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My War in the Merchant Navy - Chapter 1

May 1942 On the way to Buenos Aires we called at Tristan da Cunha, a small island in the middle of the...

FROM TEESSIDE TO TRINIDAD

People's War according to John Gilbey - Chapter Three

After about five weeks at Brunswick it was back to Asbury Park for a few days then off to Oklahoma. When I...

Part 2: Rexs' War

The Germans were ready for us and the raiding party who were commandos were either all killed or taken...

Hunting u boats in the atlantic from Canada to Derry

Royal Canadian Navy, the Methodist Church, and there used to be some functions in the Guildhall, some...

A New Zealander's Reminiscences of his Time in the Royal Navy

We were interviewed by a Petty Officer who informed us that HMS Tamaki was full but there was a scheme...

Armed Merchant Cruisers

On the port side were the Merchant Navy, firemen, greasers, cooks, stewards, a sail maker a lamp trimmer....

Life on a V&W Destroyer

Mr. Stone was resplendent in red frock coat black trousers with gold braid , and to my amazement informed...

Life Onboard a V&W Destroyer

Mr. Stone was resplendent in red frock coat black trousers with gold braid , and to my amazement informed...

Sampenn

The next thing I heard was Barney Magill our Chief Officer asking the Sergeant "Sweet heart would you...

A Time To Remember

I also remember we had pilchards for dinner one day, hundrads of tins were warmed up, when we opend them up...

Seaborne Operations 1944

From HMS Chrysanthemum where we first came under strict Naval discipline-saluting the quarter deck and so...

The problems with the Egyptian and its Crew

The captain, second officer and two of the gun crew were yanking the stoker out of the saloon, the steward...

Royal Navy

In August 1944, I took my final leave from HMS St.George before I joined the fleet aircraft carrier HMS...

Chapter Three What Happens Nextby George Cowie

Stygian’ completed seven patrols in the Far East, the first was from Trincomalee, one from Freemantle...

Draft Sermon for Remembrance Day, Sunday November 13th, 2005 by Vice Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly, KBE, CB DC.

Stoker Storey was a Durham miner who hewed coal in those low tunnels stretching out under the North Sea:...

Chapter Three Author George Cowie

Stygian’ completed seven patrols in the Far East, the first was from Trincomalee, one from Freemantle...

Stan's Christmas Day 1940

The Petty Officer in charge of the fire-fighters informed me that a shell had pierced `Y` gun house, rifled...

LONGROOM SIGNAL-STATION

I found myself allocated to Longroom Signal Station, Millbay Docks, Durnford Street, overlooking Plymouth...

My Christmas Day 1940

The Petty Officer in charge of the fire-fighters informed me that a shell had pierced `Y` gun house, rifled...

Jim Cowey on the 'Newfie-Derry' run dodging the Uboats

We took it out on a bollard, we stretched the neck out, I held the neck, Warren held the legs, the wings...

J34 - HMS Tenby - Part 3 - Norway is liberated

In the early months of 1945 the Tenby left Portsmouth, making her way up the north sea and stopping at Hull...

Naval service, U-boats, D-Day and Japanese Morse Code

Bletchley Park had broken the German Naval Enigma code, and although I did not know then the source of the...

The Batory Story

Over the next 10 days children were interviewd by Officers of the Child Welfare Dept and by some other...

D-Day - Normandy for Breakfast - Back for Tea.

The Empire Mary

Meeting John Martell I learned that Albert Purvis, now Chief of the Empire Sophy was also in port and,...