When we got to Trinchinopoly, we had great trouble getting out of the train because the whole platform was... My father-in-law, Ted Smith ,was a survivor from HMS Repulse which was sunk in December 1941. In later... John McCabe, who was Coxswain of our cutter refused to give way to the barge and it had to swerve round us,... I joined the R.A.F in 1940 and did my first training at Skegness including square bashing, bayonet practice... Prudential Insurance moved out of London to Nuneaton in the war so the branch was a very busy one!.. In... Celebrations go on until midnight when we are turned out of our hut and paraded at the navy Reg office and... In the autumn of 1934 he came to Colombo, Sri Lankafor additional education. In 1942 he was brought to the... He was posted to India and Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon where he saw the famous Festival of the Tooth.... < Previous page| You are on page 2 of 2 | Next page >   | 1 | 2 |   | 
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