Coastal Forces Veterans

Hi all. It has taken a while but we now have the service record for my wife's father Kenneth John Hall, and if anyone can add anything extra from the following then we would appretiate the input. His basic training was at HMS Glendower between Nov 1942 and Feb 1943 He then went to HMS Drake at Plymo...

Hi Susan, many thanks for your post, most interesting to actually have contact from a relative of Ken's shipmates (his skipper) Yes they were all so very young but that is the way of war, and we are very lucky that they all went off to do what they did. Very sad that your grandfather was lost, we un...

Hi Brian and Jonco, very many thanks for the information you have provided, we didnt realise that they lost four members of that crew and from what you have written we can start to build a picture. Kevin (admin) has provided us with documents to start us searching for his service records so we are s...

Hi, thanks for letting us join this forum. I am helping my wife research information about her late father (above). He served throught ww2 and was part of Coastal Forces. We know he served in the Med and think he may have been on ML 579. We do know that his boat was sunk by enemy bombing in October ...