He Survived the Titanic. At 66, He Sailed His Yacht to Dunkirk

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Images (7)

Charles Lightoller
Philip Bell (1880-1934). Public domain.
CharlesHLightoller
Author unknown. Public domain.
Dunkirk 26-29 May 1940 NYP68075
Author unknown. Public domain.
RMS Titanic 3
Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart. Public domain.
The British Army in the UK- Evacuation From Dunkirk, May-June 1940 H1661
Puttnam (Mr) and Malindine (Mr), War Office official photographer. Public domain.
Troops evacuated from Dunkirk on a destroyer about to berth at Dover, 31 May 1940. H1637
Puttnam (Mr) and Malindine (Mr), War Office official photographer. Public domain.
Winston Churchill outside 10 Downing Street, 21 November 1941. H15674
William George Horton. Public domain.

Sources (5)

Wikipedia (en), "Sundowner (yacht)"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundowner_(yacht)
Wikipedia (en), "Charles Lightoller"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lightoller
titanicofficers.com
Wikipedia (en), "Dunkirk evacuation"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation
Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 4 June 1940 (International Churchill Society)
winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1940-the-finest-hour/we-shall-fight-on-the-beaches

Notes

Lightoller and the Sundowner (1 June 1940, licensed for 21, about 130 men): Wikipedia, "Sundowner (yacht)" and "Charles Lightoller"; titanicofficers.com. The evacuation (more than 800 vessels, 338,226 men carried to England by 4 June, more than 100,000 of them French): Wikipedia, "Dunkirk evacuation". "Wars are not won by evacuations": Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 4 June 1940 (International Churchill Society).

Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). Education only.