Pre 1941

Captain EC Thornton, DSC right, at the wedding of Lt. G.D.L. Harcombe

I am grateful to Mr Fred Larimore for sending me the following information in October 2007 Last April I obtained a single GV Naval LSGC named to “R.M.B. 2551 H.…

Number NZD 561 Ordinary Seaman Noel Simmons served in HMS Dunedin from 3rd June 1924 to the 28th August 1925. He was discharged on medical grounds from a knee injury…

Biographical Notes Appointed August 1939 aged 21. Left October 1939. Later joined the submarine service.

Frederick Pond's son, David, wrote in July 2009: "....My late father, Frederick Pond had served as signalman aboard HMS Dunedin in the 1930's before transferring to HMS Achilles. His family…