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Terrible Ordeal of Teesside Ordeal

The two survivors of a crew of 45 of the ill-fated steamer Grilhead, which went to her doom off the Spanish...

Atrip

MV Empire Earl Tilbury Docks June+1944 Ernie Dibb /Radio Officer, MN,UK Trip to Normandy, Gold Beach We...

The sinking of H.M.S. Pylades

At the age of 18, I joined the ‘Royal navy’ and after my training went to America to pic up a...

Life as I saw it

I heard people talking about getting into the Royal Navy Patrol Service but I knew nothing about it but...

A Wren in Largs - Proud Memories

In June 1943, the planning began for the D. Day and our small town was packed with many famous people,...

Bombing of Trincomalee

My father was recalled to the Navy in 1938 and appointed to Ceylon as Naval Officer in Charge at the naval...

The Strathallan- Part 27: Rick Fennell

Rick was asleep when the Torpedo struck and was thrown out of bed, he was in charge of a Lifeboat full of...

D.E.M.S.

I had to report to H.M.S. Collingwood on 4th February 1941 and once I was through that gate I was known as...

Harry's War Stuck up the Yangtse

After the signing of the Japanese surrender, Admiral Fraser came on board HMS Newfoundland, because he had...

Eastbourne 1939-45

I finished my training in May 1944, and was on leave pending appointment when the D-Day Landings took...

"Southampton Salvour (salvage Ship) on its way through War 1944 - 1946"

The Danish salvage officer who came on board with us was in charge of operations to get this cleared up, we...

Breakfast with a friend and then go to his funeral in the afternoon

I finished my training in May 1944, and was on leave pending appointment when the D-Day Landings took...

VE Day spent in Rangoon

We had recently taken part in the sea-borne invasion of Rangoon: our job had been the transportation of...

From Bournemouth to Boy Seaman

After that I was posted to HMS Sanderling in Scotland, which is now Glasgow Airport. From there I was...

Sorting Top Secret Mail

We had a half-day instruction at the Portsmouth post office sorting office, being shown how to sort mail...

My life in the Merchant Navy

I did two trips and signed off and joined the R.M.M.V. Winchester Castle as a deck boy. We took troops out...

"A Memorable Journey"

My Dad was an R.S.M. in the Seaforth Highlanders and we had spent six years in Egypt, and China. On arrival...

Mine laying and invasion in the Pacific, 1944.

Ariadne saw service in the North Atlantic and the mediterranean until February 1944 when she was loade with...

Major Action at sea on The Sikh

There were two more cruisers, the Carlisle and the Penelope and with the 4 destroyers, including the Sikh,...

Wartime Memories of Ian Gordon, Part 1 : D-Day

I was in H.M.S. Lawford, a modified Captain class frigate serving as headquarters ship for Assault Group 1,...

SS Llangonllen

We were merchant seaman, so civilians and we were sent on a Dunkirk type mission to try and save soldiers...

THE NEWFY-DERRY

It never relented and was compounded by very thunderous waves of ocean water, called ‘green...

World War II Convoys

The Atlantic Merchant Ships carrying goods and troops from the USA were in convoys made up of ships of all...

"A Signal man travels to Canada and beyond"

But as we were limping very, very slowly towards Canada, a United States cruiser came to our rescue and...

Poem "Heroes"

Don't speak to me of heroes until you've heard the tale Of Britain's merchant seamen who sailed...

Off to the Pacific on HMS Lamont via New York and Jack Dempsey’s club!

Off to the Pacific on HMS Lamont via New York and Jack Dempsey's club. My group chose to go to Jack...