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It was Hot in Freetown

On my visit to Freetown in 1941, I was serving on H.M.S. Hawkins and we had a few days to wait for...

Actions against Nazi Convoys: Onboard HMS Bellona

STAVANGER In january1944 Ships of the Home Fleet including Bellona and 3 Destroyers attacked and almost...

Divisions at HMS Royal Arthur

Our allotted time soon to expire at HMS Royal Arthur, arrangements made for farewell dinner at hotel, made...

Royal Navy Experiences

In D-Day we bombarded the pill-boxes on the beach head at Sword and Juno in Normandy. We then patrolled at...

A Memorial to a Loved One

Perhaps within that dreadful watery tomb, Where each has met an unexpected doom, A prayer was said, To...

'Rocket Ships'

My late husband was a Sub-Lieutenant inthe Wavy Navy... After the end of the war in Europe they were towed...

I Met Churchill

When I reached the age of 17, I travelled to Vickers Armstrong, Broughton, with Wellington Bomber parts. I...

Naval Adventures

I was drafted to HMS Canton which is a armed merchant cruiser with 8 x 6 inch guns. We were sent up...

Lighting up the City of London

The Germans had launched an air attack and were shelling incendiaries over the City of London... The...

No Miners in the Navy

Leslie was a miner throughout the war but had originally tried to join the navy, he went into Nottingham to...

Russian Convoys

He was torpedoed in the kola inlet near murmansk and was rescued by a russian trawler and survived. he...

So it wasn't Dunkirk!

Altogether, he had 7 ships sunk under him.He used to tell me in later years that he thought he was a Jonah...

My Brother's War in the Marines

My brother Fred Easty was 20 years old and worked for Pasinis Ashfelting Company. He spent the rest of the...

My Brother, Ron

Ron's first ship HMS York which he joined on 2 May 1940. Ron is "My brother who I can't...

From King Haakan to the Duke of Edinburgh

He served on the ship that took King Haakan away from Norway when the Germans invaded and was also on the...

Quick Decision by Naval Captain that Saved Many Lives

I was a Signalman onboard HMS Gorgan. Our role was to sweep the area around Cherbourg for mines during the...

All for a cuppa

When in Portsmouth I was looking after 20 - 30 British Naval prisoners, most prisoners were arrested for...

My Life in Short

My ship was sunk by an Italian Submarine in January 1941 and I finally arrived in Singapore in April 1941....

D Day: The Sixth of June

7:25 we landed in the midst of bullets and bombs we raced up the beach with our friends and colleagues...

Brothers in War

Joe Hardy - Border Regiment -served at Dunkirk, North Africa and Sciily, won the MC at Arnhem. Bombardier...

Working in Wartime

A few years later I had my gall bladder removed and my stones were as yellow as gunpowder. We worked mainly...

HM 'Talisman' Signalman, Lost at Sea

My cousin George Tolley a Leading Signalman was home on leave before going back to join his Submarine. We...

Able Seaman "Nelson Farr" Goes Down with Ship

When Nelson was a boy he saw his elder brother, Leonard Charles Farr go into the navy... Sadly,...

October 1944

We were supposed to beach at Westkapelle on Walcheren in order to bring casualties off... On returning to...

My Uncle's Sacrifice in the Navy

My Uncle, David Joseph Barry, joined the Navy in the mid-war years in his mid-teens, having been a page boy...

HM Cruiser Arethusa

The crippled British cruiser steamed 400 miles towards port with the crew fighting to prevent the flames...