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The Early Days 2 - by Vincent Hart
E.M..D/MX819966,MFV 1069 My Naval career began 11 th February 1947, when I joined HMS Ganges as a Boy Seaman. Twelve months later,...
Aug 253 min read
The Early Days - by Vincent Hart
I became a crew member of MFV 1069 and can clearly remember quite a few of my shipmates, though, regrettably not by name. Notably, the...
Aug 256 min read
Chatham Field Guns Crew 1951
Chatham Field Guns Crew 1951 We had just recently returned from the North Pole—or at least, as close as we could get by water. I was...
Jul 14 min read
Memories of Ninian Stewart
It was sixty-six years ago when a tousle-haired young lieutenant, Ninian Stewart, greeted me—an eighteen-year-old Ordinary Seaman—with a...
Jun 25 min read
Extract from the London Gazette Tuesday 23rd of March 1954
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood Saint James’s Palace, SW123rd of March 1954
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal, Military Division to Leading Seaman Gordon Richard Cleaver PSSX857298.
Apr 283 min read
Hong Kong Flotilla 1952 & 53
Hong Kong Flotilla 1952 & 53
“we all have a story to tell”.
Able Seaman (gunner) Eric Carman (Royal Navy).
Apr 254 min read
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