My father Eric Bell (but sometimes known as Bill or Eric) was born in 1922 and grew up in County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland. He enlisted in the Royal Navy on the 31 August 1938 aged 17 years and 4 ...

Recently I found my fathers Journal from his time in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer (Midshipman) at the start of the war, he had to keep a journal, that was revieed weekly by his training officer ...

The Lane family were a typical naval family living in Chatham. Herbert, the head of the family, was a 'Tiffy' the familiar name for an Engine Room Artificer. He had joined the navy in 1917 as an ...