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EDITOR’S NOTE
All times given are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) which corresponds to the time used in British reports of operations. It should be noted that German timings were actually recorded in documents in local Belgian time, which was one hour ahead of GMT but they have been converted to GMT in this account to avoid confusion.
The following abbreviations are used throughout the text:
| CMB | coastal motor boats |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
| ML | motor launch |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RM | Royal Marines |
| RMA | Royal Marine Artillery |
| RMLI | Royal Marines Light Infantry |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RNAS | Royal Navy Air Service |
| RND | Royal Naval Division |
| USN | United States Navy |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
Illustrations are from the following sources, unless otherwise noted:
| NHB | Naval Historical Branch |
| RNM | Royal Naval Museum |
| RMM | Royal Marines Museum |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my gratitude to Kate Moore and Philip Smith at Osprey for their exceptional patience and great assistance to me. I would also like to thank my colleagues at the Naval Historical Branch, particularly Kate Brett, Jenny Wraight, Major Mark Bentinck and Captain Chris Page RN and the staff of the National Museum ofthe Royal Navy. Thanks go to Wing Commander Polly Perkins RAF, Commander Sean Winkle RN and Olga Winkle. Amelia and Lucy Slay were of great help and Lt Col Debbie Slay RAMC was inspirational. I would also like to dedicate this book to my father and the memory of my mother.
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