Air Vice-Marshal Michael D. Lyne, CB, AFC, MBIM, DL—RAF, 19th Fighter Squadron
George M. McClorry, MM—RNR, Whale Island
Ivan McGowan—BEF, 57th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; HMS Express
Capt. B.D.O. Maclntyre, DSC—RN, HMS Excellent
Capt. A. M. McKillop, DSC—RN, Block Ships, Westcove
W. McLean—BEF, 1st Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders; St. Andrew
A. A. McNair—BEF, Royal Artillery, 5th Division
H. P. Mack—RN, HMS Gossamer, Comfort
Brig. P.E.S. Mansergh, OBE—BEF, 3rd Division, Signais
A.N.T. Marjoram—RAF, 220th Bomber Squadron
Frederick William Marlow—BEF, 44th Division, Signals; Royal Daffodil
Douglas J. W. Marr—BEF; HMS Venomous
R. W. Marsh—BEF, Royal Engineers, 698th General Construction Company
Arthur Marshall—BEF, 2nd Corps, Internal Security Unit
J. W. Martin—RN, HMS Saladin
A. J. Maskell—BEF, The Buffs
R. T. Mason—BEF, Signals, attached to 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
Lt.-Cdr. W.J. Matthews—RN, Secretary to Commander of Minesweepers, Dover
Arthur May—BEF, Royal Artillery, 3rd Medium Regiment
H. T. May—BEF, 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Pip Megrath—civilian, village near Guildford, return of troops
Kenneth W. Meiklejohn—BEF, Royal Artillery, 58th Field Regiment, and 65th Field Regiment, Chaplain; Isle of Man
Capt. D.B.N. Mellis, DSC—RN, HMS Malcolm
Harold Meredith—BEF, RASC, with Royal Engineers at Maginot Line
*Syd Metcalfe—BEF, Signals
N. F. Minter—BEF, RAMC, 4th Division, 12th Field Ambulance
Wilfrid L. Miron—BEF, 9th Sherwood Foresters
E. Montague—civilian, return of troops
Philip Moore—BEF, RASC, 50th Division, 11th Troop Carrying Company
Maj. S.T. Moore, TD—BEF, RASC, attached to 32nd Field Regiment; HMS Oriole, HMS Lord Collingwood
R. W. Morford—Merchant Navy, captain of Hythe
T.J. Morgan—civilian, Gallions Reach
Maj.-Gen. James L. Moulton, CB, DSO, OBE—Royal Marines, Staff officer, GHQ,
W. Murphy—civilian, Dover, return of troops
R. A. Murray Scott, MD—BEF, RAMC, 1st Field Ambulance, 1st Guards Brigade
Arthur Myers—BEF, RASC, Mobile Workshop
F. Myers—BEF, Royal Artillery, attached to 2nd Grenadier Guards
Lt.-Col. E. R. Nanney Wynn—BEF, 3rd Division, Signals; HMS Sandown
John W. Neeves—RN, HMS Calcutta
Eddie Newbould—BEF, 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Philip Newman, MD—BEF, RAMC, 12th Casualty Clearing Station
R. Nicholson—BEF, GDSM Company Runner
G.F. Nixon—RN, naval shore party; Lord Southborough
F. Noon—BEF, Royal Artillery, 53rd Field Regiment, 126th Brigade; HMS Whitshed W.C.P. Nye—BEF, 4th Royal Sussex Regiment
W. Oakes—BEF, 7th Cheshire Regiment
W. H. Osborne, C. Eng., FRI, NA—civilian, William Osborne Ltd., boatyard, Littlehampton
George Paddon—BEF, 2nd Dorset Regiment; HMS Anthony
Leslie R. Page—BEF, RAOC, 44th Division
T. Page—BEF, RASC, II Corps
Mary Palmer—civilian, Ramsgate, return of troops
James V. Parker—RN, 2nd Chatham Naval Barracks, beaches; HMS Grenade
Maj. C. G. Payne—BEF, Royal Artillery, 69th Medium Regiment; Tynwald
Thomas F. Payne—BEF, 4th Royal Sussex Regiment; HMS Medway Queen
Grace Pearson—civilian, GPO, Bournemouth, return of troops
L. A. Pell—BEF, Royal Engineers
Rear-Adm. Pelly, CB, DSO—RN, HMS Windsor
N.J. Pemberton—BEF, 2nd Middlesex Regiment
Brig. G.W.H. Peters—BEF, 2nd Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Pamela Phillimore—WRNS, naval headquarters, Dover
Lt.-Col. John W. Place—BEF, 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment
H. Playford—civilian, Naval Store House of H. M. Dockyard, Sheerness
T. J. Port—RN, HMS Anthony
F.J. Potticary—BEF, 1st/5th Queen’s Royal Regiment; Royal Daffodil
J. W. Poulton—BEF, Royal Artillery, 65th Heavy And-Aircraft Regiment
Lt.-Cdr. H. B. Poustie, DSC—RN, HMS Keith, St. Abbs
Stan Priest—BEF, RAMC, III Corps; Mona’s Isle
Kathleen M. Prince—civilian, Bournemouth, return of troops
David W. Pugh, DSO, MD, FRCP—RNVR, HMS Whitshed, HMS Hebe
M. F. Purdy—civilian, London, return of troops
Edgar G. A. Rabbets—BEF, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment
Mrs. R. L. Raft—civilian, Ramsgate, return of troops
Maj. I.F.R. Ramsay—BEF, 2nd Dorset Regiment
R.R.C. Rankin—BEF, GHQ, Signals
Maj.-Gen. R. St. G. T. Ransome, CB, CBE, MC—BEF, I Corps HQ.
Col. M. A. Rea, OBE, MB—BEF, RAMC, Embarkation Medical Officer
Eric Reader—BEF, Royal Engineers, 293rd Field Park Company, III Corps; HMS Brighton Belle, HMS Gracie Fields
Edith A. Reed—ATS, BEF, GHQ, 2nd Echelon, Margate
James Reeves—BEF, 2nd Essex Regiment
A. G. Rennie—BEF, Royal Artillery, 140th Army Field Regiment; Côte d’Argent
Walter G. Richards—BEF, RASC, No. 2 L of C Railhead Company, based at Albert (Somme)
Gen. Sir Charles Richardson, GCB, CBE, DSO—BEF, 4th Division, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General
D. G. Riddall—BEF, Royal Artillery, Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
C. A. Riley—BEF, Royal Engineers; HMS Codrington
H.J. Risbridger—BEF, RASC; HMS Icarus
George A. Robb—RN, Isle of Thanet
Kenneth Roberts—BEF, RAMC, 141st Field Ambulance; HMS Worcester
W. Roberts, MM—BEF, 1st East Lancashire Regiment
Maj. R. C. Robinson—BEF, Royal Artillery, 85th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
H. Rogers—BEF, Royal Artillery, Signals
Alfred Rose—BEF, Royal Artillery, 63rd Medium Regiment
Capt. Stephen Roskill—RN, Dynamo Room, Dover
Tom Roslyn—BEF
P. H. Rowley—BEF, 4th Division, Signals
R. L. Rylands—BEF, HQ, 12th Infantry Brigade
F. C. Sage—BEF, RASC, I Corps, Petrol Company
E. A. Salisbury—BEF, 4th Division, Signals
Dr. Ian Samuel, OBE—BEF, RAMC, 6th Field Ambulance
A. D. Saunders, BEM—RN, HMS Jaguar
Frank Saville—BEF, 2nd Cameronians
Maj. Ronald G. H. Savory—RASC, Ramsgate, Dunkirk beaches; Foremost 101
W.J.U. Sayers—BEF, Royal Sussex Regiment; HMS Wolsey
E.A.G. Scott—BEF, Royal Engineers
Guy Scoular, OBE, MBChB, DPH—BEF, RAMC, 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment; HMS Codrington
Maj. M.C.P. Scratchley—BEF, RAOC, 3rd Army Field Workshop
Lt.-Col. W. H. Scriven—BEF, RAMC; HMS Shikari
Robert Seviour—BEF, 2nd Dorset Regiment
Herbert G. Sexon—BEF, RAOC, 1st East Surrey Regiment
R. Shattock—BEF, Royal Artillery, 32nd Field
Regiment Reginald B. Short—BEF, Royal Artillery, 57th Field Regiment
Leslie R. Sidwell—civilian, Cotswolds, return of troops
A. E. Sleight—BEF, Royal Artillery, 60th Army Field Regiment; HMS Salamander
Maj. A. D. Slyfield, MSM—BEF, Royal Artillery, 20th Anti-Tank Regiment; Hythe
B. Smales—BEF, headquarters clerk, Signals
Douglas H. Smith—BEF, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment
Evan T. Smith—BEF, RASC; HMS Jaguar
Leslie M. Smith—BEF, Royal Artillery, 58th Field Regiment; Beagle
Capt. George G. H. Snelgar—BEF, RASC, motor transport company
Col. D. C. Snowdon, TD—BEF, 1stQueen�
�s Royal Regiment; Mona ‘s Isle
Mrs. Gwen Sorrill—Red Cross nurse, Birmingham, return of troops
Christopher D. South—BEF, Hopkinson British Military Mission, Belgium; HMS Worcester
E.J. Spinks—BEF, Royal Artillery, gunner
H. Spinks—BEF, 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers
James Spirritt—BEF, RASC, 4th Division; HMS Abel Tasman
Kenneth Spraggs—BEF, Royal Artillery, 92nd Field Regiment
Raie Springate—civilian, Ramsgate; Fervant
J. S. Stacey—RNR, HMS Brighton Belle
John W. Stacey—BEF, Signals, No. 1 HQ, Signals; HMS Javelin
A. Staines—RN, HMS Hebe
Wing Commander Robert Stanford-Tuck, DSO, DFC—RAF, 92nd Fighter Squadron
Jeanne Michez Stanley—French civilian married to BEF S/Sgt. Gordon Stanley
R.J. Stephens—BEF, Royal Artillery, 2nd Searchlight Regiment
Charles Stewart—BEF, Royal Engineers, 209th Field Company
Rowland Stimpson—civilian, Burgess Hill, return of troops
G. S. Stone—RAF, Lysander spotter plane W. Stone—BEF, 5th Royal Sussex Regiment
H.W. Stowell, DSC, VRD—RNVR, HMS Wolfhound
William Stratton—BEF, RASC, troop carrier; HMS Harvester
Samuel Sugar—BEF, RASC, 50th Division; HMS Grafton
F. Summers—French Navy, St. Cyr; Dunkirk itself
Mrs. E.J. Sumner—civilian, Kent, return of troops
S. Sumner—BEF, Royal Fusiliers
Lt.-Col. G. S. Sutcliff, OBE, TD—BEF, 46th Division, 139th Brigade; HMS Windsor
John Tandy—BEF, 1st Grenadier Guards
John Tarry—Merchant Navy, Lady Southborough
Lt.-Cdr. Arthur C. Taylor, MM, Chevalier de l’Or—RNR, Calais
Billy Taylor—BEF, Royal Artillery, Heavy Anti-Aircraft
Gordon A. Taylor—BEF, RASC, 1st Division
L. Taylor—civilian, Local Defence Volunteer Force, Isle of Sheppey
Maj. R. C. Taylor—BEF, ist East Surrey Regiment, Signals; St. Andrew
James E. Taziker—BEF, Royal Artillery, 42nd Division
Col. N.B.C. Teacher, MC—BEF, Royal Artillery, 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
A. H. Tebby—BEF, 1st King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Dora Thorn—civilian, Margate, return of troops
J. P. Theobald—BEF, Royal Artillery, 58th Medium Regiment
Syd Thomas—BEF, I Corp, 102nd Provost Company
S. V. Holmes Thompson—BEF, Royal Artillery, 3rd Searchlight Regiment; Queen of the Channel
D. Thorogood—BEF, 2nd Coldstream Guards
W. H. Thorpe—RNR, HMS Calvi
H. S. Thuillier, DSO—BEF, Royal Artillery, 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment; HMS Shikari
F. Tidey—BEF, 2nd Royal Norfolk Regiment
S. V. Titchener—BEF, RASC
Col. Robert P. Tong—BEF, Staff officer, GHQ
C. W. Trowbridge—BEF, Royal Artillery, 1st Medium Regiment
Joseph Tyldesley—BEF, RASC, attached to No. 2 Artillery Company GHQ,
Derek Guy Vardy—BEF, Royal Artillery; HMS Dundalk
W. R. Voysey—BEF, 3rd Division, Signals
Maj.-Gen. D.A.L. Wade—BEF, GHQ, Signals
C. Wagstaff—BEF, Royal Artillery, searchlight detachment
Dr. David M. Walker—BEF, RAMC, 102nd Casualty Clearing Station; Prague
George Walker—RN, HMS Havant
William S. Walker—BEF, Royal Artillery, 5th Medium Regiment
Fred E. Walter—BEF, 1st Queen Victoria’s Rifles
Rupert Warburton—BEF, 48th Division, Provost Company
Alwyn Ward—BEF, RAOC, 9th Army Field Workshop
W.J. Warner—BEF, Royal Artillery, 60th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Noel Watkin—BEF, Royal Artillery, 67th Field Regiment; Prague
J. T. Watson—BEF, RAMC, General Hospital No. 6
Maj. Alan G. Watts—BEF, 2nd Dorset Regiment
Capt. O. M. Watts—civilian, London, recruiting for Little Ships
E. C. Webb—BEF, Royal Artillery, 99th Field Regiment; HMS Vrede, HMS Winchelsea
S. G. Webb—BEF, Royal Artillery, 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment
Frank S. Westley—BEF, Signals
F.G.A. Weston—BEF, RASC; Maid of Orleans
George White—BEF, 7th Green Howards
Sir Meredith Whittaker—BEF, 5th Green Howards
H. Whitton—BEF, 4th Division, Signals
Miss G. E. Williams—nursing sister, hospital ship St. David
Maj. G. L. Williams—BEF, 3rd Division, 8th Field Ambulance
S/Sgt. W. G. Williams—BEF, RASC, 44th Division
Maj. Gordon D. Wilmot—BEF, 2nd Royal Scottish Fusiliers
George T. Wilson—BEF, King’s Own Royal Regiment
S.J. Wilson—BEF, Royal Engineers
Brigadier R. C. Windsor Clive—BEF, 2nd Coldstream Guards
C. E. Wingfield—BEF, 3rd Division, Royal Engineers
Mrs. F.A.M. Wood—Public Health Nurse, Bournemouth, return of troops
C. Woodford—BEF, Infantry, The Buffs; HMS Whitehall
G. N. Woodhams, TD—BEF, Royal Artillery, Anti-Aircraft
N. D. Woolland—BEF, Royal Engineers
Frank Woolliscroft—BEF, RASC, 42nd Division
E. S. Wright, MM—BEF, 42nd W/T Section, Signals
Percy H. Yorke—BEF, RAMC, 149th Field Ambulance; HMS Princess Elizabeth
Robert M. Zakovitch—BEF, French interpreter, attached to 4th Brigade
Index
A | B | C | D | E
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | Q | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y | Z
Aa Canal, 27, 29, 30, 36, 69, See also “Canal Line”
Abbeville, 6, 16, 26
Abrial, Admiral Jean, 76, 78, 94, 110, 143, 179-83, 229-30, 252, 256, 259, 268, 269
Ackrell, Corporal P. C. 55, 128
Adam, Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald. 37, 76, 78, 81
Admiralty: “Dynamo” implemented, 37, 41, 46, 58; French, relations with, 91, 109; destroyers, use of, 86, 144-45, 168, 228; Wake-Walker sent, 152; daylight operations ended; 229-30; “Dynamo” ends, 259, See also Little Ships; Small Vessels Pool
Ailly, 256
Alaurent, General. 267, 274
Albert, 3, 21
ALC (Army Landing Craft), 89, 140, See also Little Ships
Alexander, Major-General Harold; 166, 171, 180-83, 229-30, 246-47
Allan. Gunner P. D., 76
Allison, Commander, 228
Amiens, 6, 16, 18, 21
Anthony, 87
Antiaircraft guns, 80-81
Antitank guns, 3, 13, 21
Archdale, Major O. A., 92
Armentieres, 35, 54, 150
Arras, 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 29, 30, 51, 167; counterattack at, 18-19, 27, 273
Atrocities, by SS units, 74, 106-7
Audresselles, 69
Auphan, Captain Paul. 90, 92, 174, 175, 193
Aura, 225
Austin, Captain John, 76, 235
Austin. Captain R. C., 129
Autocarrier, 244, 248
Bacchus, Private Bill, 52
Backhouse, Admiral Sir Roger, 42, 270
Baker, Sergeant Jack, 70
Baldwin, Private Alfred, 189
Barker, Lieutenant-General Michael, 112, 171, 181
Barnard, Private Oliver, 145
Barris, Seaman Bill, 212
Barthélémy, General, 261
Bartlett, Captain Basil, 123-24
Bartlett, Seaman George, 98
Basilisk, 216-17, 219
Bassett, Colonel Sam, 48
Bastion 32 (French Headquarters, Dunkirk), 36, 76, 94, 100, 179-83, 229, 256, 259, 266
Batson, Lance Corporal Fred, 81
Beamish, Captain Tufton, 13, 278
Beaufrère, General, 200, 234, 266, 267
Beckwith-Smit, Brigadier, M B., 34
Belg
ium: Allied advance into, 8, 12; Allied withdrawal from, 2, 6, 8-12; participation in fighting, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 36, 78; surrender of, 100-104, 134, 150, 175
Bellamy, Basil, 45, 89
Ben-My-Chree, 223, 241
Bennett. Private C. N., 186
Bennett, 2nd Lieutenant John S. W., 165
Bennett, Sub-Lieutenant Peter, 161, 196
Bergues, 36, 76, 78, 79, 200, 232, 250
Bergues-Furnes Canal, 147, 200, 231-33
Berry, W. Stanley. 40, 41, 46, 89
Berthon, Captain, 216-17, 219
Biddneph, Commander M. A. O., 189
Bideford, 142
Bill, Lieutenant Robin, 131, 135, 138-39, 278
Billotte, General Gaston, 16, 18, 20, 21
Birnbacher, Captain-Lieutenant Heinz, 119, 120
Blackburn, Staff Sergeant Reg, 125
Blanchard, General J. G. M., 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 76, 78, 92, 100, 108, 110, 146, 181
Block ships, 251-52, 260-61
Blumentritt, Colonel Guenther, 64
Bock, General Colonel Fedor von, 3, 21, 22, 25, 32, 33, 105, 150, 197
Bonnie Heather, 193
Booth, Lieutenant-Commander B. R., 139
Border Regiment, 5th Battalion, 232
Bougrain, General, 146
Boulogne, 16, 17, 18, 21, 26, 33, 41-43, 48, 61, 62, 69
Bourbourg, 25, 27, 272
Bourrasque, 169
Boydd, Private Paddy, 189
Boyes Anti-Tank Rifles, 13, 107, 200, 233
Brammall. Lieutenant C. V., 68
Brauchitsch, General Colonel Walther von, 30, 31, 210
Brav-Dunes, 79, 112-15, 120, 122, 123, 124, 128, 139, 146, 151, 152, 153, 162, 186, 188, 190, 196, 207-8, 216, 224, 235, 249
Brennecke, General Major Kurt, 209
Bridgeman, Lieutenant-Colonel the Viscount, 15, 20, 22, 36, 37, 78, 79, 80, 107, 182, 217
Bridges, Lance Sergeant John. 201-2, 206, 212-15
Brighton Belle, 117
Brighton Queen, 222
British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 3, 6, 24 General Headquarters (GHQ): Arras. 1, 2, 7, 15, 16, 51; Boulogne, 19, 61; Hazebrouck, 16; la Panne, 80, 81, 111, 171, 180-82, 184; Dunkirk, 19, 183, Corps: I, 22, 79, 112, 171, 181; II, 10, 79, 104, 112, 128, 146, 171, 203: III, 10, 49, 79, 112, Divisions: 1st, 171, 180; 2nd, 33, 34, 74; 3rd, 15, 104-5, 145, 186; 4th, 22, 36, 49, 278; 23rd, 13; 44th, 34, 49, 50, 109, 125, 145; 48th, 34, 35, 107; 50th, 49, 54, 104, Brigades: 7th Guards, 146, 180; 8th, 199; 30th, 61, 62; 127th, 186; 143rd, 108; 144th, 106, Corps of Military Police, II, 104, 125, 188; 102nd Provost Company, 164-66, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), Field Ambulance: 6th, 142; 12th, 125; 13th, 52; 145th, 186; RAMC. Casually Clearing Station: 12th, 261-66, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 55; 2nd Ordnance Field Park, 35, 49, 50, 52, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). 49, 52, 81;1st Division Petrol Company, 124; 508th Petrol Company, 126; 85th Command Ammunition Depot, 128; No. I Troop Carrying Company, 49, Royal Artillery, 6: Anti-Aircraft, 2nd Brigade, 80; Field Regiments: 32nd, 8-10; 53rd, 233, 237, 239; 58th, 76, 110, 271; 99th, 235; 229th Field Battery, 70; 60th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 35; Medium Regiments: 3rd, 54; 5th, 50; Searchlight Regiments: 2nd Battalion, 35; 12th Battery, 79, Royal Corps of Signals (Signals), 10, Royal Engineers, Corps of, 53, 79, 106: 216th Field Company, 1; 250th Field Company, 76, 165-66; 573rd Field Squadron, 49, See also individual regiments
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