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A Boy Seaman on HMS Ramillies

This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/BBC Radio Nottingham on behalf of ALfred Booker with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions. At the start ...
BBC

On Board HMS Ramillies during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day)

The following diary of the events around the D-Day Landings was written by my father, Edward Francis Wightman, who served as a Royal Navy Seaman/Gunner on board HMS Ramillies. Friday, 2 June 1944, 8pm ...
The News Portsmouth

The might of the Royal Navy – enough to make any lad want to join up – Nostalgia

Ploughing through the ocean, HMS Ramillies makes a fine spectacle. Former Evening News defence correspondent Tim King was going through his grandfather’s sea chest when he found the picture on the ...
The New Zealand Herald

Museum Notebook: Battleship HMS Ramillies' crew visits Whanganui

The visiting officers and crew of the HMS Ramillies on parade, turning into Victoria Ave, while the townsfolk line the streets and watch. Whanganui Regional Museum Collection Ref: 1805.976 On January ...
BBC

Approach of the Storm, Images of WWII - Thomas Arthur Russell’s Photograph Album — Index

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Thomas Arthur Russell and has been added to the site with the author’s permission.