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British NCO served with 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, 7th Guards Bde, 3rd Infantry Div during Dunkirk Evacuation, France, 5/1940
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REEL 1 Recollection of operations as NCO with 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, 7th Guards Bde, 3rd Infantry Div at Dunkirk, France, 5/1940: orders to leave for beach; character of march to La Panne; arrival on beach; taking cover from aircraft; presence of horses and other animals on beach; sleeping in dunes; calling roll; sight of ships being attacked by aircraft; joining queue to get into boat; swimming out to boat; abandoning chance to get to GB; return to beach; looted items; swimming to long boat; climbing aboard HMS Ivanhoe and fate of long boat; abandoning ship after bombing; climbing aboard minesweeper HMS Speedwell; acting as machine gun crew; situation at Dunkirk harbour; reaction to sight of battalion arriving in good order at Dover, GB.
