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
624	Log in to enlarge	535 From:- Sub.Lieut. R.A.Forbes. R.N.V.R. 505 To :- Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate. I submit my report as requested. I recommend my Engineer G.V. Peterson, a civilian, who volunteered and was signed on at Shaerness. He obeyed orders explicitly and behaved very well ports during operations off Dunkirk, even when, with a load of excited so th French soldiers a bomb fell close enough to blow off half my anchor. I would also recommend Sub.Lieut.R.N.V.R. Bates, Bellamy, Knight, Christian, Clarke and Laurie who were particularly te, energetic. Sub.Lieut. Clarke swam to the beach himself with a 12 line, to get some soldiers off. ALPI The Captain's Secretary. H.M.S. FERVENT. RAMSGATE.	Fervent Laurie Bates Christian Clarke Forbes Knight

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 624.

535
From :- Sub.Lieut. R.A.Forbes. R.N.V.R.
505
To
:- Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate.
I submit my report as requested. I recommend my Engineer
G.V. Peterson, a civilian, who volunteered and was signed on at
Shaerness. He obeyed orders explicitly and behaved very well
ports
during operations off Dunkirk, even when, with a load of excited
so th
French soldiers a bomb fell close enough to blow off half my
anchor. I would also recommend Sub.Lieut.R.N.V.R. Bates, Bellamy,
Knight, Christian, Clarke and Laurie who were particularly
te,
energetic. Sub.Lieut. Clarke swam to the beach himself with a
12
line, to get some soldiers off.
ALPI
The Captain's Secretary.
H.M.S. FERVENT.
RAMSGATE.