Ethel Lee took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk. She was acting as a stewardess on a cross-channel boat which was making its way to Dunkirk to rescue survivors. The boat was attacked by enemy planes and a bomb hit it amid-ships. For over one and a half hours Mrs Lee was in the water swimming and occasionally floating on her back to rest. Mrs Lee was born in Lewes and lived in Newhaven.
