Any relatives in the RN?
Article about: Hi Dave, that is indeed a sad story. But thanks for telling it here. Hi Stewy, you have got to research your Great Uncle! Hi Al, it is great that you have the documents and the medals That h
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Hi Al, thanks for sharing your Dad's story. I love these kind of threads.
The only family I have who served in the Senior Service were my Great Uncle Dennis Stevenson who served in the RNAS in WW1. I have written about him in the WW1 forum here:
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/ww1-a...nson-rnas.html
I also had a distant relative, who was my Uncle Hugh's brother, John Howard. (I have written about Uncle Hugh on the forum here. He was married to my Dad's sister: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/ussr-...cal-corps.html)
John was killed in WW2 on HMS Hythe. My Uncle found it very difficult to talk about him and was alway bitter to the Germans for killing his Brother. Time did little to heal that wound. He did once tell me he got the letter while he was serving in Italy in the RAMC. He was in his tent and he got the fateful letter just prior to his unit taking part in a river crossing. My Uncle would cry when ever he talked about John. I have never seen a photo of him. My cousin has the family photo albums and there in no one in there in RN uniform.
Here is John's entry from the CWGC site:
CWGC :: Certificate
His name is also recorded on our village war memorial.
Details of his ship:
HMS Hythe was a Bangor class minesweeper of Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Troon, Scotland and commissioned in 1941. Her pennant number was J 194.
HMS Hythe saw service in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, where she was based in Malta as part of the 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-371 commanded by Waldemar Mehl on 11 October 1943 off Bougie, Algeria.
Cheers, Ade.
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Hi Al,i had a great uncle who went down on HMS Hood. Not researched him yet but i have his details. Stewy S
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Stewy , get on the HMS HOOD ASSOCIATION website , it`s great
Al
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Will do Al. My mum remembered when her mum,my Gran was told her brother had died. Stewy S
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That`s a shame Stewy , one of 1,415 men Your great uncles name will be on that website !
Al
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Hi,
My dads cousin Able seaman, Reginald Pendrill served on H.M.S, Verulam he was 21yrs old, he went through the first war with out a scratch. on Sept 3rd 1919, off Seskear Island gulf of Finland
Verulam struck a Russian mine, the captain one officer and ninety men were saved, but sixteen officers and men were lost.
Reg, being one of them. His name is on the war memorial at Plymouth, panal 31. Verulam was a V class Distroyer.
The picture is a V class distroyer but Verulam was D19.
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sad story there panzer , but nice to know he is remembered on the memorial , thanks for sharing your story ,
cheers Al
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