Coastal Forces Veterans

I have come across some notes my grandfather John “Jack” Young made in a newspaper many years back. Suggests Grey Shark was involved in laying a smoke screen and firing on cliff defences during D Day. At around 0600 being in vicinity of Fox Red sector of Omaha. Also interesting that they were mistak...

Thankyou Pioneer, and apologies for late response.

I’m just wondering if anyone has anymore photos of Grey Shark or it’s crew and would not mind sharing. My grandfather John Young did not really talk much about his time during the war - Probably not just down to being injured but also coming back to family issues that he probably saw the war as havi...

Photo from my grandfathers collection of Grey Shark. Will see if more.

Hi Admin,

John "Jack" Young is in middle row first on left.

Regards

John

I remember family mentioning that my Grandfather served on Grey Shark mtb out of Newhaven. Having looked at the photo of all crew members I can confirm the one on centre left is John Young... Known as Jack for obvious reasons. I believe he was hit by shrapnel at some point. There was talk that the r...