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- HMS BATTLER
- My grandfather served on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Battler in the Second World War. He was on HMS Battler for the duration of her Second World War service between 1942-1945 - notably around the Battle of Salerno, Italy. He was responsible for HMS Battler Flying Operations and I will write up his HMS Battler notes, letters and diaries on this blog. I will also post the amazing collection of HMS Battler photos that he took and developed on these voyages - trips that covered a large part of the globe. (Though everything is dated +60 years as Blogger will not allow posts to be backdated to the 1940's!) I hope you enjoy this, please feel free to leave comments on HMS Battler stories of interest. It would also be good to hear accounts from other people who were on HMS Battler or related to those who were.
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2 comments:
Thanks for your website/blog. I was very interested because I am trying to find out what my grandfather, who had been in the RN from 1901-1928, rising to the rank of Captain, and who had been awarded the DSO during WW1, did in WW2. I had had an idea that he had done something to do with the Admiralty, but did not know anything definitely. However, I recently came across a photo of eight men, most in naval uniform, with my grandfather as one of them, marked as an official photograph of H.M.S. Battler. It is marked G/50/115, and has a date marked 15 April, but the year is illegible.
I am very much hoping to find out more. Can you help? Would you be interested in the photo - I expect you already have it?!
Best wishes,
Philip Wilson
pafwilson@hotmail.com
I have about 10 pics of the Kings Park Camp at Durban 1944, they include excellent,identifiable pics of my father and his shipmates there. There are one or two which stand out eg. "scrubbing out" and the NCO Mess . I would be absolutely delighted to share these with anyone who was there (unlikely now) or their decendants . Please contact me.
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