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A poem in tribute to unsung Heroes

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

Dance with me

As an airman during WW2 along with a few thousand other service men I was aboard troopship Dutchess of...

I meet the "SS Grodno" and the Cook!

This story was recounted by Bill Dixon, and has been added to the website with his permission by the staff...

Life on HMS Kent in the Arctic

He was a petty officer on HMS Kent, a county class cruiser in the Russian convoys. Another story was that...

City of Benares

My mother and I had been evacuated to Cape Town in 1940 aboard the "City of Paris". We were in the...

A Responsible Person had to be Found

I was at school at Temple Grove, Uckfield and my parents had to decide whether to risk arranging for my...

My Navy Days

The first ship I was drafted to from Chatham was HMS Corwall and we esccorted convoys from Liverpool right...

In His Wake

My mother, Molly, ad I were evacuated to Cape Town in 1940 aboard the "City of Paris" which was in...

Submarine Rescue

Then the door to the office opened and two chiefs came in, one of whom was my superior, Reginald Benford....

Royal Navy General

Before the war the Royal Navy was aware of the threat of U-boats and acquired several patrol vessels based...

Convoy preparations

My first deep-sea ship was the SS Grodno - an ugly double-well decked icebox rust bucket, which had been...

From Windermere to the Navy

It wasn't very pleasant; the Adriatic was full of German submarines at that particular time but we had...

My experience as a Signals Man

I am 85, and was just 21 when the following incident happened As a Royal Corps of Signals man posted...

Memorable Days

Followed by the statement that no further information could be given yet because the possibility of...

Showing the Flag - Courtesy tour of Cornish and Devon coasts

The Whole truth

Tony Blair made comments in the House of Commons and said the film U571 made a mockery of British...

My War in the North Atlantic to South Pacific.

I did my training at Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth and was drafted to join HMS Formidable which at that time...

My brother

Fred was disappointed to be taken off of the Ajax but the Navy had other plans for him... Fred was awarded...

henry james scoates

Lucky to Have Survived: Henry James Scoates' Lucky Shoreleave Pass. My father, along with his brother,...

In His Wake

My mother, Molly, and I were evacuated to Cape Town in 1940 aboard the "City of Paris" which was in...

Codebreaking

It turned out we were replacements for Wrens lost at sea when Lord Mountbatten shifted his South East Asia...

One Mans War

It is September 1939 I am 10 years old and my father is a Petty Officer on the destroyer H.M.S. Eclipse......

My Service in the Fleet Air Arm

The a/c crews did their training, in preparation to board an a/c carrier and escort it back to the U.K.Then...

Bad feeling between two great War Ships

The bad feeling betwen these to ships arose because Admiral Faser,on the Duke of York led the fleet onto...

A Royal Naval Career

His next ship was cruiser HMS Norfolk, Flagship of the East Indies Fleet and based in Trincomalee, Ceylon...

Six in One Trip: U592 - 31 January (Type VIIC)

The U Boat was abaft my beam when I started to turn towards her, and the noise of a number of ships...