A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue by Reg O'Neil MBE

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue, Chapter 14

A Petty Officer detailed our bods to various jobs, mostly to help with the movement of shells from the...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue Chapter 13, pt 1

We were instructed to tie each of the cords to the eyelets and when complete the hammock would have to be...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue, Chapter 13 Pt 2.

At 02.00hrs Wednesday morning we 'up-anchored' and headed east into the Mediterranean in company...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue Chapter 1.

After an uneventful journey through London via the Southern Railway and the Underground, we eventually...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue, Chapter 2.

We were very fortunate in having among the intake several famous musicians, namely, Stanley Black, Denny...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue, Chapter 3 Part 1.

Tony, my Newfoundland pal would disappear to the Officers Mess to attend to his 'little earner'....

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue, Chapter 3 Part 2..

One morning the duty officer marched into the billet and saw the trap on the floor, to which he enquired of...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue, Chapter 4.

Minutes later Tony took off his greatcoat and was trying to smother the flames of the incendiary bomb with...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue. Chapter 23.

The operational watches became busier with increased naval activity around the coast as ships began to...