Coastal Forces Veterans

No problem,this is an on going pet project of mine.I hope to see my grandmother this weekend,as more photos have come to light.
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I have a photgraph taken about 1941 of my grandfather with a group of other ratings outside a wooden hut(training)?.All have signed the back of the photo,although some are unreadable.I can make out A.Stroud,A.West,H.Goswell,Dixie Dean,D.Haskins,J.Higgs,C.A.Grant,James White,R.Burnham.the following n...

Have just found a photo of my grandfather plus 25 other AB seamen,posing outside a wooden hut in uniform.There are some signatures on back:A.Stroud,A,West,H.Goswell,DixieDean,D.Haskins,J.Higgs,C.A.Grant,James White,R.Burnham.The following names are partial ot hard to read.J.B.Covington,C.Le Braton,V...

Hello Ted,the injured in action makes sense,as my grandfather did mention he had various bits of shrapnel in him.As for a number, ML 462 was mentioned,and a Canadian Gordon Stead.I have read his book Leaf Upon The Sea.Photos will be sent once I have visited my grandmother.Rgds Alan

Hello Pioneer, thanks for the quick reply.Unfortunately my grandfather past away 10 years ago, but it was grandmother who found the photos. I hope to have the photos scanned soon,and maybe send them to your site,if you would like. I used to receive the CFVA newsletter. On my grandfathers service rec...

Just joined and hope you can help. Any info on my grandfather or his unit. AB James Henry Brooks served with 3rd Flotilla MLs 1941-1945, possibly with a Canadian skipper. Convoyed to Gibraltar then onto Malta,where he served for most of the war. He did talk about minesweeping, convoy work,Tripoli, N...