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EYE WITNESS ON FIREDRAKE, MALTA CONVOY- OPERATION SUBSTANCE

The ships, which formed the force on this occasion, consisted of seven destroyers, three of the F class,...

Meeting with Margaret Lockwood

And as we got inside the door - a big revolving glass and brass door - the manager ran up crying 'Oh...

Sinking the Haguro - continuing life aboard the Queen Elizabeth

Sure enough, the Haguro had been sighted by a British submarine as she left Singapore to head up the...

A Time to Weep

Also Geoffrey's lady friend, Kit, and her daughter, Molly, fathered by Geoffrey. Geoffrey John Wallace...

What I Did During the War.

In 1943 we went every where, to the Far East, to the top end of Ireland, Greenland, America, Spain, Brazil...

There Are No Good Memories In War

During these years at sea we fought all the way up through Italy, and then back down to Malta. Many boats...

HMS Boreas and HMS Sphinx

1940 my father was serving on HMS Boreas when the ship intercepted a signal from HMS Speedwell saying that...

A Tribute Two Seagoing Gentlemen: Onboard HMS Orion in Alexandria

We aimed our guns at the French Cruiser by opening the breech looking along the barrel with the shell...

HMS St Christopher

They were allotted digs in private homes and he remembers being very pleasantly suspired when invited in by...

Jack's Journey - Vancouver

She was tied up almost into the town of Vancouver, on the quayside. One night I went into Vancouver by...

World War Two Story 'H.M.S. Cleveland

My eldest brother Jack was on the North African coast and somehow got a rapio message to my ship to wish me...

Visit to Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery France

My father Gordon Beddows served in the Royal Navy during World War 2 aboard an armed merchant cruiser HMS...

Tribute to an Unknown Shipmate.

I then joined HMS Lagan in Londonderry to do a minimum of 3 months sea time before going to HMS King Arthur...

My Experiences on "D" Day

These were big landing ships with room for 30 Sherman tanks on the lower deck and a lift to enable lighter...

HMS Spey 1943

This ship was suspected torpedoed, 1,100 American rangers aboard, admiralty message to HMS Spey, 鈥楢ll...

Worldwide Cadetship

We were in a "fast convoy", 12 knots, Halifax to U.K. There were 100 ships in the convoy and one...

HMS Aristocrat and D-Day

Also aboard was Captain C.H. Petrie DSO RN who was a naval officer in charge of a party which planted the...

A Royal Marine Commando, a 3ft wall, a minefield and a German plane!

As a Marine Commando, I went over with the Canadians on D-Day, landing on Juno Beach. When I was fit I...

The Emile Baudot Part II

John McCabe, who was Coxswain of our cutter refused to give way to the barge and it had to swerve round us,...

Survivor of the Coventry

After training I was assigned to the "Coventry". We were used to hearing the sound of gunfire and...

Polish Refugees

Having unloaded H.M. Troopship Nevasa at Karachi, then in India, now West Pakistan they were tasked to sail...

My Father the Hero

The badly damaged Wyvern was towed for more than 12 hours from the Mediterranean to Gibraltar where my...

Dennis Ives misses the celebrations

Early February 1945 I was a Galley boy on the small Dutch Cargo boat M.V. Bonaire. We then made our way to...

My wartime service in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy by William McGregor

I signed up in the Navy as a T124 rating for two years in an ardent merchant cruiser, "HMS...

A Tribute To Two Seagoing Gentlemen

I was ashore in Alexandria at a night club with French Sailors, news had filtered through that the French...

Fleet Air Arm - Fairey Swordfish from HMS Ukussa