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5904          SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 OCTOBER, 1941

    The initial scheme provided for the formation    The Welfare of the Force
 of temporary maintenance dep&ts near the ports         23. The health of the Force has been good
 of Brest and Nantes, but it was soon evident        and the number of troops in the care of medical
that, with so long a line of communication,          units has never exceeded 2-8 per cent, of the
an advanced base was required.                       strength of the Force, despite the unusually
    The use of the port of Havre had at first        severe weather conditions in December and
 been considered undesirable owing to certain        January.
geographical and technical difficulties in the          I wish to express my appreciation of the work
 air defence of the docks. These were, however,      of the Royal Army Medical Corps under my
overcome in mid-November, and an Advanced            Director of Medical Services, Major General
 Base area is now being established near this        J. W. L. Scott.
 port with the co-operation of the French               The arrangements for leave came into force
 authorities, while Field Supply Depdts are being    on i8th December. The numbers permitted
set up further forward. By mid-December,            to be absent on leave at any one time are based
the staff of the Movement Control were working       on the percentage of strength which can be spared
some ninety stations, while fourteen ports were      from the Force. By the end of January ten
in use for landing personnel, animals and stores.   days' leave home had been granted to some sixty
Through these ports, a quarter of a million men,    thousand of all ranks and compassionate leave
forty-five thousand mechanical vehicles and a       had also been granted in deserving cases.
monthly tonnage varying from sixty to one
hundred thousand tons of stores of all kinds            The question of leave was worked out in
were imported and distributed to their various      great detail by the Adjutant General, Lieutenant
areas and reserve dep6ts.                           General Sir Douglas Brownrigg, and the members
                                                    of his staff.
    Works projects of great magnitude have been
in progress from the outset, and the problems           The Expeditionary Force Institutes have now
of accommodation have been many and complex.        established some ninety institutes open on the
An extensive programme of building and hutting      Lines of Communication and bulk stores have
for depdts, hospitals and reinforcement camps       been established in forward areas to enable units
was put in hand, together with installations for    to replenish their own canteens. The same
electric light and power, the bulk storage of       organisation is providing concert parties and
petrol and so on. A vast amount of minor            mobile cinemas, and a proportion of the troops
work in connection with accommodation has           are able to visit each week one of the enter-
been carried out by the Royal Engineers.            tainments provided by the Entertainments
                                                    National Services Association.
    Railway construction at depdts and aero-
dromes has been undertaken by the Trans-                I am likewise grateful to those organisations
portation Services under very adverse weather       which have co-operated so whole-heartedly with
conditions.                                         the Royal Army Chaplains Department in
                                                    attending to the welfare of the troops.
   The complicated nature of modern military
equipment has added greatly to the work of the         Amongst these are the Catholic Women's
Royal Army Ordnance Corps, as regards both          Guild, The Army Scripture Readers' Association,
storeholding and repair. Great difficulty has       The Church Army, The Church of Scotland,
been experienced in finding suitable accommo-       Toe H, The Salvation Army, The Young Men's
dation for depdts and workshops at the bases,       Christian Association, and the Young Women's
more especially since the whole of the resources    Christian Association.
of France are engaged at high pressure on her           The despatch and delivery of mails takes place
own war industries. New installations have          with regularity, and more than nine thousand
therefore been planned and are now under            bags of mail have been handled in one day by
construction.                                       the Postal Service. The necessity for censor-
   The maintenance of mechanical vehicles has       ship is fully realized, but there has been no
received constant attention and the number of       delay in the time taken in the transit of mail
road accidents, and consequently of repairs,        for an ever increasing force.
has been greatly reduced through measures              The great distances between forward troops
taken by the Provost Service to enforce road        and the base made it necessary to depart from
discipline.                                         the old established procedure whereby the 2nd
   The labour problem bids fair to become one       Echelon of the Adjutant General's Branch has
of great magnitude, and its solution may be         always been located in the theatre of war.
difficult. As no adequate labour force was          This office is now established in Margate,
available on mobilisation, the gap was filled       and the move has been fully justified by the
by the temporary use of cavalry and infantry        increased speed with which matters are now
reservists. Later, the Auxiliary Military Pioneer   handled.
Corps absorbed the various labour units already
in France. This Corps has carried out cheer-        Training and Organisation.
fully and efficiently the important, but often         24. The absence of fighting has -afforded
unexciting tasks allotted to its units.             opportunities to continue the training of the
    I am grateful to the Government of India        Force. Weapon training has been possible for
for the high standard of the animal transport       almost every unit, and thanks to the co-opera-
units sent to France, which have proved their       tion of the French Army, artillery practice
usefulness on many occasions.                       camps have been held and other training
   Major General P. de Fonblanque, General          facilities provided. Exercises with troops in-
Officer Commanding, Lines of Communication          volving road movement on a large scale have
Area, has under his command the greatest part       been held and much progress has been made
of the undertakings described above. They           in the technique of co-operation with the Royal
now cover almost one third of France, stretching    Air Force.
from Dunkirk to Brest and from Cherbourg to            About eight hundred and fifty officers and
Marseilles.                                         non-commissioned officers have been sent home


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CONFIDENTIAL.
MESSAGE 0746/3rd June
OUT.
To. V.A. Dover, 438.
Date 3.6.40
Repeated C. in C. Nore. 922.
20
C. in C. Portsmouth. 245,
F.O. 1/c London.
Commodore 1/c Sheerness. 618.
F.O.1/c Portland. 567.
N.O.i/c Ramegate.
N.O.1/c Newhaven.
War Office.
P/L BY T/P
From Admiralty.
IMPORTANT.
Reference Admiralty mesuage 2321/1,
instructions regarding disposal of tugs and lighters
should be amended as follows so far as craft named
are concerned:-
(1) Following London tugs which were requisitioned
specially for Operation should be returned to
CHALLENGE, CONTEST, PERSIA, RACIA, CERVIA, TANGA
Gravesend - -
HIBERNIA, CRESTED COCK, OCEAN COCK, WATERCOCK,
They should be utilised as fully as possible
SUN, SUN X, SUN XI, SUN XII, BETTY.
for towage of craft or boats to be returned to
the Thames or elsewhere en route.
(ii) Under-mentioned tugs which are under orders of
D. of S.T. should proceed as follows:-
(a) EMPIRE HENCHMAN to Portsmonth with barges
SNOWDON and SALADIN for N.S.O. These carges were
left at Ramsgate by tug TANGA on 29th May.
pair of barges from those mentioned in (v) Below
(b) FOREMOST 37 to Weymouth with any convenient
sufficiently seaworthy, for towage as in (1)
(c) FAIRPLAY I to Gravesend being used, if
above. (d) GONDIA to Fishguard with barges SARK and
SHETLAND. These barges ware left at Dover on
20th May by FOREMOST 87.
(iii) Tugs SUN VII and FOREMOST 23 should return to
station at Southend and Newhaven respectively
taking any convenient tow.
(iv) If any of the tuge named above are required to
assist in other more urgent towages arrangementa
should be made by you direct with D. of S.T.
Crews of EMPIRE HENCHMAN, GONDIA and FOREMOST 87
may be given at your discretion up to 24 hours
standeasy before proceeding Westward.
(v) The barges JAPAN, KENYA, EGYPT, APRICA, LONDON
and SCOTLAND which arrived Dover from Tilbury
on 2nd June should not repetition not be
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MINISTRY OF SHIPPING.
CONFIDENTIAL
MESSAGE.
0748/3rd June
OUT
COSPIDENTIAL
286
To V.A.Dover, 488
& 4 OF THEM STATE 1
DATE 5.6.40
Repeated 0. in C. Nore. 982
Rejoy 0. in O. Portsmouth 245.
P.O. 1/c London.
0
Commodore 1/c Sheerness 618.
SENT
Cortland 567.
616
N.O. 1/c Ramagate.
COME
N.O. 1/c Newhaven
War Office.
P.O.
2/0
(282)
Y.O.
i/c
2/6 By T/2
From Admiralty.
RES
&
IMPORTANT. 1/0 Crimsby.
1/6 Yarmouth.
Reference Admiralty message 2321/1.
instructions regarding disposal of tuge and lighters
should be amended as follows 80 far as craft named
are concernedi-co
(1) Following London tugs which were requisitioned
specially for Operation should be returned to
Gravesend -
GHALLENGE, CONTEST, PERSIA, RACIA, CERVIA, TANGA,
HIBERNIA, CRESTED COOK, OCEAN COCK, WATERCOOK,
GUN, SUN X, SUN XI, SUN XII, BETTY.
They should be utilised as fully as possible for
towage of craft or boats to be returned to the
Thames or elsewhere en route.
off
(11) Under-mentioned tugs which are under orders of
be Date of B, 7. should proceed as follows:-
(a) EMPIRE HENGHMAN to Portsmouth with barges
(84324C) Wt 84295/31 200 Pads 11/39 H,J,R&L,Ld Gp 684
SNOUDON and SALADIN for N.S.O. These barges were
left at Ramsgate by tug TANOA on 29th May.
(b) FOREMOST 87 to Weymouth with any convenient
pair of barges from those mentioned in (v) below.
(c) PAIRPLAY I to Gravesend being used, if sufficiently
seaworthy, for towage as in (1) above.
(d) GONDIA to Fishguard with barges BARK and SHETLAND.
These barges were left at Dover on 20th Bay by
FOREMOST 87.
OD.
(8)
(111) Tugs SUN VII and FOREMOST 22 should return to station
at Southend and Newhaven respectively taking any
convenient tow.
(iv)
If any of the tugs named above are required to
assist in other more urgent towages arrangements
should be made by you direct with D. of S.T.
Crews of EMPIRE HENOHMAN, GONDIA and FOREMOST 87
may be given at your discretion up to 94 hours
standessy before proceeding Westward.
(v)
The barges JAPAN, KENYA, EGYPT, AFRICA, LONDON
and SCOTLAND which arrived Dover from Tilbury
on 2nd June should not repetition not be returned
to Themes but will be allocated, if still seaworthy
to West Coast. FOREMOST 87 should take one pair to
Teymouth. Instructions for disposal of this pair
and of remainder will follow later.
0748/3
For D. of S.T.
V.O.N.S.
N.(2)
Sir J.Foley
A.O.N.S.(H)
S.T.N.4.
D. of (3)
D. of S.T.
A.C.N.S.(T)
C.C.R.T.
S.T.N.6A.
Mr.Justice
0.0.(8)
D. of S.T.
S.T.N.63:
W.P.L.
Mr.D.H.Ndwards
Dps. (4)
Mr.F.V.Cross
Nr.Bellamy
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you were on whenever the sea good with you
MASTER'S MESSAGE TO SCHOOL
must do of job the that cost
would of our If THE THE piece just that me of
Debt to Merchant Navy
Adoption Society, ships of the British Mer-
many years by the ship
thing sight to the be shore Britis
because stands for itself all is only a of true love gr
UNDER tice for scheme which has been in
The linen, and flag all but it and is a symbol women it is who flown.
chant Navy are adopted by the various
animals too the small body. in in the the So beef-producing
and always
schools, who are kept in touch with the
masters and officers, who write letters and
course horn and
little men to make I are would very it like young when to just say you
salute people And it wherever afraid of are and now let interesting it. how you The well gave made co
give talks to the younger generation
the stock the are
they pecting their voyages and the work which res-
I wonder up to how good many beef sent standard. and
The are carrying out from day to day.
work of the Society has been
these a ship like ours rigged of you have
who this. to now, will bilities, be and a thing you it mean is to being British. now all boastful, to responsi- the realise Being and
wrote, letters designs you were letters. and to show
what restricted as a result of some-
ditions, no for naturally it is necessary war that con-
and above voyage, with canvas specially
for the wooden stalls, put
the deck funny in passengers They up for are carry
be of information shall be given which
ping value to the enemy respecting would
get sea-sick, them.
how British does but not just who for has doing are other to needing do one people, good help. to kind do deed and as I
finish letters months old, letters months old, letters to to my wonderful Some to the day letters little daughter. to lady, wife be I received from youry forward to to her goi the is is
time when we and beast
of the a letter recently received continues. by
Here movements. is But the work ship-
is wonderful owing how to well the terrible heat, across
Equator, are going a
cargo ship, schools as from follows: the master of a large one
Dear Boys and Girls.-
individually It seems a pity that I cannot
quarantine Plate, they have they get to
River changed conditions. When they stand up But to the
think in many a day, yourselves up but can, the great is into generous world in thing so to doing is you will and will
Hilda, when she will we be look intelligence to write doubt as as that well she of
show so in some
sent to to all those nice letters reply
pass them. After the veterinary the veterinary of put
women need in the years has a fine opportunity we
sure, ship, that but you will understand, crew of
your me for the officers and you
up to the the surgeons
most Every one what of us we are not made for of, ourselves liberties
tained learn have whatever to been to the she doing, to people all her and days. will ask-wh count
are in there is SO little time I am
buyer which or have farm. big been brought to except go them a direct those go
now have to to show win to this preserve war, those fine talk handed
that impossible. It must be it is
quite port, and so much to do, that when we
animals The on sailors the all get very fond
alone, and down privilegesHitler to but us. the which and Mussolini are going but Germany to think- win too
trulyNow some Well, is she at you and Because seem few da
and nobly of the girls has very blue to ey
officers when a ship comes into remembered
to work and a few of the regular port the
are on the can imagine, but make good
pets, as you Of course, they don't to talk
to them. way out, and like of the
the new after the cargo is taken there is a
lot to do daily at the ship, and staff have
much, are ing and those a Italy lot. but who are the the a boys they up, better may they be might Italy. wicked thinking make They show are
which to me: I have who only are seen you? her on for the a 1st friend da
way, and cargo taken in. That is out, and
land, water, thousands of when from you
even a bull has some attraction. miles
know was I But am born we sure are we up. great shall becom once
your letters you to understand that say that we
wish what I want to is by the
MILKED A BULL!
to
more. immensely and will we look enjoyed for
were a several going to sea for the first was just
boy I remember years ago when I
a will look good to virtues.which make
STOCK FOR THE ARGENTINE
course, to milk her himself, captain of the
ship was used giving milk. The one cow, and
she bulls, but only time, there
kindness. among fight to let and the
even real more forget all, So chums God so, for to boys bless send all as and your you she some kindnesster ond grows all more and thank keep on. you you do Above safe. not
farming Personally I was much struck
and could in the far north of brought
up on a farm news, for I was born and by the
could not keep the nice fresh milk. and, of
little milk understand why there But he
us downtrodden live to in freedom
we take in
that were told appreciate keenly all the Scotland,
someone must sometimes, be and he was thought such
horns
the So he plan thought out milking a plan. her Then on the quiet.
SURVIVORS races DOGGED and Nine COURAGE Days
say. He into operation, he put
warship. by Antrim, James a com-
Those will wonder of you who are some interested pedigree in sheep.
and mostly,
what waited in a hidden as our soldiers
place which of miles over send the bulls for
thousands why We stock
language fearful wail and there
was a would happen, and suddenly corner to see
Merseyside their arrival at at a a North-West port Athellaird, story one
said he was take lurch the
the sleep alarm whistle, into
motion the on on in the
Well, I will has tell SO you. many cattle ocean, of its to a
This was from some member a of lot of bad
cow and to the thief, had taken the captain,
unknown due to the fact that the crew.
the Liverpool ships, tanker told rowed a and sailed
short Beef legs cattle, and deep as you know, must have own.
of our adopted a boat was ship had been
and the air. The gun crew fred at a shape her-the
have the maximum a frame which is flanks. capable They must
stopped put a bull in its place. out that the
I wish the milk thief once and And
minimum of amount of beef of giving
all very as you know, the about this
ship, but, I could tell you more for all.
of how the two small Caernar- master, boats
dusk port beam. the all we had hit a Then torpedo,"
We were
you that, bone-any butcher with the
on your farm. if you have not will tell
we are doing careful, and all we war makes us
track Mr. A of
Argentine is so hot Now the got climate a beef in stock
do not have I am not doing
his bit to-day. and, of course, every one dear is Old
Country our bit to feed can the say is that
Captain West Kirby, kept of several
ID port, and stand-by until
for a boat was picked coast; up
daybreak, was no
inclined to get too long that in the the animals legs, and are the
old Hitler the is best of it to-day, sure whether now that we
villages, but in any bombing case you the boys towns and girls and
by a steamer eight One miles from the
tide was ebb, it being about hours " 18 after
When I arrived vessels in Dunkerque Roads, the
number the There of shore other was and the contivity I heard owing to the the sound
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Wilson.
J. W. Liley, Master.
55 Milton Hall Road, Gravesend.
D. Wright. Chief
W. Wilson,
Mate.
1, Croydon Road, Middlesbrough.
F.
Storey,
Bosun.
12, Ransome Crescent, Mactom Estate, Ipswich.
Newhaven,
Officer,
G. Bradley, A.B.
3, Dean Street, Middlesbrough.
G.
Girdwood,
Bosun.
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D. Nicholsom.A.B.
1, Ailsa Road, Troon, Scotland.
W. Hill.
117
A.D.C.Hall. A.B.
33, Normount Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
B. H. Locke.
A. Clark.
Steward.
4, Bilsmoor Avenue, High Heaton, Newcastle/Tyne.
F. Brennan,
S. Robinson. Chief
44, Fern Avenue, North Shields.
x.
Hamill.
Engimeer.
Lour Place, Newhaven, Sussex
GWW
G.
Shaw.
Second
77, Farndale Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 4.
Engineer. Road, Clapham Junction, London S.W.11.
S. H. Brown. Steward. 77, Newminster Road, Fenham, Newcastla-on-Tyne.
R. P. Thomas. Assistant
Steward. Cherry Grove, Skelty, Swansea.
J. E. Bracken, Chief Engineer. 28, Lewes Road, Newhaven, Susaex.
R. Clark.
Second 3, Ancroft Avenue, North Shields.
Engineer.
R. Wonders.
Third Engineer. c/o Father, 65 Mortimer Road, South Shields.
entrance to vensel, 1 decided to go back to the Harbour
see whether I could be of any assistance there
to
tide was ebb, it being about 21/2 hours after high water.
The draft of the "Foremost 22" is 13 feet aft. and the
number of other vessels in the vicinity, both large and small.
When I arrived in Dunkerque Roads there were a large
There was some confusion owing to the heavy bombardment
from the shore and the activity of hostile aircraft.
Just after 11 p.m. I heard the sound of a heavy
collision close to my vessel.
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