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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.â€‌

“I know it well.â€‌ She said. “Did you have a good time?â€‌

She wasn’t to know several thousand Canadian soldiers were captured or killed during the ill-fated raid.

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