I am very grateful to Jim Beech for the following, written in June 2004: Bert was my sister Olive's boy friend, and together with his best mate from schooldays Jack…

                    These two photos were supplied by Will's brother, Pete in 2009: One of Will at H.M.S Ganges the other with…

Edwin Michael French, Sub-Lieutenant, was born in 1922, in Thrapston, Northants. He was the second son of Horace Levick French, an accountant, and his wife, Dorothy Evelyn, née Smith. Both…

Biographical Notes  George William Francis, Chief Petty Officer, P/J 26798, was born in Fulham, London on May 18th,1898. There are no details of his next of kin in the Commonwealth…