Biographical Notes Could not join the Navy (probably because of bad eyesight); insisted on joining the NAAFI instead. Only 17 years old. Albert’s niece, Karen, is a published author and…
Read More
Biographical Notes Could not join the Navy (probably because of bad eyesight); insisted on joining the NAAFI instead. Only 17 years old. Albert’s niece, Karen, is a published author and…
Biographical Notes Leslie William Rowett b. 1913 Isle of Wight d. 24 Nov 1941 HMS Dunedin. He was the NAAFI canteen manager. Les was married to Katheleen and had two…
Biographical Notes Extract from “The Royal Gazette & Colonialist” reporting on loss: “Paymaster Lieutenant Wright, who was widely known in Bermuda, served with the Canadian Army in the last war…
Biographical Notes Cadet at the Greenwich Royal Naval College. Aged twenty-nine when he died. Ann Whaley, Sydney Winsborough’s niece, taken in September 2015…