Starting at the smaller four inch anti aircraft gun and its ammunition we progressed to the six-inch breech...
As each of the three main sea ports had certain units of the Fleet allocated to them, it would mean that in...
In one state of emergency, I was a gun captain and breech worker on a starboard six-inch gun, in another I...
The next morning was a catastrophe, my good friend feeling the urge to go in the middle of the night, no...
Going back to gunnery, we, the Marines, manned only one of the four turrets and Seamen manned the other...
All boats were hoisted inboard, all booms and ladders were recovered and secured, cable parties took their...
Ruth had made plans to visit all her relations in turn and she would hold my hand and say, “This is...
In this harbour sheltered a full flotilla of the latest class of German warships i.e. ten Destroyers, which...
Two of our ships, HMS Malaya and HMS Royal Sovereign were really old ships that did not have the speed of...
The Italians were now standing firm, we, and HMS Valiant,and HMS Barham, the Monitor HMS Terror, three...
The Searchlights hit them fair and square The guns crews took their time, The crossed wires on their gun...
It was a heartening sound as the four inch anti aircraft guns on the deck above us carried out their...
Arriving at Jardine Steps in Singapore Harbour, a sergeant in the Military Police took me in tow and...
Jack Hylton my buddy from Bremerton was still with us, and together we went ashore on our first liberty......
Our ‘Reward’ for this small service, was to retain our official police arm bands, to be served...
Gradually, the sounds faded into the distance as we slowly entered the main channel and made our way...
But then they saw our colours The yellow, green, red and blue, “We're not racing the Foc'sle...
On the 17th of July the Warspite received orders that in company with HMS Valiant, they were to bombard to...
So the Warspite entered the harbour And bombarded the enemy tanks, We plastered the heights and North of...
Next door was the Admiralty building and at five minutes past midnight, the beach, which was out of bounds...
It was also part of the patrol's duty to work in conjunction with the local police and to walk around...
On the special parade for the forgotten fleet, held in Portsmouth, all spick and span and standing with the...
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