"Britain's Great Engineering Feat; Prefabricated Ports (mulberry). 6 To 8 June, on Board the Paddle Steamer HMS Aristocrat during the Passage Across the Channel and Arrival at Arromanches Where the Mulberry Advance Port and Party Landed." Rear Admiral W G Tennant, CB, RN, who was in charge of the whole operation, with Captain J H Petrie, DSO, RN, who directed the laying down of the British harbour.