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Photocopy of a ms letter (3pp), written in June 1940 to his uncle, recounting his experiences as a civilian volunteer who signed up to take small boats across to Dunkirk as part of Operation Dynamo in May 1940, and mentioning the circumstances of his volunteering, some of his fellow volunteers, the route taken to Dunkirk and the sights on arrival. Sub Lieutenant G W Elton was later killed, 7 June 1942.

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Cataloguer SJO

Object details

Category: Private papers
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: Elton, Geoffrey William
Production date: 1940-06
Dimensions: File: Weight 4.8 kg
Catalogue number: Documents.18808

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Elton, Geoffrey William
Elton, Geoffrey William
Associated events

Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk 1940, France and the Low Countries, Second World War
Associated items

Private Papers of Captain P J Elton
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Private Papers
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