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ACCOUNT OF AN INCIDENT IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC EXPERIENCED BY L.A.C. CLARKE, SERVICE NO. 901301 RAF,...
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In the early days of his imprisonment George was paid a visit by a captured officer of the Indian Army who...
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Should cargo be transhipped on the insured voyage in accordance with the terms with the terms of the...
Dad trained during active service in electronics, radio and radar gaining promotion to Signalman, Wireless...
I cannot think of the right word, but the feeling of protection and safety of being escorted down the Irish...
The ship Circassia had been a passenger cargo boat before the war, the officers and senior NCOs had the...
The four H.S.L.'s based at Newlyn were always moored alongside each other, with the 'First...
There were thousands of Japanese prisoners in Singapore. We did various jobs among the islands of Java,...
On 16th January 1946, at 1100hrs, between 300-400 officers and ratings from the Naval Base and the...
Because of the terrible weather conditions and the fact that the lifeboat was partly submerged in a trough...
An elder brother, Evan Alcyn Rees, was already sailing in Union Castle ships; the main reason for Einon...
And the 鈥淏attle of the Atlantic鈥 medal... The 鈥淒efence鈥 medal and the 鈥淓nd-of...
We left Glasgow first, went down the Western side of the Atlantic, next door to New York, and all that, and...
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