Genealogy and other jottings

Genealogy or perhaps more Family History. Not just straight forward (or backward) family lines, but brothers and sisters, the neighbourhoods that they lived in and some information about what was happening at the time.

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Monday, September 5, 2022

The Old Man at sea

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Eighty years ago at the age of 42 my dad joined the Royal Navy for the second time having already been in the First World War. We do not kno...

Sunday, September 6, 2015

A visit to Malta

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In January 1945 HMS Whimbrel visited Malta as part of a Royal Navy flotilla which was in training to go to the Pacific, The war in Europe ...

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Yo ho ho and a bottle of cold tea

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YO HO Ho and a bottle of cold tea Mos t people will know that it was a tradition in the Royal Navy for a daily issue of rum or grog...

Thursday, December 18, 2014

1943 Mediterranean cruise with the Royal Navy

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Mediterranean cruise. Service on Board HMS Whimbrel between 1942 and 1946 almost amounted to a world cruise with visits to America and...

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Bread Pudding On the High Seas

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On board HMS Whimbrel, Dad was the messman for the Petty Officers Mess. Probably regarded as a cushy number but it wasn’t, but he got the ...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

A Warm welcome in Murmansk

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Seventy years ago this month my dad arrived in the the Russian port city of Murmansk to a rapturous welcome. The welcome wasn't just...

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