James Moulton was appointed GSO3 in the operations section of the General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium, 9/1939-6/1940 and was involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk, 1940. Frustrated by the lack of Naval liaison and coordination on the beach he hitched a ride from the Dunkirk beach to Dover in a sloop to brief Admiral Ramsey on the situation on the beach including the selected embarkation points before returning to France and rejoining the HQ