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VE Day at sea

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, on a troopship in convoy, four days out from Greenock, bound for...

A Navy Volunteer

In the course of my navy carreer I meet many famous people; Churchill, Mountbatten, the Admirals Fraser,...

H.M.S. Atherstone

While on patrol in a restricted channel cleared of mines the ship was attacked by enemy bombers and was hit...

HMS Dainty to HMS Nelson

I left England behind at the age of 18 in January 1939 to join HMS Dainty, a destroyer in the China...

C.J. Stevenson, RN

He then went up to Cambridge to do further training at Addenbrokes Hospital where he enlisted in the Home...

Commando

It wasn't until my grandad passed on and we found his navy records that we found his certificate...

Memories from HMS Daedalus

I joined the Navy in Dec 1942 and after training I ws posted via Portsmouth to a Fleet AirArm station HMS...

Coastal Forces - World War II

Early in 1944, when my training was complete, I was sent on 'draft' to the 'Med' My 18th....

HMS SERAPH

My Great Grandad was a Scotsman who served in World War Two on board a submarine called the HMS SERAPH......

My Brother Joseph Tosh

My brother, Joseph Tosh — son of Joseph Tosh, the master butcher a well known Portonian who owned a...

One Sailor, Four Soldiers: Family Members from Walthamstow

During the War i lived in Walthamstow, East London with my mother and father, Florence and Earnest sears....

HMT Kurd

This story is mainly concerning my brother, Arthur, who was enlisted into the Navy in 1940. He opted to...

A Sailor's Menu

Dinner: Pea Soup, Preserved Meat, Salad, Potatoes, Pineapple and Custard. Dinner: Gravy Soup, Roast Beef,...

In the Navy

Being an island, here, we needed the Merchant Navy and all the convoys in the atlantic to come over. There...

Encounter in the Med..........

At 1745 lookout reported 2 aircraft flying low, bearing RED 90 at a distance of about 4000 yards, which...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 48

These must have been taken from the Lagerfuhrer's headquarters after they had fled, One sentry had only...

Torpedoed by U Boats

So I went on the boat deck with the Captain and Chief Officer and lowered the port Life Boat before getting...

HMS Canopus, Shore Establishment

I was serving on a Minesweeper around the Greek island Areas and the Eastern Levant, as well as the...

Wartime Romance

Emile Lucas was serving his country when he joined the French Navy during world war two, he was stationed...

My General Service Medal

On the 50th anniversary of the ending of the war they presented me with my General Service medal —...

First Pluto Across

Roughly about 0200hrs on the 6th of June 1944 our ship rendezvoused with two 'Sun' tugs towing...

Training Ships at Burnham

When War broke out the ships were evacuated on Government instructions with the boys and crew from Grays to...

HMS Undine

Cabbage and Pork.

My father Clem Walker was serving on HMS Boreas during the early stages of WW2,the so called phoney war...

Aboard the Armada

We sailed for France from Portland harbour the night before, stopping 5 miles offshore waiting for dawn to...

HMS Wasp, Dover. Photograph 1939/1940

This is a very small part of a large Panoramic photograph taken of the personnel stationed at HMS Wasp in...