Mediterranean and European waters

Death of Albert Victor Ford, Submariner - HMS Triad

He passed the submarine course on 23rd June 1939 and HMS Triad sank in 1940 in The Helogoland Bight....

Lancashire to Washington DC part 1

17th April Left Rosyth for trials and Scapa Flow. 18th May Left Scapa again on Northern Patrol in Denmark...

Cliff Cobley: Anti U Boat Escort

A week before D Day we went to Dartmouth in Devon where we picked up American Officers, they stayed on our...

I was at Dunkirk

I was a sailor at Dunkirk... They were brought back in World War 2 and used to take troops from Dunkirk....

My Father The Navigator

My story is about my father Brian Fisher, he was a serving naval officer at the beginning of the war, he...

Merchant Service in WW2

My father was in the merchant navy most of his working life and served on troup carriers during the second...

Surving the Sinking of the Barham

My Dad was 1 of only 398 men to survive this tragic event. this story was pieced together from the snippets...

The Sea Frozen

I vividly remember as I left Cuxhaven enroute to the UK in 1947 the sea was frozen The ship veered through...

Bubble and Squeak

My mate was on the Russian convoys in the Baltic and everyday they took turns for three of them to go down...

THE WATCH (For WW II Humour)

My Signals Squadron was crossing from Oran to Taranto in a ferry appropriately called "Ville...

Rear Admiral 'Geordie' Leslie

He was a Rear Admiral called Geordie Leslie. On December 11th 1944 he was aged 24, and in command of HMS...

Submarine Battle

My other great great uncle was also in the war but fought against a German submarine off the coast of...

Within sight of home: HMS Wakeful off Dunkirk

Charles George Hunt was born in the summer of 1915 in Folkestone, Kent. The Wakeful was recalled from her...

Young brother lost: On HM Submarine Neptune

My dad turned up late,so uncle Bob, who was due to to mine sweepers, took my dad's place. During the...

Torpedoed!

While serving on a U.S. Liberty Ship that was carrying much needed supplies to the Allies, my father was...

Sailor Boy

I saw action in the North Sea, the Far East Russia, Norway, and the Mediterranean. I remember a muntions...

WW2: Memories of a Boy Sailor

I was a 15 year old boy seaman serving on H.M.S anson and spent my first 2 ½ years escorting arctic...

Images of War — Palestine Photograph Album Photograph No. 15

Images of War — Palestine Photograph Album Photograph No. 15...

The Life of Ethel Jenkins Chapter 5

The British were considerably embarrassed when the French not only chose to fight but also to do so from...

The Rosetree & The Eagle (part 3 of 5)

Remembering survival lectures, I hurriedly kicked off my deck shoes, pushed myself away and before I could...

The Voyage of the S.S Settler

This large force of attack aircraft was to swing the balance of power in the Med infavour of the enemy and...

The Wartime Experiences of an RNR Officer

On the morning of D plus 3, HMS Seaham was ordered to be part of an A/S screen for bombarding cruisers near...

HMS Barham - Use of Plasma

"On that last Saturday in Liverpool, Professor Davie mentioned the use of plasma and on my asking for...

Childhood Memories

Now we go on to 22.10.1993 and our son who was working in Africa for the Nigerians and by asking and...

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When Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini threw in his lot with Adolf Hitler on 10th June 1940 and drew...

The Strathallan Story: Robert Smith - East Kilbride (Scotland)

We have pleasure in publishing an article from Mr. Robert M Smith from East Kilbride Glasgow who was a...