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The Isa Reid

From 1939 to 1942 I was evacuated with my brother and sisters to Dornie at the junction of Loch Alsh and...

Dramatic Loss of Life Off the Coast of Leros

Through the kind offices of the Chaplain of the Fleet who I met whilst serving on the Church of...

A cylinder head gasket saved my life

When we were all just off the Isle of Wight, I got a message that the cylinder head gasket had gone on...

Royal Naval training

After initial procedures were completed, I was transferred to HMS Duke at Malvern — which is now the...

Leonard's Wartime Experiences.

As we left Liverpool we were joined by the"Arandorra Star", and a British destroyer which escorted...

Oronsay Final Voyage

I was in the Army Medical Corps and we were posted to join a ship at Glasgow Oronsay. Setting off in convoy...

At Sea and at Home - Part One

Henry Edward Kirkman, served in the Merchant Navy convoys going to Australasia, America, Africa and Europe....

HMS ARK ROYAL

The third Ark Royal had been adopted by Leeds on 4.11.1941 and 10 days after it was sunk. The replacement...

A "Cruise" on A German Troopship

We boarded an aging German troopship manned by a German crew and the 500 prisoners came aboard....

48 Hours in, 48 Hours out

A member of the Fleet Air arm in Aircraft Maintenance we'd fly in and then we'd have 2 days of it....

HMS Bonaventure

IT's ON RECORD: That HMS Bonaventure, command ship for the newly formed 14th Submarine Flotilla, sailed...

Party in Australia and VJ Day

Shortly after this we were sent back to Sydney as the Battleship HMS Duke of York had arrived carrying...

Splice the Main Brace

Our cargo consisted of fighter aircraft, tons of ammunition and specialist equipment in readiness for the...

sinking of hms whitley 1940

My father Norman Colgrave Huttley was posted to H M S Whitley after his initial training and joined the...

Voyage to Durban

My father had been posted to Singapore with the Naval Stores and was one of the last to leave the island as...

landing agents in southern Francce

My father worked mainly on rescue boats in the North Sea and the English Channel during the war, and on at...

DEMS

I suppose that being in DEMS was quite exclusive having seen only a few messages here.Although I was...

Rhoda Macey's Memories of being in a convoy from New York to Liverpool

In July I travelled to New York to become a passenger in 1 of the 2 civilian ships in a convoy of...

Ceylon

I was then seconded to the Fleet Air Arm in Ceylon, to 'HMS Hunter'. A Fleet Escort Carrier, quite...

A Wartime Christmas

Christmas 1940 — Aboard HM Yacht "Sister Ann" moored at the entrance to the River Fowey,...

On the Way Home

We went in there for refuelling and were then supposed to come straight up to Freetown on the way home, but...

Recollections of Leading Seaman Herbert Bunting Part 2

I'm on fire, she flashed And the Trouncer slews round and away she dashed To the scene of the tragedy...

The Youngest Passenger

The Sunday Graphic 23rd March 1941 centre spread of the first pictures taken in the North Atlantic,...

Leonard's Non-War

Posted by Gillian Baker, daughter of Leonard and Hazel Benney. His last posting was to HMS Gabbard as...

War Ship Repairs

We worked on the Biggest Destroyer in the world called the Lepeord A free French destroyer. when it was...

War Ship Repairs

We worked on the Biggest Destroyer in the world called the Lepeord A free French destroyer. when it was...