Over the last couple of days, there has been a lot of press coverage of the medals we recovered from the Thames on 20th September. Since this story has generated a large amount of interest, I thought I ought to share some information about the events.
Last week, I had calls from Malcolm Miatt, Lifeboat Operations Manager at Teddington RNLI station where I work as a volunteer helmsman, and John Tough, the Deputy Launching Authority. John is also Commodore of the Dunkirk Little Ships Association, and his grandfather, Doug Tough was heavily involved in Operation Dynamo, which evacuated nearly 350,000 allied troops from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in May-June 1940. You can read the full story in the Articles section