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688:
663:(KCB) – 1940
657:– 1918, 1940
628:
608:
603:
589:
586:from aboard
581:
577:
573:
547:
532:North Africa
530:invasion of
525:
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466:Dover Castle
459:
428:vice-admiral
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386:Dover Patrol
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126:Battles/wars
76:(1945-01-02)
18:
1377:1945 deaths
1372:1883 births
1211:"No. 36783"
1191:"No. 34867"
1070:"No. 36501"
1007:"No. 29687"
978:"No. 27745"
958:"No. 27610"
866:5 September
742:Collingwood
499:Scharnhorst
251:during the
1366:Categories
1348:1939–1942
1241:9 February
1166:"Memorial"
878:required.)
830:References
749:Portrayals
735:reported.
729:Coldstream
615:Montgomery
611:Cunningham
444:submarines
380:, a small
345:lieutenant
337:midshipman
319:Royal Navy
239:Royal Navy
102:Royal Navy
88:Allegiance
57:1883-01-20
43:Birth name
891:The Times
812:Churchill
740:HMS
588:HMS
579:of June.
505:Gneisenau
393:HMS
390:destroyer
375:HMS
358:Bacchante
356:HMS
332:Britannia
323:HMS
267:in 1944.
255:. In the
246:HMS
243:destroyer
111:1898–1945
66:, England
1321:held at
1235:BBC News
1123:(2012).
1054:31 March
942:31 March
733:BBC News
639:Brussels
325:Crescent
203:(France)
96:Service/
83:, France
820:(2017)
801:(2004)
793:Dunkirk
790:(2004)
779:(1979)
768:(1962)
760:Dunkirk
757:(1958)
604:Belfast
595:cruiser
590:Belfast
470:Dunkirk
436:Channel
382:monitor
220:Admiral
120:Admiral
1267:8 July
1175:8 July
1131:
1105:9 July
872:
701:Legacy
649:Awards
550:Sicily
528:Allied
213:(USSR)
180:Awards
98:branch
64:London
1101:. BBC
675:(MVO)
669:(KBE)
625:Death
395:Broke
248:Broke
198:(two)
1269:2016
1243:2020
1177:2016
1129:ISBN
1107:2016
1056:2017
944:2017
868:2019
593:, a
502:and
446:.
424:Axis
330:HMS
116:Rank
71:Died
51:Born
857:doi
637:in
442:by
377:M25
354:on
235:MVO
231:KBE
227:KCB
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