As noted in ADM199/799, on 19th August 1941 HMT Thorbryn and was towing (probably, the sources are confused) landing craft LCT12 [A12] and LCM25...
I wonder if any of you can help solve a mystery I've discovered in my Royal Navy casualty list. MURPHY, Patrick, Stoker 1c, D/KX97072, He is...
Dear all, I have posted some information in a different thread, when 10 years ago I posted asking for help regarding a ship my Grandad served...
On 5th May 1942 during Operation Ironclad, whilst landing 29th Brigade on Red Beach South, west of Diego Suarez, one landing craft is noted as...
An online webinar organised by the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, Kings College London on 7/12/2021:On the 80th anniversary of the...
24th February 1941 HMS Hasty had sailed from Tobruk in company with HMS Dainty and then recovered survivors from that destroyer, after it was...
12th August 1940 Casualty Details | CWGC COLLYER, Ernest R, Able Seaman, P/J 95291, killed [NEWHAVEN CEMETERY] He may have been killed after the...
Hi, Hoping to commemorate a young soldier who died 77 years ago tomorrow. P/JX291056 Able Seaman Ronald Samuel George Hoskins HMS President...
From A.B to Futtock-shrouds, and Gaff to Yards, you'll find an explanation here. All courtesy of "SHIPPING WONDERS OF THE WORLD" edited by...
Courtesy of "Shipping Wonders of the World" edited by Clarence Winchester circa 1937; "MEDALS FOR ACTS OF BRAVERY". Kind regards, always, Jim....
Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum, so a little bit about me first before I ask for your help. I'm Martin, in my early 70s living on the Isle...
Hello, Ive had a box of medals to this gent for a while however, I cannot find anything relating to his service or civvy life. I checked the...
Gents, I'm trying to determine how many Allied Navy POW's were killed and survived when HMS Cornwall sank raider Pinguin on the 8th May 1941...
I've been doing some casual research into the RN and RM shore parties that operated in mainland europe 1940. Apart from the large scale operation...
Hello everyone, I am interested in trying to find out more about HMS Mallard in WW2. My father Alexander Clark spent most of his war service on...
What landing craft flotillas operated out of the port? What was the RN command set up controlling the movement of Landing Craft during Operation...
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Hello I'm new on here .my grandfather William Edward bland who served in the royal navy from school till he retired he was a PO PTI and was on HMS...
A rare photograph from this short lived Destroyer which was launched on the 10th June 1941 and commissioned 31st August 1942. Hit by a torpedo...
This was the Command ship for Gold Beach, anchored off the coast. The Father of a good friend of mine (John Budd from Rye in West Sussex. Recently...
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