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Evacuee Alfredo Sails into History

I was responsible for constantly giving him exact distances from our boat to the beach so that he could...

WORLD WAR II Service details from Edward Astley-Jones. Part 1 War is declared

Walking in the footsteps of Churchill

(8) The Official Records Office London all so records Prime Minister Churchill statement to his son...

job-9

Trust the Royal Navy to describe establishing a weather station as ''job nine''not only...

'An Experience not to be Missed

On the way we were diverted to St Helena to pick up mail and we rejoined the Aircraft Carrier at Gibraltar....

My Mother's Journey across the Atlantic in wartime[with me)

In 1941 my husband was sent to Canada to help in the manufacture of naval guns which were to be produced at...

Singapore Repulsed

Singapore Repulsed...

"Iris Mary" CK 105

This is the story of an Essex fishing smack - the "Iris Mary" owned by Joe Heard of Tollesbury....

Experiences as a Wren in World War 2

I was officer in charge of one of the secret listening posts manned by German speaking WRN's who...

Convoy attack

In July 1940 I was serving as the third officer on the S.S Antonio, in Convoy OA 178, when it came under...

Wartime Memoirs of W.G. Poynor (Uncle Bill) - Training and 1st Action

On one occasion after safely delivering our convoy to Malta, we were on our way back to Alexandria in...

Sailing to Egypt

We sailed from Liverpool round the north of Ireland and formed a convoy led by our ship the...

The Sinking of HMS Birdlip (T218)

The names of the trawlers were HMS Inkpen, Birdlip and Turcoman. The Inkpen and Turcoman immediately began...

The Admirals Pink Sunglasses

Information, which we were given to believe came from a British spy in Portugal but as we now know probably...

War at Sea Aboard Royal Naval Destroyers 1941-46

Once we were tied up we immediately started taking on Royal marine and French commandos. at dusk we slipped...

MTB Engineering Officer/ Diving Officer

He was an engineering officer and worked on MTBs, MGBs and MSBs, they were lined up alongside the quay at...

Return to England

I made several trips from Australia to Sumatra and Singapore carrying Aviation fuel from the Dutch East...

I Guess They Just Wanted Jam On It

My first wartime trip was on the ‘Santa Clara Valley’ to Narvick and we were all together in...

The arrogant German

We were patrolling the area around the mouth of the River Schelde in Holland where German submarine convoys...

Life in the WRNS at Hellfire Corner

After a year as a degaussing Wren in Whitehead on Belfast Lough, I was fortunate enough to be sent to...

Joining the Merchant Navy aged 16

I felt different — once I finished with the merchant navy I was all for going back because I...

J34 - HMS Tenby - Part 4 - Disaster in Plymouth

Leaving the ship it headed for the harbour steps but about halfway across it developed engine trouble and...

Stowaways

Mr Rees joined his first ship, the freighter Roxburgh Castle in 1941 as a deck boy aged 16 and a half....

Was it a bomb or a torpedo?

At the time of D-Day I was a 19-year-old Ordinary Seaman on the Captain Class frigate HMS Lawford. I joined...

A SCIENTIST'S WAR

So, in December 1939 I was directed by the Admiralty to report to the Captain of H.M.S. Vernon in...

JOHNNIE NORTH with the KRRC's

Our first sight of South Africa was Table Mountain sitting above Capetown. After our little sojourn in...