Editor's Research: Beginnings - The Dieppe Raid.

Books, News Articles, Photographs.

["The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition" by R. Neillands]

Introduction:

Recently I presented the last post in a series of nine that related to photographs depicting various aspects of significant activities associated with OperationTORCH, the Allied invasion of North Africa, November, 1942. While doing so, I admitted that there are very likely many more photographs available for viewing at various sites. So, I may return to North Africa in the future, and any information from readers - links to books, news articles, photographs, memoirs, etc. - is greatly appreciated to assist in my search for and collection of materials, especially any connected to Canadians in Combined Operations.

Now I am going to turn my attention to collecting and sharing more information about the Dieppe Raid and the two operations that are associated with it, Operation RUTTER (July7, 1942) and Operation JUBILEE (August 19, 1942). Again, assistance from readers will be appreciated.

I will first focus on books in my possession, news articles (digitized) from The Winnipeg Tribune, and photographs from the Imperial War Museum. I will salt my presentations with information from memoirs of Canadians in Combined Operations, including details recorded by my father Doug Harrison and other Canadian members of Combined Operations. Then I will widen my search by following leads that present themselves.

The above photo from Robin Neillands' book is from Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa) and is labelled as PA 113243. Hopefully, there will be a number of other photographs available for viewing online, or at the Library and Archives in our nation's capital, with captions that will inform interested readers about the role(s) of Canadians in Operation RUTTER and JUBILEE. Will we learn where and when these training activities took place and whether journals and diaries can inform us further?

Time will tell, of course.

I have seen the above photograph at the Imperial War Museum, and have included it in earlier posts (likely related to "training for Combined Operations"; see click on HEADINGS, side margin), but questions remain about exactly when and where it was taken, and what is the nationality of the sailors in the background. Canadian, British, or both?

Much information concerning the Dieppe Raid is already available for reading and viewing on this website, and more will soon follow.

A11219. Heading - THE BRITISH NAVY'S PART IN THE COMBINED

OPERATIONS DAYLIGHT RAID ON DIEPPE. 20 AUGUST 1942.

Troops on board a destroyer after the action. Photo Credit - 

Lt. L. Pelman, RN photographer, Admiralty Official Collection

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Unattributed Photos GH