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821:
813:
802:
791:
788:Noel Johnson
780:
770:
752:
748:
733:
726:
722:Dover Castle
699:
674:(KCB) – 1940
668:– 1918, 1940
639:
619:
614:
600:
597:from aboard
592:
588:
584:
558:
543:North Africa
541:invasion of
536:
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509:
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477:Dover Castle
470:
439:vice-admiral
428:
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397:Dover Patrol
387:
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233:
229:
155:
137:Battles/wars
87:(1945-01-02)
29:
1388:1945 deaths
1383:1883 births
1222:"No. 36783"
1202:"No. 34867"
1081:"No. 36501"
1018:"No. 29687"
989:"No. 27745"
969:"No. 27610"
877:5 September
753:Collingwood
510:Scharnhorst
262:during the
1377:Categories
1359:1939–1942
1252:9 February
1177:"Memorial"
889:required.)
841:References
760:Portrayals
746:reported.
740:Coldstream
626:Montgomery
622:Cunningham
455:submarines
391:, a small
356:lieutenant
348:midshipman
330:Royal Navy
250:Royal Navy
113:Royal Navy
99:Allegiance
68:1883-01-20
54:Birth name
902:The Times
823:Churchill
751:HMS
599:HMS
590:of June.
516:Gneisenau
404:HMS
401:destroyer
386:HMS
369:Bacchante
367:HMS
343:Britannia
334:HMS
278:in 1944.
266:. In the
257:HMS
254:destroyer
122:1898–1945
77:, England
1332:held at
1246:BBC News
1134:(2012).
1065:31 March
953:31 March
744:BBC News
650:Brussels
336:Crescent
214:(France)
107:Service/
94:, France
831:(2017)
812:(2004)
804:Dunkirk
801:(2004)
790:(1979)
779:(1962)
771:Dunkirk
768:(1958)
615:Belfast
606:cruiser
601:Belfast
481:Dunkirk
447:Channel
393:monitor
231:Admiral
131:Admiral
1278:8 July
1186:8 July
1142:
1116:9 July
883:
712:Legacy
660:Awards
561:Sicily
539:Allied
224:(USSR)
191:Awards
109:branch
75:London
1112:. BBC
686:(MVO)
680:(KBE)
636:Death
406:Broke
259:Broke
209:(two)
1280:2016
1254:2020
1188:2016
1140:ISBN
1118:2016
1067:2017
955:2017
879:2019
604:, a
513:and
457:.
435:Axis
341:HMS
127:Rank
82:Died
62:Born
868:doi
648:in
453:by
388:M25
365:on
246:MVO
242:KBE
238:KCB
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