TNA / Unclassified 1

TNA Unclassified 1

Collection details

TNA Unclassified 1

A working collection of Operation Dynamo source material whose definitive National Archives catalogue reference is still being identified.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: Unclassified 1

Source: The National Archives, Kew, Unclassified 1. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
316	Log in to enlarge	OPERATION 230 NO. 19 SHIP:- BONNY BELLE MOTOR BOAT. STATEMENT BY 0 Name Service Ø G.H. Rose, Sto. 1st Cl. Went away in Bonny Selle with 2 0.8. they didn't know much about steering the boat Two ord. Sea. so he had to drive and stoor it at the same time. 2nd June, then they arrived Dunkirk a shell burst on the pier and sank a drifter alongside & jetty. Sto. went astern to avoid shapnel and can on to submerged wreckage. & Sub.Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. dame on board at and Sub. dived over the side and took & rope to the pior. The Sub.Lioutenant got some soldiers to give him & pull off the vrook. Enemy opened fires like daylight due to the blaze. Soldiers lot go of the rope and tookdover. The Sub.Lieutenant who vas on the plar with the soldiers told the boats crow to abandon ship and got out of # is soon as possible. The two 0.8. got on the side of the boat to get out and marly turned the boat over. Sto. had to get out after and leave kit and steaming de and everything. Sto. lose walked on the wreckage, which wan't deep, only up to waist then he Was taken off wrockage by a lifeboat thenos in & trawler thence to Dover.	Boat Drifter Rose De Dover Rose

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 316.

OPERATION
230
NO. 19
SHIP:- BONNY BELLE MOTOR BOAT.
STATEMENT BY 0
Name
Service
Ø
G.H. Rose, Sto. 1st Cl.
Went away in Bonny Selle with 2 0.8. they
didn't know much about steering the boat
Two ord. Sea.
so he had to drive and stoor it at the
same time. 2nd June, then they arrived
Dunkirk a shell burst on the pier and
sank a drifter alongside & jetty. Sto.
went astern to avoid shapnel and can on
to submerged wreckage. & Sub.Lieutenant,
R.N.V.R. dame on board at and Sub.
dived over the side and took & rope to
the pior. The Sub.Lioutenant got some
soldiers to give him & pull off the vrook.
Enemy opened fires like daylight due to
the blaze. Soldiers lot go of the rope and
tookdover. The Sub.Lieutenant who vas on
the plar with the soldiers told the boats
crow to abandon ship and got out of # is
soon as possible. The two 0.8. got on the
side of the boat to get out and marly
turned the boat over. Sto. had to get out
after and leave kit and steaming de and
everything. Sto. lose walked on the
wreckage, which wan't deep, only up to
waist then he Was taken off wrockage by
a lifeboat thenos in & trawler thence to
Dover.