- Contributed by
- epsomandewelllhc
- People in story:
- Derek St Clair Stannard
- Location of story:
- Dieppe
- Background to story:
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:
- A6344453
- Contributed on:
- 24 October 2005
Sub Lt RNVR Derek St Clair-Stannard — RNVR HMS Queen Emma
A Good Time in Dieppe?
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Having landed a contingent of Canadian troops at Puys near Dieppe in August 1942 I returned to Newhaven. I telephoned my sister early in the morning. After a yawn she answered and I said. “I’ve just returned from Dieppe.”
“I know it well.” She said. “Did you have a good time?”
She wasn’t to know several thousand Canadian soldiers were captured or killed during the ill-fated raid.
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