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This story was told to East Ayrshire staff during their Tea Party of 11th June 2004 by Thomas Berry who was in the North Atlantic Convoys during the war.

Thomas was a volunteer in 1922 so unlike many others he joined up of his own free will. He served on a deep-sea trawler and went with the convoy to St John’s in Newfoundland. Another convoy took fish to Murmansk in Russia. An odd time he saw a submarine – but his trawler was never attacked.

Thomas was married with 4 children – his wife got an allowance so was reasonably well off.

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