265 MEN MISSING
LOSS OF RAWALPINDI FRENCH NAVY’S TRIBUTE ‘GLORIOUS FEAT OF ARMS’ MESSAGE TO ADMIRALTY (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 30. Tiie Admiralty to-day published a list of 39 officers and 225 ratings missing as a result of the loss of H.M.S. Rawalpindi. The list of ratings includes a small “unknown” number, given as 26 by German sources, who are prisoners of war. The Admiralty announces the exchange of the following telegrams between the French and British Admiralty: “The French Navy has heard of the heroic fight of the Rawalpindi with deep feelings. The Navy will reverently guard the memory of the glorious feat of arms, which was in accord with the very highest traditions of the British Navy.” “The Admiralty received with clec-p gratitude the message from the French Navy upon the loss of the Rawalpindi in battle. These inspiring words will be conveyed to the comrades of those who were lost.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20110, 2 December 1939, Page 10
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162265 MEN MISSING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20110, 2 December 1939, Page 10
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