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I joined the Navy but I never saw the sea!

From Skegness we were sent to our various postings via one of the naval bases; Chatham, Devonport or...

The Sinking of HMS Aldenham

The story of the Atherton's crew's heroic efforts at life-saving was narrated by an...

Interview with J Mike Tunnicliff

They then went straight back to the convoy which was accompanied by 2 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, a...

Jack Stokes

His captain thought it would be a good idea to try to collect it to take it back to England, so that...

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 1, War begins and Athena is sunk

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 1, War begins and Athena is sunk. Suddenly...

MEMOIRS OF AN HMS FORWARD (1939-1945) WRNS TELEGRAPHIST - Part 1

There were also two civilians in their late 40's/50's, known as Uncle Alf and Uncle Stu who lived...

H.M.S. Philoctetes - Chas. A. L. Towell,

Having finished my beers and being concerned for my safety in the scenes I was witnessing, I left the...

Wartime memories of a young E.R.A. - Part One

They became Chief Petty Officers which meant they were a higher grade than a P.O., they were a Chief P.O....

HMS Onslow on Russian Convoy in The Barents Sea

HMS Sheffield caught and sank the German destroyer the Friedrich Eckholdt, the British naval action was now...

Wartime memories of a young E.R.A. - Part Four

At the same time I was due to the see the Captain to get made Chief Petty Officer because I'd passed my...

The Last Lap

The setting of this scene was the Naval Headquarters at Trincomalee, a small and primitive town situated in...

Courageous keeled

My memorable experience took place on a typical September day, the 16th to be exact, in 1939 when we set...

The end and the aftermath: Scapa Flow, Orkney

I had a feeling all along that as I was an artist in civilian life I was not expected to succeed —...

The Bismark Action

Dawn broke on the 24th May 1941 and looking out towards the north east it seemed like a golden orange light...

Captain Paddy Vincent's War

I remember being with a US liaison officer when a Kamikaze plane crashed into the deck of one of our...

Licked into Shape

The eventual role we would play now began to take shape as we started to practice beach landings on a long...

Malta Upbringing II

It was fascinating for a young boy, almost 14, who as he recovered, stood with forces personnel looking out...

Wartime memories of an Able Seaman - Part One - Enlisting in the Navy. Posted to HMS Bulldog engaged in English Channel Invasion

But before I joined the ship, you know Mountbatten don't you, this was before my time, he was on a...

War maverick (2)

We took 4 coastal vesels towards Bizerta, called at Djeyellt on way back for fresh water, French not...

My part in the end of ww2

It was unforgettable moment for the Dutch officers, the Chinese and Indonesian crew and the British Medical...

My part in WW2

It was unforgettable moment for the Dutch officers, the Chinese and Indonesian crew and the British Medical...

A Merchant Navy Survivor Part 1

Our first port of call was Las Palmas Teneriffe, for bunkers, weploughed through the Atlantic to Cape Town,...

Our War Years

Then after a patch up in Malta, we went on up to Gibraltar, for further repairs, came home, repaired in...

My Parents Escape from Singapore - February 1942 by Jane Hillman

They bought a smallholding, 18 acres, near Edenbridge in Kent, got furniture from second hand or antique...

Memories of a C.W. Candidate Part Four - A Commission to First Lieutenant. Mine Sweeping on Filla and Gulland in the Mediterrane

Mine sweeping on Filla and Gulland in the Mediterranean and Command of a Mine Sweeper out of Lowestoft....

M.T.B. in the Adriatic