Coastal Forces Veterans

Pioneer, after speaking to my family it turns out that my uncle learnt swedish as he was always going there but we wern't sure when and why. Also a piece of furniture that he obtained was made in Sweden and I have it on good authority that he obtained it in exchange for his tea and coffee ration. Th...

Pioneer and Admin, thank you for your responses. Pioneer your comments are fascinating and have really rung a bell with me. Needless to say my Uncle was originally from Hull. I obviously would like to explore this angle more. I have requested his MN service record from the National Archives in Kew. ...

Thanks Brian for your post. Is that a database of everyone in the Coastal Forces? Would it have been possible that he was lent out to the force or that he was on some kind of secondment?

I am thinking I may need to find his Merchant records before I go any further.

Anna

My Uncle Geoffry Wallace Kitching was in the Merchant Navy for a large part of his working life. I had thought he was in the Merchant Navy throughout the WWII but I was recently told that during the war he was on Motor Torpedo Boats rescuing downed airmen and crew from torpedoed ships. As he passed ...