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General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Greeting an Official Outside a Sandbagged Building, 1940. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Greeting an Official Outside a Sandbagged Building, 1940. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

3-022-853 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Greeting an Official Outside a Sandbagged Building, 1940. Second World War - Evacuation of Dunkirk. 'Though loth to leave his fighting rear guard their commander Gort is already back in London. "At all costs", ordered Churchill, "the enemy is to be denied capture of a commander-in-chief".' From "Time To Remember - Run Rabbit Run", 1940 ( Reel 4); documentary film about events of early months of 1940.

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  1. British Pathe Ltd, attributed to: British: Photographers, producers of newsreels and documentaries
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  1. John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort: British: soldier, Governor of Malta, arrmy officer
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  1. Photograph
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