TOBRUK RAID SURVIVORS IN WESTERN DESERT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TOBRUK RAID SURVIVORS IN WESTERN DESERT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 277/3-2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Survivors of the Tobruk raid near Derna.
  • Description: The survivors waiting for, and receiving, a hot breakfast in the cold early morning. Hoisting the ensign on a small truck. View of the survivors, left to right: Petty Officer Telegrapher R E Richards of Falmouth, a survivor from HMS Sikh; Telegrapher S E Hart of Pitsea, Essex; Telegrapher R A Randall of Wallington, Surrey; Coder E F Buttern of Newcastle (salesman) and Marine Freeman of Plymouth. Standing in the hatch on the truck is Major of Marines D J Peyton-Jones of the cruiser HMS Coventry. Getting out of the wireless car is Telegrapher Rowlands from Plymouth, the youngest survivor at eighteen years old.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-11-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Wolfe (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Jones, Donald Lewis Peyton (person) British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Derna, Libya (geography) Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Summary: Major Peyton Jones was originally from Australia, but grew up in Guernsey. He was the cousin of Richard G Casey, Australian Minister of State during the Second World War. After he retired from the Services, he became an Anglican Priest.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 277/3-2

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