last straw, having to leave my vessel which constituted ay life savings.
the followed fire expinguishers were taken on the Destroyer. Roy Brown
My spare fuel was taken off by a small Naval motor boat, one more glance at the beach.
me up quickly on board as she was about to leave. I took up youing prayed.
Sat down beneath a gun with my hands over my face and you
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Owing to the engines failing we had to leave with only a few
WE and proceeded back to Dunkirk W here we took five more load the shore which we were now able to do owing to the rising
Whilst these operations were being carried out we were bei

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ESTABLISHED 1905,
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DIRECTORS:
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HE DUKE OF SOMERSET, D.S.O.O.B.E.
London 11ᵗʰ hoo 1940
PHIL PADDON(MANAGING DIRECTOR)
HUGH KELLER.
SALES MANAGERI
ARTHUR VERLEY.
SECRETARY
Ouk. sent oth 15/4
MISS M.B. JAMES
Duection of sea Transport musisting of Shipping
Bukeley SG Aruse
Bukeley Sq WI,
INTERNATIONAL OF NON REGISTRA RECENVED 01 &I 113111811 W x d
Dear Lis ilst will reference ti your letter T.O. 9144 STN 6B.
at 2pm on 294 may 1940 Y
received a lilephine this age from the naval crutine, that my
Cruiser Silvery Breeye" was wanted: although I was having aboard and had ti remove all my personal sear and prepare the boat pm a roy age, filling up will wali, peliod eli X provisioning tw 3 days J. reported at Cadogan
Pier at 9 pm X handed over h the adminallis at 8.30 am.
one additional pleasure of
La runna
Owing to the engines failing we had to leave with only a few troop and WE proceeded back to Dunkirk W here we took five more loads off the shore which we were now able to do owing to the rising tide
Whilst these operations were being carried out we were being